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The money, which has come from the Big Lottery Fund Community Wildlife Fund, will be used to bring communities together at Northbourne and Lon Gore with their Woodland Trail Project. The project will improve access, enhance habitats and provide entrance signs. It will also create interpretation boards for the community to see what species live in the space and why the area is special.

There will be activity days taking place on site for the community to clear the area and the stream, build footpaths as well as create bat and bird boxes along with loggeries from felled wood.

Community Woodland Open Day on 10th August 2011

The next event taking place in Willow Woods will be the Community Woodland Open Day on Wednesday 10 August at Willows Woods, Long Gore, Farncombe.

The Chainsaw Pirates will be on hand to make sculptures with chainsaws and juggling fire.  There will also be  lots more activities to enjoy including:

• face-painting
• badge making
• woodland workshops
• bug hunting
• as well as constructing bird boxes and feeders.

Refreshments will be served and the event, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is open to all.

The event is also funded by contributions from Godalming Town Council, Southern Housing, GoLo and Surrey County Council.

More play and children’s leisure activities

Bouncing, colouring and sticking are just a few of the activities on offer to children at two free play days during the Easter Holidays. The playdays feature face painting, arts and crafts, storytelling and soft play and take place at Alfold Village Hall, Alfold on Tuesday 12 April and Thursday 14 April, both from 12-3pm.

The playdays are fully funded by the Big Lottery Fund so are completely free and no booking is required but parents or carers must attend with their children.

Museums in Farnham and Godalming

Hop along with your children to one of the borough’s museums during the Easter holidays for fun with a difference.

At the Museum of Farnham from Saturday 9 to Thursday 21 April children can take part in an Easter egg hunt, make Easter hats, bunny puppets and much more in ‘Bonnets and Bunnies.’  The event is free and is held from 11am to 3pm but please note the museum is closed on Mondays. No booking is required.

On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14, from 10am to 4pm, children can try their hand at brass rubbing. There is a charge from £1-£3 per child (depending on the size of the rubbing). Over eights can also take part in one-hour brass rubbing trips to St Andrew’s Church. Contact the museum for more details and how to book.

At Godalming Museum, there will be free Easter crafts and an Easter trail from Tuesday 12 April to Saturday 23 April. Activities run throughout the day from 10am to 5pm and the museum is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, including Good Friday. Entry to the museum is also free.

Spring into Cranleigh

There’s all-day fun and entertainment in Cranleigh on Saturday 30 April. ‘Spring into Cranleigh’ features a market on Stocklund Square, music and dance in Fountain Square, free children’s dance workshops, craft activities, junior golf taster lessons and much, much more. It also includes a family day at Cranleigh Leisure Centre with free use of the pool, soft play area, squash, gym and exercise classes (subject to capacity). Spring into Cranleigh runs from 10am-4pm.

Easter-time farmers’ markets and festivals

Godalming’s first ever Easter Festival takes place on Saturday 23 April between 10am and 4pm.  It will feature an array of craft and food stalls including the farmers’ market producers as well as an Easter egg hunt, Easter Island beer festival, Morris dancing and plenty of activities and street entertainment for all ages.

Milford Farmers’ award winning market, which takes place each month at Secrett’s in Milford, is on Sunday 17 April from 10am to 4pm. On Sunday 1 May in Haslemere High Street, the town’s monthly farmers’ market takes place.

All the farmers’ markets will have the excellent range of seasonal food and drink residents have come to expect but with an Easter theme.

Leisure Centres

Don’t forget that free swimming for under eights and over 80s has been extended to 30 June. Find out how to register.

Our leisure centres offer a range of sports and leisure activities from soft play for young children to classes and sports facilities to hire. Find out what’s available at your leisure centre.

PC Lavery, who was the neighbourhood specialist officer for the Farncombe area before leaving for a brief spell with Lincolnshire Police, has embraced his new role as youth intervention officer back with Surrey Police.

This involves working with young people, partner agencies, schools and families towards reducing the number of young people entering the criminal justice system.

“It’s a really busy role and it requires having to deal with many agencies and an endless variety of situations,” he said.

“Myself and PCSO Trevor Ward are assisting neighbourhood teams in engaging with families and young people and offering support, where required.

“We are determined to become experts in effectively dealing with youth-related matters within Waverley.”

The focus of PC Lavery’s role is on early intervention, education and mentoring young people, in the hope that through good advice they will avoid entering the criminal justice system or being arrested.

To achieve this, he is using measures such as ‘restorative justice’, which impress on the youngsters how their actions can affect people.

“Measures include making them aware of the consequences of their actions, through letters of apology or mentoring sessions.

“We are available to assist schools in dealing with delicate situations and able to offer advice or input where required.

“We are also always on hand to assist our neighbourhood officer colleagues in dealing with youth-related matters.”

One of his next strategies is to reduce disorder in the parks and public areas of Waverley during the spring and summer.

PC Lavery works in partnership with education welfare on truancy patrols, as well as working with the Youth Justice Service’s ‘prevent and deter’ team.

He also works with Waverley Borough Council to organise the Junior Citizen scheme, offering safety awareness sessions for young people in most of the borough’s junior schools.

Joint programmes with the Royal Navy, the Send Prison visit programme and Surrey Drug and Alcohol Care are also being developed.

He added: “I am very interested in being contacted by any organisation or individual who could offer some assistance in activities which could benefit young people in steering them away from crime or antisocial behaviour.”

The idea is to have a team of volunteers who are willing to drive people to the doctor or dentist etc.  We are not planning to compete with the HOPPA service taking people to the hospital.

In order to kick-start the project we are holding a coffee morning on:

Date: Thursday, 14th April, 2011

Location: St John’s Church Hall, St John’s Street

Time: 10:30am – 12noon

Please come along to find out more.

We are also looking for volunteers to help administer the rotas etc – nothing too arduous.

We hope to see you on the 14th.

Best Regards,

Cllr Mrs Liz Wheatley

So far we have met 3 times and cleared a lot of brambles and rubbish and there is an obvious improvement.

We need as many helpers as possible to get as much cleared as we can, We will update this post with more dates to add to your diary!

Please take a look at our Woodland Gallery

This is your chance to throw out unwanted or broken items that just wont fit in your bin! a good excuse to have a clear out!

There are certain items that we are not allowed to place in the skips, so please don’t bring them as we have no way to disposing of them, you can however take these items to the local dump.

Items we will not take:

• Asbestos
• Fridges
• TV Screens (CRT)
• Computer Monitors (CRT)
• Batteries
• Fuel
• Fuel Filters
• Oil Filters
• Oil & Lubricants
• Adhesives
• Gas Bottles
• Resins
• Explosives
• Used Absorbants
• Tyres
• Liquid Chemicals
• Photo Chemicals
• Animal By-products
• Contaminated Soils

We will accept bed mattresses after 3pm, If you have large items or are unable to move an item please contact us at least 2 days before the clean up so we can arrange someone to collect it.

Date: Wednesday 13th April 2011

Location: Middle Car Park

Time: 10am – 4pm

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We will be holding our Annual General Meeting which will give Residents a chance to meet with the Action Group Committee to voice their thoughts and have a general update of the position of the Action Group and the plans for 2011.

Date: Wednesday 9th March 2011

Location: Loseley Fields Children’s Center

Time: 7pm

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