One day left for the Big Give’s #EarthRaise to match donations to help us conserve the Colne Valley Park for future generations! @biggive.bsky.social ’s #EarthRaise will DOUBLE your donation up to midday tomorrow Wednesday 29th April donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Groundwork is a charity working for people, places and planet in the South of England. https://www.groundwork.org.uk/hubs/south/
Which future for the Colne Valley do you want? Option A: ‘A Corridor for Life’: steady restoration of the Regional Park to create one of the best green corridors in the UK, in which it is pleasant to live and work. OR www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/protecting-t...
Protecting the Colne Valley Regional Park - Colne Valley Regional Park
From 22-29 April - One donation, twice the impact. Help us protect The Colne Valley Regional Park - Countryside on your doorstep!
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If you’re thinking of supporting our work this year, this is the best time to do it. Double the impact. Protect a precious landscape. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
One donation, twice the impact | 22–29 April We’re excited to be taking part in the Big Give’s Earth Raise this year. All donations made to the Colne Valley Regional Park through thebiggive.org.uk during the campaign will be doubled. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Stewart Pomeroy, Managing Agent, Colne Valley Regional Park, explains about our Corridor for Life Campaign. You can support our work during @biggive.bsky.social 's Earth Raise Week when all donations made via our dedicated web page will be doubled. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Another boatful of invasive Floating Pennywort removed from the River Colne as part of our ongoing INNS management work in the Colne Valley Regional Park More great work from the @gwksouth.bsky.social Rivers team: improving river health. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/coln...
Another amazing #community action day yesterday 🙌 Over 40 people joined us for round 2 at Little Britain Lake, Hillingdon! A wonderful partnership effort yet again with the local community, the amazing London Borough of Hillingdon Green Spaces team, Grundon and @gwksouth.bsky.social
This small group of #volunteers from Amazon Web services worked really hard coppicing willow to protect pond habitats on #Harmondsworth Moor. Day organised by the Colne Valley Park Green Team @gwksouth.bsky.social with @CBRE #AmazonInCommunities www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/who-champion...
First berm and channel features going in to the Colne Brook at #Thorney Park Golf Course last week 🙌 More great work from the @gwksouth.bsky.social Rivers team: improving the river health. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/coln... #BiodiversityMatters
Great work at #Iver Lakes done by Vicky and Xav from Green Team @gwksouth.bsky.social , before and after shots. Its a public pathway that had overgrown over several years.
Excited to receive my Spring Newsletter, sent to all the Friends #Ruislip Woods. Fascinating article about Affinity Fields which is being managed for wildlife in partnership with @gwksouth.bsky.social funded by @AffinityWater See here to join the Friends ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk/become-a-fri...
@gwksouth.bsky.social Rivers team removing invasive Floating Pennywort from the Colne Brook at #Iver Mudwharf early in the season to minimise impact on the river. Iver Parish Council www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/project/coln... #BiodiversityMatters
Look No Litter! Lovely to walk along a litter free stretch of towpath in the sun this morning. Grand Union Canal near #Denham Deep Lock. Thanks to all the #volunteers who’ve worked so hard to keep it this way @CanalRiverTrust @HillingdonLP & the friends of the Colne Valley Park @gwksouth.bsky.social
Working with @gwksouth.bsky.social & as part of Hastings Digital Museum, we have a new Make a Windmill activity. 100 years ago, before we had electricity on demand, Hastings was full of windmills. Find out more here www.hmag.org.uk/see-and-do/digital-museum/windmills/ @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
Windmills – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
As part of Hastings Digital Museum and in collaboration with Groundwork South, we invite you to explore windmills of Hastings. There is a special focus on the history of windmills in Ore. There is…
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Millstream at Kingfisher Gardens in sunlight for the first time in years 😁 Great work today by the two Matts from @gwksouth.bsky.social Rivers Team in this lovely community garden next to the River Colne looked after by Richings Park Residents Association #Iver @Bucks
Outfall Safari Training in #Eastcote at 1:30pm on Thursday 12th March. @zslofficial.bsky.social are offering training to #volunteers who are willing to monitor polluting outfalls on the River Pinn, to be delivered in person at Eastcote House Gardens. Sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/river-pinn...
Great video from @bbowt.bsky.social made on a visit to the Alderbourne River in #Fulmer to highlight that @buckscouncil.bsky.social recently passed a Chalk Stream motion, aiming to protect these rare, internationally important freshwater habitats. Restoration here led by @gwksouth.bsky.social
🎉 Great news for chalk streams! @buckscouncil.bsky.social has unanimously passed a cross-party motion to protect Buckinghamshire’s chalk streams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDSn...
Great work happening on the Alderbourne River in #Fulmer led by @gwksouth.bsky.social Ridding the river of invasive species. Learn more about work to clean up this river here www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/ridding-the-... thanks to @colnecan.bsky.social partners Affinity Water & Bucks & MK NEP
Ridding the River Alderbourne of Invasive Species - Colne Valley Regional Park
A partnership project to improve the health of the river Alderbourne, particularly focussing removal of the invasive species skunk cabbage.
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Sign your child(ren) up for a day of adventure at #Iver Environment Centre. Their Drop Off Day on Saturday 17th January 10am–4pm promises fun, exploring and making a nature documentary. Book a spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weekend-dr... @HillingdonFIS @bucksfamilyinfo
Weekend Drop Off Day: Nature Documentary Making
Sign up your 7-14 year old for a day of exploring the site and making a nature documentary!
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Many thanks to this great group of hard working #volunteers who litter picked around the #Uxbridge galleries this week, led by Xavier from the Colne Valley Team @gwksouth.bsky.social. They cleared a large area of rubbish making a real difference #TeamEffort www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/colne-valley...
It’s turned out to be a lovely day for doing a spot of Corporate #Volunteering in #Denham Woods @macegroup.bsky.social #biodiversity @gwksouth.bsky.social
We’d like to thank the Corporate #Volunteers from @macegroup.bsky.social for all the days they have worked in the woods of #Denham again this year and the many benefits of our continuing partnership with them for #biodiversity @gwksouth.bsky.social www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/mace-corpora...
Senior Project Manager (Spade Oak Lake) with @GwkSouth.bsky.social based at Colne Valley Park Visitor Centre, Denham (hybrid working available), 30 hpw, fixed term contract
Groundwork: Senior Project Manager (Spade Oak Lake) advertised with CJS
Location: Colne Valley Park Visitor Centre, Denham (Hybrid working available) Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2028. With potential to extend depending on outcome from the project legacy plan.…
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This small group of #volunteers from @awscloud.bsky.social worked really hard all day along a section of the Colne River on Harmondsworth Moor to remove invasive floating pennywort. Day organised by the Colne Valley Green Team @gwksouth.bsky.social @groundworkuk.bsky.social #AmazonInCommunities
Our catchment coordinator Lucy Shuker @gwksouth.bsky.social was delighted to be at the recent CaSTCo event. Great to celebrate the value of our amazing citizen scientists & the data they gather.
Nicky from @gwksouth.bsky.social spent a Saturday morning at Willowbank in #NewDenham with Malcolm and his #volunteer friends recently and was impressed by their #Riverfly monitoring skills and set up, thank you Roger @goldcrest10.bsky.social for the photos. @riverflies.bsky.social
You can now see it’s a Nature Reserve from the front entrance. We think you’ll agree, that thanks to their hard work, this is much more welcoming. Day organised by the Colne Valley Park Green Team @gwksouth.bsky.social @groundworkuk.bsky.social
Great work here from these #volunteers from @centricaplc.bsky.social at College Road allotments in #Slough clearing plots so they can be used by the wider community. We are really grateful for your hard work and enthusiasm. @gwksouth.bsky.social @groundworkuk.bsky.social
@gwksouth.bsky.social are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development phase of our @heritagefunduk.bsky.social lottery funded Colne Connections Project. Last chance to apply: closes today 8th Sept www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/job/colne-co... #recruiting #hiring #conservation
Colne Connections Project Manager - Colne Valley Regional Park
Groundwork South is excited to announce that the Colne Connections Project has been awarded Development Phase funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are now seeking an experienced Project...
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