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Back in March I posted information about the Mendip & Treecot Residents Association, Wildlife Garden project.
The site has now been transformed from what was effectively a rubbish tip.
With new trees and whip planting It is getting the feel of a nature garden and you can start to visualise where it is going. (see pictures below).
The [...]

Then Groundwork’s GREENAIDERS could be for you!
The GreenAider Garden Project is a free service for the elderly and vulnerable adults who need assistance to get control of their garden.
What can we offer?  A free half day session to help get your garden under control and make it more manageable for the future with the help [...]

This “thought” by William Arthur Ward was sent to me by Baiju Solanki in one of his newsletters which always provide inspiring performance awareness tips:
Believe while others …
Believe while others are doubting…
Plan while others are playing….
Study while others are sleeping….
Decide while others are delaying….
Prepare while others are daydreaming…..
Begin while others are procrastinating….
Work while others [...]

Essex Wildlife Trust needs volunteers to help protect Avocet Eggs
Following the fantastic success in previous years, when Avocet chicks have successfully hatched on Two Tree Island, Essex Wildlife Trust is once again looking for volunteers to assist them.
In 2004 and 2005 eggs were stolen just two days prior to hatching. Since 2006 Essex Wildlife Trust [...]

 
Residents of Southend are being encouraged to dig out their wellies and help get involved with a beautiful wildlife garden on the Mendip Estate.
 
The Mendip and Treecot Residents Association need help with planting and support on the reserve. The area, formally an unused waste land is being transformed into a wildlife garden, which has [...]

Join Meningitis Research Foundation’s (MRF) London to Paris cycle team for a four day, 290km bike ride on 30 July – 2 August 2010.
We’d love cyclists of all abilities to sign-up for the MRF team. Join us at the starting line in London’s bustling streets on the morning of 30 July. We’ll cycle through south [...]

The Southend branch of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association is appealing for help to make muddy allotment plots more accessible for people in wheelchairs. It is renting two plots near Southend Airport Retail Park to allow disabled members to grown their own vegetables.
The South Essex Organic Gardeners Associated has already donated some fruit bushes. Now they need some [...]

Looking after me is delivered by two volunteer tutors who are themselves carers; these carer tutors use their real life experiences to help other carers attending the courses. At the moment we have 3 carer tutors, we would like to have 12 carer volunteer tutors trained to deliver the courses by early 2010; ideally these [...]

Have you ever considered giving up some of your time to volunteer? Do you love nature and want to help protect it? Then why not consider spending some of your free time volunteering with the RSPB. On Saturday 17 October, staff at RSPB’s South East Essex reserve will be holding a ‘Volunteering Taster’ event to [...]

Club 60 is a local club in central Southend for the over 50’s.
The club meets every weekday for various activities including Snooker, Table Tennis, Short Mat Bowls, Watercolour Painting, Crafts, Line Dancing, Sequence/Ballroom/Belly Dancing, Keep Fit, Tai Chi, Whist and other card and board games.  Where tutors are involved there is a small additional fee.  [...]