Here we bring you the latest news, events and research from SinCH.
Winter months We started the year with Bird Box making event at the Memorial Hall and over 20 boxes were built for people’s gardens or to be sited around the Parish. We’d like to thank the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for supplying the kits at a reduced cost and the Parish Council for purchasing them for […]
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Bee Safari – Saturday 10th August at 13.00 to 15.00 Meet at the entrance to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Wolseley Centre (no need to book) SinCH is repeating its popular Bee Safari so join local expert Ron for a guided walk to identify and explore some of the bee population. With luck we could spot up […]
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How did this come about? In a word, Unexpectedly… originally we were allocated a few raised beds to grow material for our Help Nature Thrive work. It then became clear that the beds were much better suited to another community project the Allotments Association badly wanted to support – a Children’s Growing Club. We were […]
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Chartley Moss is the largest example of a floating peat bog, or schwingmoor, in Britain. The sphagnum lawn supports important botanical communities adapted to grow in this hostile environment. These plants in turn support a large number of invertebrates. We are going in midsummer and may get to see some rare species of dragonflies, among […]
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Veolia ERF at Four Ashes Following a granted planning application in February 2011, Staffordshire County Council signed a 25 years contract with Veolia. The Four Ashes site construction completed late 2013 and all the domestic Green Bin waste is now processed there. This facility costed 180 M£ , it is estimated it would now cost […]
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7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following the success of our Positive News hot spot at a recent coffee morning we are now bringing this to the Green Drinks evening so we can explore some good news stories in more detail. Some of the items we cover will be drawn […]
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Please bring a bring a friend and join us on a walk to identify spring flowers, trees and insects – great for the kids too! – All Welcome We will be starting at 13.30 at the Memorial Hall with a quick overview of iNaturalist and how to use it. We’ll then take a walk around […]
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Our great friend and supporter Nigel has, after 6 years, decided to close his Roots Larder business from Sat 30th March. This will impact our Coffee Mornings so please read on for what happens next. We have been really grateful for Nigel’s support over the years as he enabled us to offer plastic free goods, […]
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7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following up recent month’s Green Drinks themes of how we can start to relocalise our economy, Diana Smith will tell us about the local network she is building across Staffordshire to start rethinking our food systems. This network includes farmers, food producers, people involved […]
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7.30 – 9.00pm upstairs at Great Haywood Sports & Social Club Following up last month’s Green Drinks theme of how we can start to relocalise our economy, Nicki will share her story of how she started making natural soaps and how she turned a hobby into a viable business idea. There will be soaps available […]
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