Fulbourn Autumn Community Litter Pick
Sunday 25 September. Meet at the Fulbourn Centre between 2.00 and 2.30pm
We hope that many of you can join us again to help clean up the village before the onset of the winter months. Plenty to do, as always, but with enough volunteers we hope that we can cover most of the village and wider parish, including along the approach roads where much litter is thrown from passing cars.
Pickers and bags (and bag holders) will be available from outside the Fulbourn Centre when you come to confirm your picking area. We will have plenty of gloves to borrow, and a few hi-vis vests, but do please bring your own if you have one. As usual, arrangements will be made for collection of the filled bags from the roadside, so no need to carry them back to the Fulbourn Centre. Accompanied and supervised children are very welcome and encouraged – we had an enthusiastic number back in April. Please take no risks when picking from alongside a busy road, and keep back from road edges. If you cannot safely access the litter, then please leave it in place and report back so that suitable action can be taken in a controlled and safe way. Fly tipping or similar will be reported to South Cambs District Council for removal.
If you cannot make the Sunday afternoon but would still like to help, contact us for the pickers and bags (available from Friday 23 September) so that you can pick your chosen area in the morning or on another day.
Do come and join in if you can, even for just an hour or so – it makes such a difference to the village and is a benefit to wildlife.
Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve Work Parties
The Wildlife Trust Fulbourn Nature Reserve volunteering mornings will restart on Sunday 16 October. We’ll be tackling more of the invasive scrub in the meadows where the wild orchids proliferate. Everyone is very welcome including children, although they must be supervised by a parent or guardian. Sturdy footwear and thick work gloves are a must – the gloves especially as hawthorn can pierce thin gardening gloves. Tea and coffee is back on the agenda for a mid-morning break, with the occasional biscuits or nibbles.
We meet at the bottom of Stonebridge Lane by the entrance to the Nature Reserve. All the 2022-2023 dates are given below. Please note the different start time for the November work party.
Sunday 16 October – 10.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 13 November – 1.00pm to 4.00pm (to avoid Remembrance Day events)
Sunday 11 December – 10.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 8 January – 10.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 5 February – 10.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 5 March – 10.00am to 1.00pm
If you require more information please contact the Wildlife Trust local volunteer warden Peter Montgomery – pete.monty@gmail.com
And three further dates for your diary:
Fulbourn’s Repair Cafe
Saturday 12 November 2022, 2.00 to 5.00pm, in the Townley Hall, Fulbourn Centre
Too early to book, but please make a note of the date if you have something that needs repairing. Run by Fulbourn Forum in association with Cambridge Carbon Footprint, full details will be sent around mid-October.
Wilbraham River Protection Society AGM and Talk
Talk by Wildlife Trust Conservation Manager Martin Baker
Tuesday 22 November 2022, 7.00pm, in the Great Wilbraham Memorial Hall, Angle End.
The short AGM will commence at 7.00pm followed by the talk at around 7.30pm. Martin’s talk will centre on the work by the Wildlife Trust of promoting and implementing Nature Recovery Networks in the Greater Cambridge area and beyond. Fulbourn and Wilbraham are part of the catchment area for the River Cam, so the health of our countryside, river, streams, watercourses and springs is important in the recovery of nature, both for the benefit of wildlife, human wellbeing and the climate.
All welcome. Free event.
Fulbourn Community Market
Saturday 26 November 2022, 2.30 to 5.00pm, in the Townley Hall, Fulbourn Centre
Details to follow in November.
Fulbourn Forum 