Tuesday 14 March 2017

Early Spring 2017 Newsletter

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Penge Green Gym Newsletter

 




  

 

Dear Penge Green Gym Supporters

 
 
New Year and New Projects for

Penge Green Gym


After a chilly couple of months at Winsford Gardens spring is here and new projects are under way.  From our header you will see that Penge Green Gym has been selected by Tesco to receive a donation from it's Bags of help initiative where money collected from the sale of plastics bags goes to community projects.  If you go into any local branch of Tesco during March and April you will see the perspex boxes and the Winsford Gardens Regeneration Project is in the middle.  Please ask the shop assistant to give you a blue token (or 2) to put in the box. The money raised will go towards the regeneration of one of our meadows into a dry gravel flower bed and a bench.  We will also be creating a small wildlife pond in the growing area.

New Signs at Winsford Gardens



We would like to say a big thank you to Ancaster Garages for funding the news signs at both entrances of Winsford Gardens.  We think they really stand out and make the entrances welcoming to passers by.  2 representatives from Ancaster came along to officially 'open' the signs. 


Many other projects are progressing including 2 new, small raised beds which will be planted up with colourful vegetables in the coming weeks.  We have also cleared a lot of overhanging hedging that has been damaging the fence with our neighbours. This will allow repairs to be made by Idverde. We have also created a new dead hedge and removed an Ash tree stump. And much general clearing has been going on in preparation for spring.


Wednesday 1 March 2017

Bags of Help #BagsofHelp



Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help initiative across England and Wales. 

This scheme sees three community groups and projects in each of around 200 Tesco regions awarded grants of £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge.

Bags of Help offers community groups and projects across the UK a share of revenue generated from the 5p charge levied on single-use carrier bags. The public will now vote in store throughout March and April on who should receive the £5,000, £2,000 and £1,000 awards.

There is more information at the Bags of Help website www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp

Please support the Friends of Winsford Gardens aka Penge Green Gym in our latest project to provide a pond and wildlife area within the gardens to increase diversity and amenity in a valuable local Greenspace within an otherwise heavily built-up part of London.

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for more information as we develop and create this latest project. 

Support us by voting for Penge Green Gym with the tokens given with any purchase made at a Tesco store within our London region.

thanks

Friends of Winsford Gardens