Volunteers

Broughton Astley Brook beside church

Brook Clean #2

One team of 6 willing volunteers undertook the task of clearing the area of the brook in-front of the churchyard of the dead plant material and the litter that had crept in since our last clean.  The job was bigger than we thought but we managed to get it completed in our allotted 2 hour

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Tree Planting

Broughton Astley Parish Council secured a grant in the form of 50 sapling trees to be planted in a conservation area of the village. These consisted of Oak, Hazel and Crab Apple. BAVG secured an extra 20 Oak bringing the total to 70 trees. With the help of some willing volunteers from our conservation and

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Brook Clean Up

Monday 29th March, the first day we really feel we can see the end of lockdown in the not too far off distance! With the new rules allowing 6 people to meet outside, socially distanced, we arranged to 3 groups of six to start in different areas of Broughton Astley brook to remove rubbish and

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Charity Status for BAVG!

Following a lot of work, taking advice and help from Rural Communities Council Leicestershire and a few other sources, along with filling in a ‘few’ forms we were delighted to receive news from the Charity Commission that our application had been accepted and BAVG are an official registered charity from 15th October 2020. This means

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Success for Gardening Group’s First Mission!

Responding to some residents requests to join a group of like-minded gardeners, we contacted them and arranged for those able and interested to meet up and carry out a few gardening improvements around the village.  These projects were carried out between lock-downs in September/October 2020. The first jobs included planting of snowdrop & daffodil bulbs

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