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Cherishing Churchyards Week Events

Herefordshire

Do-It-Yourself Task Team Taster Day

Tuesday 14th of June10-3pm

This practical ‘hands on’ workshop is to enable participants to organise a group of volunteers and run successful, enjoyable and practical conservation days in churchyards.

This will be a practical day, working in small groups and will include: planning and preparing your task day, health and safety on site, working as a team – a job for everybody and making it enjoyable for all.

Pre-booking necessary. Contact Caring for God’s Acre, 01568 611154, info@cfga.fsnet.co.uk. Free to participants, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Venue address: St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Leintwardine, Herefordshire

Bus Tour

Saturday 18th of June 10am-4pm

Join geologist Paul Olver and conservationist Sue Cooper, on a journey around some beautiful South Herefordshire Churchyards. Discover the stories of the stones and the rich variety of wildlife nestled in these sacred sites.

Pre-booking necessary. Contact Caring for God’s Acre, 01568 611154, info@cfga.fsnet.co.uk. Free to participants, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Venue address: meeting place will be in Hereford, details given out on booking

24hr Midsummer Wildlife Recording

Monday 20th of June 8pm until Tuesday 21st of June, 7.59pm!

Join in when you can

Join us for a 24hour attempt to record all the species in St Weonard’s churchyard on June the 21st.

Experts will be on hand at various times to help with difficult groups like lichens, mosses, beetles and bugs.

Monday will start at 8pm with small mammal trap setting. Bat and moth surveys will start after sunset. On Tuesday there will be a bat dawn watch, a dawn chorus and discovering species are in the live mammal traps.

Pre-booking not necessary. Contact Caring for God’s Acre, 01568 611154, info@cfga.fsnet.co.uk. Free to participants, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Venue address: St Weonard’s Churchyard in St Weonard, Herefordshire

Oxford

St Frideswide Church Family Eco-Event

Saturday 11th June, 10am - 12.30pm.

Children and their families are invited to come and explore the bio-diversity of the church grounds. Owain Hegerty will lead a workshop in which you can:

Help make the grounds more welcoming to wildlife
Hunt for mini-beasts
Learn more about nature

Your are invited to bring a picnic to have in the grounds after the workshop. And then to visit our sister church St Margaret's Binsey to use what you have leaned to explore the wildlife, trees and flowers in the country churchyard there.

There is no charge but a suggested donation of £2 per child or young person.

No need to book, just turn up.

For further information please ring Anne on 01865 725906 or email riverbank26@tiscali.co.uk

SOMERSET

BUTTERFLY, BUG & BOTANY WALK

19th June 2011, 11.45am - 12.30pm

Have a chance to explore the habitat of our beautiful churchyard. Guided walk, tips on identification and children's activities.

No pre-booking necessary.

Venue address: Trudoxill Congregational church, Foghamshire Lane, Nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 5DP

Grid Ref: ST749 437

WILTSHIRE

ST GILES LIVING CHURCHYARD BIRTHDAY PARTY

Saturday 18th June 9.30am - 12.30pm

St Giles Living Churchyard Project started in June 1999 and this year we are having a 'working' party to celebrate our 12th birthday with cake and refreshments.