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STOP PRESS
FRIENDS of Naturezones
support our important work
Click here for details of
Friendship schemes PDFfile
Make it a gift for Christmas
Family membership is for 4 people
with at least 1 adult
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The shop has moved back to our
nature reserve at Blackwater
Open Wednesday 10am - 3pm,
Thursday and weekends 10.30 - 5pm
until clocks go back than 10.30 - 3.30 pm
 .....AND
NATURE GIFTS
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enter
PLANT NATIVE site here
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More good News for Naturezones
Heritage Lottery Grant now
approved for Transitional Funding
We have been awarded £28,000 to help
develop our self-funding ambitions. The grant will include advice from
experts. Research into other similar organisations, financial support to make
us more regularly accessible to the community, set up a young directors scheme
and further training for volunteers and session workers. This is a massive
step forward for us. it will bring us into the mainstream of The Island's
natural history education and give us future sustainability for the posterity
of our organisation. We are very excited that the world famous Wild Fowl and
Wetland Trust (WWT) will be our main advisors.
Project manager Angela Hewitt said "Sir
Peter Scott has been the main influence behind the creation of Naturezones and
it is a dream come true to be working with the WWT.
New Education Centre - The Planning
Department have approved our application for a new Education Centre and
workshop. This will allow us to run indoor activities, lectures and workshops
during the winter. Our normal outdoor activities are still the mainstay of our
ethos but this small expansion makes us available to more communities. We now
have the grand task of fund raising.
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Springwatch. Do Something Great
Become a volunteer at Naturezones
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Drop in on Nature
Awards for All, run by the Big Lottery Fund has granted us
£8,000 to run drop in sessions for parts of the community that are
disadvantaged. The elderly and infirm, people with health problems and
dementia, carers and the cared for, children with their grandparents and the
elderly who are isolated . The grant has afforded a path way for wheelchair
access, seating for resting points around the nature reserve and materials for
craft activities and nature observation
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DEMONSTRATION OF HAY MAKING USING A TWO WHEEL TRACTOR, POWER SCYTHE AND MINI
HAY BALER - Video is at bottom of page for courses/workshops
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Supporting
each other
The Red Squirrel Trust
We sell their squirrel
feeders and Dreys
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Notice Board 23/9/16
Directions can be found on
the MAP page
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COFFEE MORNING and plant
sale tomorrow - Saturday - 10.30 - 1pm
and next Thursday 29th same
time
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FUND RAISING
We need to
raise £20,000 for our New Education Centre. Your support will be greatly
appreciated
Please donate £5.00
THANK YOU
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NEW
Monday art group for adults please click
on
courses and workshops
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NOW OPEN FOR VISITORS
Weekends and Thursday 10.30 - 4pm
Entrance £3 donation includes
tea/coffee/squash
Explore the nature reserve and learn
about nature. Do a quiz and earn a wise owl badge - see stop press
Learn how to create a wild flower
patch
Buy an unusual gift in the nature
shop
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Children's Parties on the Isle of Wight
6 - 12 years. We provide two and half hours of nature-explorer activities.
Minimum 10 children. Parents provide birthday cake
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Every week during school terms. Please book. More info on
schools page
Wet weather gear an almost
certainty
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WANTED -
VOLUNTEER WARDEN/S Weekends 10.30 to
close
Conservation Volunteers wanting to get
fit. Help to manage our lovely nature reserve. Wednesday 10am - 3pm, Thursday
and weekends 10.30am - 3pm
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Meadow Growing Instructions (pdf
file)
Native Species Plants now available from our
Blackwater Centre. also of local provenance hay/yellow rattle seed £3.00,
Bluebell seed £4.00 and a wide range wildflower seed and mixes for various
soils from £3.00 pkt
Open Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday and weekends 10.30 - 5pm until clocks go back then 10.30 - 3.30 pm
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TALK/PRESENTATION
Please contact Angela if your
organisation would like to hear one of Angela's visually supported talks "Naturezones
- Beginnings" or "How to Create a Wild flower Area"
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Green
Girls and Gals
Conservation Club
Wide range
of seasonal activities - learn about conservation while caring for a small
nature reserve (school leavers to senior citizens)
next
dates....
Every wednesday
www.greengirls.org.uk
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