www.wayforwardstebbing.org https://www.wayforwardstebbing.org:443 News for www.wayforwardstebbing.org en-gb Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:16:28 +0000 Copyright: (C) St. Marys Church 15 Ecology Projects thewayforward_40085 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:16:28 +0000 A trained Ecologist has been helping us to explore nature in the church & grounds; identifying & recording species, developing resources & training to support care & conservation of habitats, creation of learning resources, delivery of activities such as the RSPB Birdwatch.

]]> https://www.wayforwardstebbing.org:443/736/Ecology-Projects Grow Your Own thewayforward_40084 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:12:55 +0000 A series of events and activities.

April/May

See Spring Community Day.

June

Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature - counting and recording wildlife, lichen identification, picnic, reduce/reuse/recycle activities. Connected to national Volunteer Week.

Sept/Oct

Harvest Home. Harvest Supper, collection for foodbank donations, ‘sports day’ activities, scarecrow trail.

]]> https://www.wayforwardstebbing.org:443/735/Grow-Your-Own Village Spring Clean thewayforward_40083 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:56:36 +0000 Working in collaboration with the Stebbing PC ‘Great Stebbing Litter Pick’ to make greater impact by additional cleaning of signs, war memorial and clearing of paths.

]]> https://www.wayforwardstebbing.org:443/734/Village-Spring-Clean Village Nature Walk thewayforward_40082 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:43:37 +0000 Seasonal nature walk resource connecting marked routes around the village; one for each season identifying areas of specific interest, eg. rare flowers, evidence of wildlife, viewpoints of the church and other heritage buildings. Includes information about the suggested Saxon origins of the village name (derived from Old English for tree stump, ‘stybb’, and land cleared for settlement ie. a meadow or ‘ing’)

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