FrANC on BBC Countryfile
FrANC was approached by the BBC Countryfile team and asked we were willing to be filmed as part of a special episode featuring litter clean-ups.
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Chair’s Report 2021
FrANC’s Chair Tim Wickstead sums up the year in a report he produced for the 2021 AGM.
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Successful grant applications for community gardening
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve received two grants to help support our new community gardening project based at Butterfly Junction.
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Three mattresses, a snooker table and 35 bags of rubbish
Yesterday’s clean-up of the New Cut was a highly effective use of two hours by 22 FrANC members who enjoyed rediscovering their dexterity with litter-picker and rubbish bag, as well as good conversation and fresh air on a fine day.
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Presentation to FrANC by Polly Emmott: Thursday September 23rd on Zoom
14 FrANC members took part in a really entertaining presentation by Polly Emmett on her love of litter-picking.
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An evening with Stuart Hatton – the person behind the Wapping Wharf scheme
Stuart Hatton Managing Director of Umberslade Corporate Development spoke to FrANC members on Wednesday 23rd June via Zoom about the Wapping Wharf development.
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Reed beds in Bathurst Basin
A neighbouring community organisation “Friends of Bathurst Basin (FOBB)” has successfully secured funding and negotiated for reed beds to be installed in the basin.
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Rubbish clear-up along the New Cut as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme
As an important element of his DofE Award, a local teenager, Christopher Parker, undertook a 13 week programme of extensive litter clearance in our part of Bristol.
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