Events – Friends of the Tame Valley

Upcoming Events

Help us celebrate 3 years of Friends of the Tame Valley with a litter pick to spruce up Jet Amber Fields. Meet at 10.30am at Dunkirk Lane car park.

Afterwards, from noon, we will be meeting at the Lowes Arms, (301 Hyde Road, Denton, M34 3FF) for a quick AGM where some of our committee members and volunteers will be on hand to discuss the work we do in the valley.

For more details email web.fotv@gmail.com

Previous Events

We’re cordially inviting Friends to a Coronation clean-up in Jet Amber Fields on Monday 8 May at 10:30am.

We’ll be meeting at the St Anne’s Entrance to Jet Amber Fields (Satnav: M34 3DY). There’s a job for all ages, and the more helping hands we have, the better.

It’s a royally good way to spend a morning!

Date for your diary!

Rob Hardman will be leading a Litter Pick in and around Shepley Wood on Sunday the 14th of August at 1pm.

Meet at Shepley Wood Park (access via Cemetery Road in Audenshaw – M34 5AH).

Would be great to see as many Friends as possible!

Stephen Martin will be leading a session in the Upper Haughton and Whittles Meadows on Wednesday 10th August at 9am.

It would be brilliant to be joined by as many volunteers as possible. Please meet at the entrance to the Tame Valley at the bottom of Fairlea, Denton (M34 6EH).

The Big Balsam Bash is two weeks of intense action spearheaded by Groundwork where communities come together to tackle Himalayan Balsam, an invasive species causing unrest to our native plants and wildlife.

Friends of the Tame Valley have organised two events as part of the Big Balsam Bash. Join us on Saturday 9th and Saturday 16th July. Both events start at 10am and we will be meeting at the St Anne’s Road Entrance to Jet Amber Fields (Denton, Manchester M34 3DY)

Also please feel free to do some Balsam Bashing while you are out and about in the Tame Valley. Send us some pictures no matter how much you are able to do. For more information and balsam bashing guide see https://www.groundwork.org.uk/bigbalsambash2022/

Firstly a big thank you for your support for the Friends of the Tame Valley in 2021. We’ve now reached our first birthday and must have another Annual General Meeting.

As the AGM is open to everyone, so if you’d like to attend, please email ajgwynne@sky.com for the zoom link. You are very much welcome to participate, or just to hear about some of the work we’ve done – or plans in progress.

You are also welcome to put yourself forward for any of the posts or for membership of the small committee that meets bi-monthly to oversee the work of the group. The Group will accept nominations up to midnight on Monday 21st February by email, again to: ajgwynne@sky.com

Here’s to a brilliant second year looking after our Tame Valley!

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
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By Zoom: Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 7:15pm

AGENDA:
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1. Chair’s Opening remarks
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of the AGM held on 16.2.21 (attached)
4. Matters Arising
5. Secretary’s report
6. Treasurer’s report
7. Election of Officers:
a) Chair
b) Secretary
c) Vice Chair
d) Membership Secretary
e) Treasurer
8. Election of committee members (5 places to be elected)
9. Co-option of committee members if applicable
10. Presentation of our first year
11. Any Other Business

PLANT A TREE FOR THE JUBILEE!

We have received some young saplings from City of Trees as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy to plant in the Tame Valley. We have identified a small part of Jet Amber where these could be accommodated without impacting on other important natural habitats and have teamed up with Tameside Council‘s Greenspace Officers to help plant them next Friday.

Come and join us… tools and advice will be provided.
ALL WELCOME!

Come and help at our community SPRING CLEAN – in conjunction with River Tame Anglers’ and Mersey Rivers Trust.

We are meeting at 10.30am at the Broomstair Road, Audenshaw, entrance to Jet Amber Fields (SatNav: M34 5EX) on SUNDAY 27 FEBRUARY.

All welcome!

We have organised some Balsam Bashing sessions in the Tame Valley over the summer period.

The first will be tackling invasive species along the Tame in Jet Amber Fields.

We are meeting by the river bank on 31st July at 10.30am next Saturday. Please enter the site from the Broomstair Road entrance in Audenshaw to find us. Don’t forget to wear sturdy footwear and gardening gloves if you have them.

Training will be given to those new to this activity. Above all it will be fun. Please join us and help to make our Tame Valley Balsam-free!

We have our first organised activity on Sunday 20th June – in conjunction with Team Denton North East Councillors, including our very own Chair Denise Ward.

We are meeting at two locations:

11am at the Broomfields entrance to Jet Amber Fields

12.15pm at the Fairlea entrance to Whittles Meadow

Litter-pickers and bin bags will be provided too. Please come along and help!

(If you can’t make this, don’t worry… if you want to go and do some in your own time, we can let you borrow some equipment when you need it. Just email: ajgwynne@sky.com to arrange)