Today at The Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Good afternoon and welcome to the last blog of this week documenting the voluntary roles young Alex Ashworth is participating in. This morning was the fortnight schedule I have for the Bees, Butterflies and Bikes group as part of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. I arrived at the meeting point (outside The Anderton Arms pub in Fulwood) at approximately 9.50am. Time soon marched on to 10.am and Chris hadn't arrived so I was getting worried as to whether Chris had text me to let
Today at INTACT
Good afternoon and welcome another day in Alex's voluntary week. This morning was INTACT day. As you've probably read in previous blogs I volunteer my time fortnightly for INTACT and having been doing so for the past month or so. I arrived right on 9.30am and dressed ready for action to tackle the morning's gardening duties. I signed in at reception and asked if Barry had arrived ( Barry is my tutor and helper at INTACT). Barry was running a little behind so I made my way to
Today at Preston Parks
Good afternoon and welcome to a brand new week into the voluntary roles Alex Ashworth is taking part in, in and around the North West of Lancashire. This morning I volunteered my time with Preston Parks at Ashton Park. It was a welcome return to the Monday routine as I hadn't seen and worked with Steve Smith ( senior park ranger ) for some time so it was refreshing to continue our work friendship. It was 9.45am and as I made my way up the path towards the pavilion base, Stev
Last week at 'Let's Grow Preston'
Good afternoon and welcome to the latest instalment of the voluntary roles Alex Ashworth is enjoying and benefiting from, in and around the North West of Lancashire. Last week I volunteered my time for a couple of hours for Let's Grow Preston. I arrived slightly earlier as planned at roughly 10.45am. I waited in my car till 11am for Paul Greenwood to open up the pavilion at Ashton Park. Buzzing and raring to go Paul gave me the rewarding task of mowing the grass. In the he
Volunteering for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Good morning and welcome to yet another insight into the volunteer work Alex Ashworth is contributing to in his local community of Preston. The other day I volunteered my time with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust with the group 'Bees, Butterflies and Bikes'. Lead of the group Chris Taylor provides excellent teaching and practical help in the realm of gardening so you know your in safe hands when Chris directs the volunteers into action. This time with the group things were a
Volunteering today at INTACT
Good afternoon and welcome to the latest experiences within the voluntary sector for young Alex Ashworth. Today was INTACT day. I attend fortnight gardening sessions at INTACT, which is based at Ingol near Preston. If you remember my last post regarding INTACT I got soaked to the bone with rain and planted a series of white onions. This time the weather was on our side but there was, however, another setback we were yet to encounter. I arrived at INTACT this morning at 9.30am
Donated Plants
We have received a very kind donation of Japanese and Sedum Speactabile from Viv Berry Thank you very much Viv, these will be put to good use!
Free Seed Potatoes
Brighter Blooms (http://www.brighterblooms.co.uk) have kindly donated lots of seed potatoes to Let's Grow Preston. These are available free to Communty Groups so if you would like some please come to Ashton Community Garden on Ashton Park today (Wed 6th April) or tomorrow between 11:00 am and 3:00pm
Volunteering today at Preston Parks
Good afternoon and welcome to the latest update into the volunteer world of Mr Alex Ashworth. So I arrived a little earlier than expected at 9.30am at the Pavilion Base HQ. Senior Park Ranger Steve Smith was dealing with some important phone duties so I helped myself to a cup of coffee and ( quite aptly ) a ginger nut, a name I may have been referred too at some point in my life. As the time marched on to 10am and after several slurps of our coffee and a sugar rush of biscuit