They say that happiness is always sweetest when shared; and there’s nothing sweeter than these delicious apples we gathered on our first ‘Community Harvest’ collection this morning.
A huge thank you to Peter who got in touch and let us pick and share his amazing fruit with others.
These will be available at the community centre, the St Albans Community Pantry and doorsteps around the Cottonmill/Sopwell area in the next few days. Keep an eye out.
We also have plans for producing crumbles, cakes and other mouth watering treats to share with friends, family and neighbours. These apples will not go to waste.
If you have any surplus fruit that could be collected and distributed to other local families, please do get in touch.
Thank you to everyone who turned out for our annual review and AGM last night. With dusk descending, we were given a beautiful tour as Kate discussed the ongoing plans for the community centre before outlining future proposals, including further establishment of the orchard and wildflower areas.
Then, all back inside for AGM formalities and trustee updates, and the launch of the Sopwell Jigsaw Meadow project, before our community feast.
A real diverse offering of dishes using locally-grown produce for us all to share. It was a wonderful night and hopefully it can inspire even more of you to help the area ‘grow’ together.
11.30am-12pm: All welcome for a short workshop on growing fresh salad leaves over winter – just turn up promptly at 11.30am.
Like to do more? Get stuck in at our monthly working party with our friendly bunch of volunteers. Turn up at 10.30am. Bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. Or we can provide them.
To be held at: Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre, Old Oak, Off Cottonmill Lane, AL1 2EF, St Albans 7-9pm
There will be a sharing buffet from 8pm
AGENDA
Welcome, apologies for absence and introduction (Kate Swindells, Chair)
Annual report (Kate Swindells, Chair)
Financial Report (Alison Shiperlee, Treasurer)
Resolutions to Constitution
Change of Financial Year
Election of Committee Members (Kate Swindells, Chair) a) Chair b) Treasurer c) Additional Committee member(s)
Election of Secretary (in-coming Committee)
Any Other Business (in-coming Chair)
Notices of Resolution
As required under Section 11 of Grow Community – Sopwell’s Constitution, the Committee hereby gives notice of intention to alter the Constitution. The resolutions to be raised at the AGM are as follows:
To change Section 6.10 from “Retiring Officers shall be eligible for re-election after a gap of at least one year.” to “Retiring Officers may be re-elected immediately after the end of their three year term.”
To change Section 8.7 from “Members shall elect at least 3 and not more than 7 Committee members to serve for the next year. They will retire at the next AGM but may stand for re-election.” to “Members shall elect at least 3 and not more than 12 Committee members to serve for the next year. They will retire at the next AGM but may stand for re-election.” We will also be changing the dates of our Financial Year.
If you would like more information on the reasons behind these changes, please contact growsopwell@gmail.com.
If you would like to be considered for a committee member role, including officers (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary), please contact us to discuss this by Tuesday 19th September 2023.
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