COUNTY LOCK COMMUNITY PROJECT:
The Lions Club of Reading has adopted an area of green space near to County Lock in Reading. Our aim is to care for the local environment and create a space for your enjoyment.
On a cold and windy Sunday in November 2010 a group of willing Lion volunteers made their way to county lock armed with spades, wheelbarrows, cutters and brooms and spent time clearing paths and walkways, cutting back overhanging branches and picking litter. We even saved a pigeon from the canal waters.
It is our intention to keep the area clean and tidy for all to enjoy for many years to come. We are committed to helping improve the local environment in which we live.
In early April 2011, after a further tidy up session, the Mayor of Reading was kind enough to come along and officially handover the area into our care.
We held another working party on 3rd August 2011. A big thank you to everyone that took part, especially to those friends and supporters and the team from Southern Electric. Read the Southern Electric press release..........
We were last at the site in November cleaning up the fallen leaves and generally tidying the area. There is much interest in the development of the site and we are currently working on a potential tree planting project with the local authority and BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers).
Watch this space for the date of the next working party and more detail on the tree planting.
If you are interested in helping with this project or would like to know more about what we have planned please email mike.holloway@readinglions.org.uk.
The following are a few before and after photographs:
Before!
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After! A job well done!!
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Registered Charity no: 1126848
