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As a
Community Interest Company we produce an annual report which is
verified by Members at our AGM. The report is based on
our social, environmental and heritage outcomes.
The headlines for the year 1.10.16 -
30.9.17 were:-
1,225 Volunteer days comprising of
852 practical days and 373 management
12
Volunteers live in the Bosmere Ward, 13 others live in Suffolk, another
8 in the rest of East Anglia and 2 from the rest of the UK
The 'In-kind' value of the 1,225
days was £98,550
- Garden project continues to grow
(thank-you Steve for co-ordinating the Tuesday Volunteers)
- Volunteer skills
development included learning how to scythe and
roundwood timber framing
- Monthly working parties helped with
the restoration of a local woodland
- OBee CIC celebrated their 9th
birthday with a
dance party and Auction of Promises
- Delivered 219 practical training
days to 127 students - timber framing, wattle and daub, roundwood
framing
- Presented 70 IHBC Continuing
Professional Development certificates
- Provided 'work
experience' placement for a construction student from West Suffolk
College
- Received Planning Permission to
reinstate the 1580 Long House
Partnership
working included Greenways Ipswich and National Trust Greenwood
Craft Group from Wimpole
Funding
from Breaking New Ground enabled the delivery of free training at West
Stow Anglo Saxon Village with live broadcast on Radio Suffolk!
Suffolk
Community Foundation supported our Tree to Timber event which was well
attended by the local and broader community
Out and about at Ecobuild, Spring
Wood Open Day, Weird and Wonderful Wood, Combs Fete, Latitude Festival,
Folk East, Period Homes and Pakenham Water Mill.
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