One Hour Volunteer Opportunities below.

We have regular welcoming multi-award-winning one-hour sessions you can just drop into any time without any commitment. No special skills needed just a healthy dose of enthusiasm!

Venue & Tasks.

The Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) need volunteers to meet at Rowlands Dell (adjacent to the Hare & Hounds Pub) for one hour on Saturday (11.10.25) at 09.30 hours, in preparation for a BBC Radio Merseyside visit next week to:

• Mainly Weeding and lopping tree and suckers to make wildlife twig pile for future eco education session.
• Trim car park hedge and ivy perimeter.
• Strim grass edge near rockery and lower Dell area of weeds.
• Mow grass.

Equipment needed: sturdy boots, garden gloves, spade, and garden or hand fork, loppers.

Thank You.

In preparation for the live BBC broadcast (7.10.25)We met on Thursday (2.10.25) at the Rowlands Dell green restoration project we achieved the following:

• Installed UK 2025 winner banner at 7am! (Ken, Ian, Frank)
• Emptied three bins (Frank).
• Spread donated woodchip (courtesy of Sarah – Saxon Tree Specialists) around three new border junctions and new conifer tree.
• Cleaned handrails and seating (Linda and Dave)
• Leaf blowed paths (Nikki and Ian)

Pictured: Ken with the 7am banner installation, Diana and Joan close to the newly woodchip mulched borders, and John Barrowman admiring the remnants of the donated woodchip mound.

If You Would like to Help?

• Volunteer sessions this week (everyone is welcome without any commitment) can be found on our Events calendar page at https://www.fomd.co.uk/events/ where you will find all the details.
• Crowdfunding Campaign. So far, with your help, we have raised enough money for one path extension (£7,600) but we are hoping to raise another £7000 for another crucial connecting path and much-needed large-scale woodland shrubs. Please donate online at www.fomd.co.uk or with cash at the Hare & Hounds PH, Morrisons, Esso Petrol Station.
• Rowlands Dell Introduction (3min Video): https://youtu.be/lxrTdudVza8?si=AM_znsaI35Cose-M

Background to Rowlands Dell.

This beautiful haven for wildlife has unbelievably been treated as an open tip for decades, where every inch has revealed a variety of pollutants harmful to wildlife. In our three-stage plan, stage I has resulted in Maghull’s biggest ever 46-week cleanup in which FOMD have removed 300 bin bags of litter and 25 tons of debris.

In Stage II (completed in November), with the help of our NHS landowner partners we successfully obtained a health and wellness grant (Maghull’s largest green investment) to fund an amazing legacy array of hard landscaping installations. These features provided accessibility for the whole community and included: accessible path, viewing/picnic area, sunken garden, bins, 10,000 bulbs and planting at small junction points, bug and bird boxes, and a dry waterfall feature). A Morrisons grant has enabled us to create the ongoing bog garden and wishing well.

We are now engaging in stage three to repopulate Rowlands Dell with woodland planting and need your help.

Best Wishes,

Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD)

Together making Maghull a better place to live.

More information at www.fomd.co.uk including: (1) Events tab for everything about the meeting and (2) Projects tab for the project background.

Contact: admin@fomd.co.uk

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