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HMRC Volunteers Support Maghull’s Green Centre Restoration: find out how you can help.
HMRC Volunteers Support Maghull’s Green Centre Restoration: find out how you can help.
On Friday (28.6.24), a large group of brilliant HMRC volunteers spent another three hours with the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers, to extend the astounding debris removal from the West polluted section of Rowlands Dell. Their ‘return’ represented a taxing but immensely satisfying ‘relief’ from their normal ‘taxing returns’, for which we as […]
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Amazing Wildlife Education and Research on Maghull’s Doorstep This Saturday – both day and night at Lunt Meadows. Organised by: The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and supported by the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD).
Amazing Wildlife Education and Research on Maghull’s Doorstep This Saturday – both day and night at Lunt Meadows. Organised by: The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and supported by the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD).
On Saturday 13th we will be running a wildlife recording Bioblitz on the nature reserve with Mersey Rivers Trust and our local records centre, Merseyside Biobank. A Bioblitz is when you try and record as much wildlife as possible in 24 hours. It will be a great opportunity to have a go at citizen science and […]
Hardy Volunteers Support Maghull’s Green Centre Restoration: can you help?
Hardy Volunteers Support Maghull’s Green Centre Restoration: can you help?
On Sunday (7.7.24), a few Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers braved the torrential rain, to spread a mountain of donated woodchip (courtesy of Paul Richards - local community orientated tree surgeon). Unbelievably, the work was completed in one hour and will temporarily suppress the weeds and improve the bio hydrating humus following their […]
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Stone Age Crafts on Maghull’s Doorstep This Sunday (14.7.24) at Lunt Meadows.
Stone Age Crafts on Maghull’s Doorstep This Sunday (14.7.24) at Lunt Meadows.
Organised by: The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and supported by the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD). On Sunday 14th we will then be running a Stone Age Crafts day in partnership with University of Chester's Archaeology Department. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about life in the Stone Age and […]
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New One-Hour Midweek FOMD Session (Parkbourn).
New One-Hour Midweek FOMD Session (Parkbourn).
Sorry for the short notice, but we noticed that the weather was half decent tomorrow and wondered if anyone could spare one hour tomorrow morning at 930 hours behind Parkbourn Square at our first project. It’s become a little overgrown since we focused on the trees and Woodend most of this year. If you can […]
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Postponed FOMD Meeting
Postponed FOMD Meeting
Our Six Weekly FOMD Meeting is Taking place at Maghull Town Hall Council Chambers between 09:30 hours and 11:30 hours. All members welcome with agenda and minutes to be circulated soon. Main focus: updates on new and ongoing projects, plus increasing volunteers/volunteering and potential change from CIC to CIO.
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Outstanding New and Old Volunteers at Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Green Centre Restoration: Can You Help Next for Only One Hour?
Outstanding New and Old Volunteers at Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Green Centre Restoration: Can You Help Next for Only One Hour?
On Saturday (13.7.24), old and new Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers continued with the green restoration work at Rowlands Dell. Remarkably, the following work was undertaken: North Slope: the whole area was cut with a lawnmower following regrowth to enable continued access to the underlying polluting debris and litter. 16 bin bags of […]
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Maghull’s Transformed Beauty Spot, Highlighted on Google, Receives Some TLC: can you spare one hour to help?
Maghull’s Transformed Beauty Spot, Highlighted on Google, Receives Some TLC: can you spare one hour to help?
The Friends of Maghull & District's (FOMD) first of many community environmental transformations started at Parkbourn in Maghull in 2018, which we recently highlighted on Google maps receiving over 1000 hits over two months. The area was transformed from an antisocial grot spot to a much-visited oasis, but it does need some overdue weeding and […]
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Near Maghull – Wellbeing workshop: foraging and folklore of plants
Near Maghull – Wellbeing workshop: foraging and folklore of plants
Thursday 25 July 2024 10:00am - 12:30pm Lunt Meadows, Thornton, Liverpool, Merseyside Blow away the cobwebs with a guided walk around our reserve focusing on the folklore and medicinal properties of some of our common plants. Bookings Only through the link below: Wellbeing workshop: foraging and folklore of plants | The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire Manchester and […]
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Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Green Centre Restoration: Can You Help Next for Only One Hour?
Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Green Centre Restoration: Can You Help Next for Only One Hour?
On Saturday (20.7.24), the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers continued with the green restoration work at Rowlands Dell. Thank You to the amazing volunteers for undertaking the following work made more challenging by the humidity: North Slope: the whole area was cut with a lawnmower following regrowth to enable continued access to the […]
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Maghull’s Seventh World Wonder: can you help for one hour!
Maghull’s Seventh World Wonder: can you help for one hour!
This 2008 transformed grot spot, currently in need of some annual TLC, is not the hanging Gardens of Babylon but home for the ‘hanging teapots of Maghull’ amongst many other attributes! The 21 funky teapots hanging from a fence are used as bug houses and bird boxes! The Friends of Maghull & District’s (FOMD) first […]
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Mersey Forest Supporting Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Restoration: can you spare one hour?
Mersey Forest Supporting Maghull’s Rowlands Dell Restoration: can you spare one hour?
On Saturday (3.8.24), the Friends of Maghull & District (FOMD) volunteers continued with the green restoration work at Rowlands Dell. We will be joined by our good friends Mersey Forest who are celebrating the planting of 185,924 trees in Cheshire and Merseyside in the last planting season (October – March), and will be planting some […]