Thank you to everyone who took part in our pumpkin carving competition. We really enjoyed looking though all of the spooky entries which really got us in the mood for Halloween.
It was really difficult to pick our favourites but we are delighted to send a £20 voucher to the three winners shown in the photos below. We have also decided to sent a gift to everyone who took part as we were so blown away with the creativity of all the designs.
We hope you all had a Spooktacular Halloween.
With Mental Health Awareness Day taking place on Sunday 10th October, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of the best wellbeing walks in and around Mindenhurst, which can help us all access fresh air, nature and get some exercise.
You can find out more about local walking routes in and around Mindenhurst, including the Central Sang here: https://mindenhurst.uat.kolabdigital.com/walking
Spooky season will shortly be upon us so why not embrace your creativity and take part in our pumpkin carving competition.
Whether it’s a family effort or your own creation, just carve or decorate your pumpkin and send a photo to hello@mindenhurst.co.uk.
The top three designs will be announced on Wednesday 3rd November and will win a £20 gift voucher.
We will post as many as possible on our website so that we can celebrate the imagination and creativity of the community.
We will be hosting a bake sale to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support on the 24th September. The event will take place between 10am and 12pm at our office on Newfoundland Road, Deepcut, GU16 6SR.
Macmillan Cancer Support is a charity that’s very close to our hearts, and we would love it if you could join us and donate in exchange for some yummy cake.
Every penny we raise means Macmillan can be right there for more people living with cancer.
St Barbara’s Community Church are hosting an Open Day with Refreshments at the new Mindenhurst School.
Details below:
When: Saturday 7th August 10:30 – 12:30 & 3:30 – 5:30
Where: Mindenhurst School, Mindenhurst Road
What: See the facilities of your local Church
Who: Everyone is welcome
Please park at the St Barbara’s car park and walk to the new school – the footpath to the left of the church will take you there.
What a great time we have had during Wild Week, getting closer to nature and to our amazing local wildlife. A big thank you to everyone who got involved in all the events and activities throughout the week. We started the week with a minibeast hunt lead by Surrey Wildlife Trust, where we discovered all sorts of wonderful bugs and creatures that live in the Central SANG.
They also lead a bat walk later in the week, where the group got to see and hear Pipistrelle and Soprano bats as they flew overhead catching insects.
We have also helped identify and count local butterflies, learnt more about our native trees, and we have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the ‘wild art’ entries to our art competition.
Thank you to everyone who took part, and to Surrey Wildlife Trust for making the wildlife walks such a fascinating and fun experience.
Monday 25th July – Local Wildlife TalkJoin Surrey Wildlife Trust for a talk on our wonderful local wildlife. Find out more about the animals that are living alongside us and the role SWT play in protecting them. The talk will begin at 5.30pm on the decking next to the village pond.
Tuesday 28th July – Bat WalkBook onto our evening bat walk led by Surrey Wildlife Trust and learn more about our nocturnal neighbours. Using a bat detector to hear the calls of bats as they flit overhead on a dusk-lit evening is really an experience not to be missed! To book onto this event please contact hello@mindenhurst.co.uk.
Minibeasts huntWednesday 27th July –Come along to our minibeast hunt in the Central SANG. Lift a log, dig in the dirt, gaze through the grass and search for the small insects that live in the woodland. We will help you carefully catch and identify them using a guide sheet. All ages are welcome but children must be accompanied by an adult. To book onto this event please contact hello@mindenhurst.co.uk.
Practise your photography skills and capture a photograph of wildlife in Mindenhurst and Deepcut. Weather you photograph an insect, your dog enjoying a walk, or you are lucky enough to spot a deer, we would love to see them. There will be an under 12s and over 12s category, with a £25 voucher for the winners. Please email your entries to hello@mindenhurst.co.uk by Thursday 28th July, Winners will be announce on Friday 29th July via our Facebook page.
Friday 29th July – Help the HedgehogsHedgehogs numbers are declining in Britain and really need our help. There are many simple things we can all do to make a real difference for hedgehogs; logging sightings, making your garden accessible and hedgehog friendly, or donating to conservation charities. Activities and further information on how we can all help protect on of the UK’s favourite wild animals will be available here shortly.
Keep Britain Tidy’s national spring clean is running from 28th May to 13th June 2021.
They are asking for everyone across the country to litter pick and show some love for the local areas that helped us though lockdown.
In response, our volunteers will be heading out around Mindenhurst and Deepcut to help keep our community clean and tidy.
If you would like to find out more information just visit their website: keepbritaintidy.org
Everyone is invited to drop by our sunflower planting event on Thursday 13th May, 2pm – 5pm.
In a change to the location previously advertised, this will now take place outside our new project office, formally the Premier Shop, on Newfoundland Road.
We will have everything you need to plant your own sunflower which you can take home or leave with us to add to our new office garden.
Why not bring your children, grandchildren, or encourage your neighbours along, and you can see whose plant grows the highest?
This event is taking place during Mental Health Awareness week. Their theme for 2021 is nature and they are aiming to inspire more people to connect with nature in new ways, noticing the impact that this connection can have for their mental health. If you want to find out more information please visit: mentalhealth.org.uk.
We are delighted to have completed the construction of the new canal steps which were opened for public use on Monday 5 March 2021. The new steps, which lead to the canal from Deepcut Bridge Road, have improved access to the canal and have an integrated bicycle rail which will help promote leisure and commuter cycle use of the towpath.
Working next to the canal, within a Site of Special Scientific Interest, posed many challenges. The canal is rich with wildlife and we had very stringent procedures to work around the canal, including environmental containment systems to prevent any contamination. To mitigate the risk, further precast concrete stair-units were used instead of using in-situ concrete.
A major logistical challenge for this work was to find a way to get the excavator onto the towpath to excavate and remove the old steps. The safest and most practical way was to engage a local Canal transportation company to deliver the 3.5 tonne excavator on a barge via Frimley Lock down to Deepcut Bridge Road.
This work was completed over a 17-week period and was carried out as part of the Section 106 planning obligations for the Mindenhurst development.
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