The next Parish Council Meeting is on Monday 11th Nov 2024 in Datchet Village Hall at 7pm 

Latest News updated 04/11/2024

Events updated 29/05/2024

WAD are looking for volunteers!!! 

Hello Volunteers

A call for your assistance please!

We have a number of Wild About Datchet community projects in the pipeline, but I am finding it difficult to make them happen on my own. I’m therefore requesting your support and active assistance to push them forward into the public eye.

Current and future Wild About Datchet projects include:

* Assisting the Datchet Parish Council with planting and maintaining the Datchet Community Orchard

* St Mary’s Church grounds care and maintenance

* Adopting local verges to begin a rewilding programme

* Regular village litter-picks

A great deal of preliminary work has already been done on these projects, (and I have established some good contacts in the Borough, DPC, local social groups and other ‘Wilds’ groups), but I need your help to get them across the line.

I’d like to establish a permanent WAD Events & Activities Team who can work with our existing Committee Team to share the tasks needed to instigate, plan, promote, and oversee specific projects and events.

If you (or someone you could recommend), has good communication skills, and is willing to help to plan, promote and help coordinate all aspects of WAD projects, (or if you just want to find out more before you commit) then please make contact. I would be very happy to meet you personally to discuss how to take Wild About Datchet’s important environmental messages forward.

Village events are a great way to help bring a community together so I very much look forward to hearing any questions or interest.

Kindest regards

Allen

If you are interested please contact Allen on  wildaboutdatchet@gmail.com

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Next steps for the Datchet Community Orchard

Hello volunteers

You may have recently seen the twelve new Orchard trees planted on the Sabatini Land adjacent to the Datchet Parish Council office which were a result of WAD and DPC working together to gain funding from the RBWM.

These trees were planted by contractors to meet the RBWM planting specifications for our Orchard, and to give the best chance of a prolonged life, also to meet a level of warranty cover.

Now it’s our turn to begin the second round of planting!

Our task will be to follow an approved layout plan, and plant 22 small trees and whips.

The date for your diary is Sunday 24^th November, and we’ll begin at 11am, possibly working for a couple of hours, or as long as you feel comfortable.

You’ll need to wear sturdy footwear and suitable clothing for the weather, and bring gloves, hand trowels and if you have a spade handy, that would be helpful too.

We’ll also request the DPC erects their gazebos for shelter if needed, and you’ll be given a Hi-Viz to wear too. You’ll also need to register your name, so we’re all covered by DPC insurance.

Also, and to help with the development of the Orchard Project, we’re now looking for local company sponsors (or individuals), to help with purchase of seating, signage and bins. If your organisation would like to be more involved, please make contact and we’ll get together for a chat.

So, if you’d like to be part of the planting crew on the 24^th, please let me know and I can begin the registration list. (Next planting - of the Orchard wildflower plugs - will be mid-February 2025)

Kindest regards

Allen

Wild About Datchet 

Background

In March of this year the Datchet Parish Council was successful in bidding for RBWM funds to create a small wild meadow and community fruit tree orchard on the Sabatini land (the triangle of mowed grass between Horton Road and the recreation ground ditch near the Village hall).

This application was made with Wild About Datchet and is part of the Parish Council's commitment to plant trees and create more biodiverse spaces for the community.