The next Parish Council Meeting is on Monday 14th Oct 2024 in Datchet Village Hall at 7pm 

Latest News updated 09/10/2024

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

Happy Friday!

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed we have new trees on the Sabatini Land. This is part of Phase Two of the Community Orchard project which has now been completed. 12 trees of various varieties have been planted, staked and protected while they 'bed in'. The planning and planting have been done with an independent expert and following the guidelines stipulated by the RBWM.

Phases 3 and 4 will see smaller trees, shrubs, and wild flowers sowed around them.

Sunday 24th November is the planned date for this next phase of planting and it's very much the plan to open these phases to the public and volunteers so the community can be involved. 

It will take a few years for the trees that have been planted today and for future planting to fully mature but this exciting project will create a beautiful long long-lasting community space for all to enjoy and improve the wildlife habitat in the area. We will post updates on the progress of the Orchard and if you would like to volunteer and get involved in the next stages of planting and the long-term maintenance of this project then please contact the Parish Council Office or @wildaboutdatchet.

Thank you to the project team and staff at @DPC @WAD @RBWM contractors and volunteers.

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.