by OpenCountry | Oct 14, 2020 | Open Country News
Can you help us in our quest to collect seeds for our tree planting project? We need people to collect the seeds of horse chestnuts, sweet chestnut, oak and beech trees and send them to our Wakefield project so that our members can grow new trees! Last year we planted...
by OpenCountry | Oct 1, 2020 | Open Country News
Do you know a countryside site or venue in Yorkshire doing great things to encourage visitors with disabilities? Open Country’s Good Access Scheme award was launched in 2015 to recognise the best countryside ‘access for all’ projects across Yorkshire each...
by OpenCountry | Sep 29, 2020 | Open Country News
In 1991, the United Nations adopted 1st October as the International Day of Older Persons. To mark the day this year, we are paying homage to our oldest volunteer Dottie, who has been supporting Open Country members on their activities for the past five years. At...
by OpenCountry | Aug 9, 2020 | Open Country News
We are celebrating National Allotments Week this week! The theme for 2020 is ‘Growing Food for Health and Wellbeing’, a reflection of the many benefits of growing, cooking and eating your own fruit and vegetables. At Open Country we know all about ‘growing...
by OpenCountry | Jul 30, 2020 | Open Country News
Get on your bike – or wheelchair, tandem, scooter, skateboard, penny farthing, unicycle – and join the free My Prudential RideLondon to raise vital funds for our charity! The My Prudential RideLondon is holding a free cycling event on 15-16 August to help charities...
by OpenCountry | Jul 23, 2020 | Open Country News
We are looking to recruit a new Trustee to help guide and govern our Wild About Wakefield project. We’re looking for a candidate who has a good knowledge of Wakefield, its people, geography, challenges and opportunities and someone who can help us to develop our...
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