A big thank you…

A big THANK YOU to all the students, teachers, governors, parents and community members who helped out on our project at Tavistock College this weekend. Photos and more details to follow shortly…

Volunteer days at Tavistock College: 25 & 26 September 2010

Thank you to all the volunteers who have offered to come along on Saturday 25th and/or Sunday 26th September to help our on our pilot project. We will be meeting at 10am on both days at the outdoor picnic area outside the canteen. We should be finished about 1pm both days. We will be doing activities like sanding, painting and weeding so please please wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting paint on and/or getting dirty. Light refreshments will be provided including tea, coffee, squash, water, biscuits etc. We will be undercover most of the day so don’t be put off on Sat or Sun morning if it is raining. If you have any queries, please contact Max on 01822 618 715 (forwards to mobile on Sat/Sun) or email contact@westden.org.uk. Thanks again for your offers of help and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Volunteers dig in to help the environment

Volunteers and gardeners gathered together as environmental charity Westden held a volunteer afternoon at Tavistock Community Primary School as part of their latest major project called the School Community Landscape Network (CLaN).

Tavistock College Surf Academy beach clean up at Tregantle Beach on Sat 6 Feb 10

Just a reminder that the Tavistock College Surf Academy is hosting a (hopefully) large scale beach clean up on Tregantle beach (Whitsands Bay) on Saturday 6th Feb. The event should be a fun day at the beach and will be incredibly worth while in terms of the vastly improved condition it will be left in. If you are not doing anything that day it would be amazing to see some of you there. There is going to be press there as well so it should give the college a nice bit of publicity if we have lots of people there. Dan Kinsman and I are collecting a minibus full of students from college and then meeting everybody else on Tregantle beach at 11:20ish for a safety briefing. It’s not nasty horrible food rubbish or anything like that, it’s all just marine debris which is almost all washed up plastic. The beach is dog friendly too. If your keen, bring warm clothes and some gardening gloves.

Odyssey Orchard at Tavistock College

Westden are excited to see the Odyssey Orchard go in at Tavistock College. The college report said, “”Tavistock College students plant heritage orchard to safeguard trees for the future Tavistock College students are helping to save local fruit tree varieties from extinction by planting apple trees in the school grounds.

Tavi Times article on Outdoor Taskforce

Tavistock Times article on the Tavistock College Outdoor Taskforce in partnership with Tavistock Taskforce and the Molly Owen Centre.

Tavistock College Outdoor Task Force strike at the Molly Owen Centre

Pupils from Tavistock College joined Westden’s event to promote sustainable community outdoor volunteering on a day all about rights and responsibilities. The facelift at the Molly Owen Centre was greatly appreciated and the group had gained great satisfaction in doing work for other people.

Environmental pledge from the Tavistock College Surf Club

Westden are delighted to hear that Tavistock College is taking its responsibilities for the environment and sustainbility seriously by encouranging pupils to get involved with community service.