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TOE2 ACCESS FUND, SUPPORTED BY OCC

16th December 2011

TOE2 is delighted to announce a new dedicated Access Fund supported by Oxfordshire County Council.  Funds are available for local communities wishing to improve the accessibility and quality of the rights of way network in their area.  We welcome applications from across Oxfordshire and we are keen to support projects instigated by local communities and involving volunteers. If you have a project that might be eligible, please contact toe@oxonrcc.org.uk for further details.

 

TOE2 SUPPORTING THE LANDFILL COMMUNITIES FUND

1st December 2011

TOE2 is delighted to announce that we now have funds available to be used as third party funding by local organisations applying to the Landfill Communities Fund.  If you are applying to an Environmental Body such as WREN or Viridor Credits for a biodiversity, access or renewables project and need to secure the 10% third party funding, please contact us toe@oxonrcc.org.uk and we may be able to help you.

 

NEW POND FOR BARRACKS LANE COMMUNITY GARDEN

October 2011
Volunteers gathered at the Barracks Lane Community Garden last weekend to start work on creating a wildlife pond. Under the supervision of Clive Leeke, they dug out a pond with shelving sides and then lined it with puddled clay. The clay, donated by Grundon Waste Management, was provided in large bags. The volunteers made clay tiles which were then placed in layers in the pond and then puddled to make a smooth watertight lining. Congratulations to all involved and we hope that the pond will become a haven for wildlife and a focal point for this thriving community garden.


EWELME VILLAGE HALL - OUR FIRST PROJECT!

28 October 2011
Congratulations to the first TOE2 funded project to complete. Ewelme Village Hall now has new windows, which will make the hall much more energy efficient and user friendly. The project was identified as the result of an energy audit. We hope that users will find the hall warmer and the committee will find that heating costs have reduced.


TOE2 ENDORSEMENT FROM LORD LIEUTENANT TIM STEVENSON


Many thanks to Tim Stevenson for the following endorsement of our work: "TOE2's initiative is timely, focussed and already proving very useful. I support it wholeheartedly. Confronting the challenge to our environment must have at its core a change of culture and new determination to act at a local level: that is exactly the area at which this energetic project is directed. It must be enabled to continue to succeed"