Isle of Wight Green Gym
Caring for our Island's countryside since 2003. |
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On 25 September 2024 Isle of Wight Green Gym celebrated 1,000 sessions of volunteering as an independent community group. As of that date, we had worked at over 190 different locations across the Isle of Wight, including several sessions helping Gift to Nature with the management of Shide Quarry, Newport (above). More than 630 people had taken part since we started: allowing for average attendance, that amounted to nearly 67,000 man hours! We had also taken part in around 50 Zoom sessions during the Coronavirus pandemic. On our 1,000th session we returned to Old School Meadow, Gurnard, to assist the site's volunteers in a variety of tasks including cutting back vegetation and clearing around the pond. For a report on the morning's work please click here. By getting involved in practical conservation work like this, our aim is to benefit the countryside of the Isle of Wight, and improve our own health and wellbeing at the same time. We meet every Wednesday morning throughout the year at venues all around the Island, and always welcome new members. Please click on the links (left) to find out more about us, email us for details of upcoming sessions, or click here to download our leaflet. |
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Last updated 11/12/2024 |
In 2009 we were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award given to volunteer groups for outstanding work in their own communities. |
Since 2006 our sessions have been recorded on our Blog, which is updated regularly with lots of photos. |