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Friends of Great Ashby (FoGA) are delighted to be liaising with our local Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers, for a litter pick on the 20th February 2022. This is to help the community as part of their Thinking Day (Founders day) celebrations. We have circa 100 attendees. This will be a combined SBC & NHDCContinue reading “Girl Guide Litter Pick – 20th February 2022 2pm to 4pm”

Friends of Great Ashby (FoGA) are delighted to be part of the program keeping our local woods ecological healthy & safe for use. We love the fact that Tanya Dickson of CultureWood runs monthly Forest Schools in Great Ashby! The next event is on Sunday 20 Feb 2022, 11am to 12:30pm. The government’s evaluation [1]Continue reading “Educational Importance of a Forest School – Great Ashby has one!”

FoGA are campaigning to ensure that the paths in Great Ashby are kept clear for vulnerable users. FoGA are willing to help, supported by volunteers and the Adept Living Foundation (ALF) CIC. According to the RNIB , County Councils could be breaking the law under: 1) Section130 (1) of the Highways Act 1980 which imposesContinue reading “Keeping Great Ashby’s Paths Clear & Safe”

I met up with my good friends of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to greet the new year sunrise in peace and comradeship. We also shared a beautiful breakfast and then set off for a large scale litter pick – under the watchful brief of Stevenage Mayor Sandra Barr with the equipment provided by Friends of GreatContinue reading “Early Morning New Year Clear Up”

Friends of Great Ashby are please to announce that Usman Butt, Ahmadiyya Muslim community for Stevenage, who lives in Great Ashby, has accepted becoming co- patron. At the same time Faiza Ginai Spittles and Adam Spittles have been appointed to the management committee.

What a privilege volunteering for FoGA I had the most delightful of afternoons led by the Junior and Little Litter Leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. We walked the woods surrounding the Park and they showed me all the best places to find litter, explaining why it was in the wrong place and the harmContinue reading “Litter Leaders Clear the Woods!”

In June 2020, FoGA conducted a ‘Facebook Gossip’ to create ideas about how £65.5k (the then amount of annual budget the GACC were spending, and the reserves the GACC were holding. The gossip log is attached below and summarised. The real issue is that there is no engagement from NHDC (who are Hitchin, Letchworth &Continue reading “Update on Community Proposals”

Meeting in the car park off Serpentine Close, Great Ashby, Stevenage. The Juniors are older then the Little Litter Leaders, who are still welcome to bring their adults along too! Risk Assessment

Leaves cleared to facility more active travel with a request that NHDC check when the next eight weekly sweeping cycle is due. What3words toxic.dent.fired NHDC Ref: AF385107181

A big thank you to Bonnie & Andy who joined our small team clearing the pheasant wire, which is a risk to little people, pets and wildlife. Project in Claypitsprings will continue over the next few weeks. Please see here for our work in support of the Great Ashby & District Park Greenspaces Plan.