More volunteers needed

We are always looking for parents / friends, to volunteer in the following areas :

1. From time to time with outings and visits at all meetings

2. To help out when short staffed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings

3. To undertake admin tasks at the office including updating this website regularly

4. To work on our land land project at Twinstead during the week, or school holidays with John and the young people from BB

5. To work with the Powerboat project during April to December time - based at Bradwell On Sea - RYA courses available

6. To work on new Projects - inclusing life skills events, craft, filming and other skills

If you want to chat through any offer, please contact John by visit, phone or e mail. THANKS - WE NEED YOU TOO !! Dec 09

War Hammer Club

Meets every Juniors’ evening, during term time, on a Wednesday from 6.15 pm. to 7.45 pm. with older young people running this activity. All equipment and tuition is provided free. As at December 2009 we still use 40,000 warriors and equipment for the board game ! We are also hoping to meet another youth group for a battle !!!! The local BB group hope to hold a War Hammer day next summer 2010 too - John Dec 09

Denmark May -  2009

As at December 2009 John has visited Denmark to see the accomodation we hope to use next May - 30th. May to 4th. June. A meeting is planned for January 19th. 7.30 pm at the church for all boys and parents and staff. This will establish who wants to go, how we travel and what to expect and the costs involved. Please let John know if you are interested.

everyclick.com

If you have seen everyclick.com we are registered there too. If you become a supporter, you can highlight 2nd. Witham BB and thus when when you use this search engine, you raise funds for us !! In 2 years 18 supporters have raised over £200 so do try it please !!!

Friends Reunited

We now have a 2nd. Witham BB website registered on Friends Reunited - if you are an old boy etc., please leave your details there. We want to build up a list of old boys and supporters, in readiness for our 40th. Birthday in 2012 !!! It was a real joy to hear from Robert Russell in 2005, an original member in the 1972 era ! He is now married with two children and living in Surrey, working as a Prison Officer ! As at this month several more ex 2nd. Witham folk have registered.

Peter’s Vale Land Project - Twinstead

Peter’s Vale—The lake 3 years on remains full, so much so that work has come to a halt on finishing the excavations. The area around the lake remains saturated and we need it to dry out, before we can complete clearance of sludge and mud. However, the reed beds are establishing well.
Thanks go to Mike Cartwright, Matt West, Ian Hodgkiss, Gary Cutting, Edwin Webber,Callum Smith, Charlie Wilkins, Andrew Eaves, Chris Pell, Dan Newland, Lloyd Robinson, Andy Barlow, Seniors, Juniors and Company Boys from October 2006 half term holiday and Matt Berale, for all their hard work on the land in recent times !
The board walk construction and coppicing of hazel will continue all winter and into spring time 2010. Another half an acre has been carried out as at January 2009 . If you want to assist, please let John know.

The lake area remains flooded, but we will work on there soon hopefully !

We are very grateful to Valerie Hodge and family, who have agreed to hand over the field to our ownership. The whole of the land will now be held in Trust to us and The Boys’ Brigade UK. Further board walking work was carried out in 2006 and throughout this year too, with BTCV and the path through the forest is now 80% complete.

We have been very fortunate in partnership with BTCV, to gain a substantial grant from the Heritage Memorial Trust Fund, to complete, 16 work days and weekends on the land, fully financed, to complete traditional coppicing work, board walk completion, bird box building and other fun things including horse logging. This grant and work is now complete - with a Celebration Day held last November.
Further dates for Twinstead / Peter’s Vale work days will be planned during the winter / spring of 2010. See also the photos of the days and weekends in the Gallery. The container for storage is now sunk in the ground on the land and we will need to obtain some boxes for storage use. Thanks to everyone who helped with the venture.