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Events Calendar 2025 |
Volunteering Calendar 2025 |
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September |
● 14/9 - Archaeology demonstration
Details to be announced in due course
● 15/9 - Expert Talk (Archaeology) - 7pm @ Trinity Centre,
Details to be announced in due course
● 16/9 - Expert Walk (Archaeology) - 11am
Details to be announced in due course
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● 06/09 - HAT
Meet at the Visitor Centre (Town Gate) at 11am
● 14/09 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30AM-2:30pm
● 19/09 - Park House Reserve Volunteers
11:00-2pm
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Is this your first time volunteering with us? Great! Thanks for your interest, please drop us an email first on info@fospa.org.uk We then know we’re looking out for a new face and can confirm the meeting point with you (as this can change) and can confirm if the session is running.
After your first session, if you would like to come again you will need to become a FoSPA member (£5 per year), this is for insurance purposes. Under 18s must be accompanied by their responsible adult at all times.
Our current opportunities:
Conservation Volunteers (fortnightly) When - every other Sunday 10:30-2:30. Where - location varies, see FoSPA Conservation Volunteer page or contact us. Tasks - Varies but have included footpath repair, bridge-building, stream bank restoration and scrub clearance to protect the heathland. We provide you with all the training and tools required for each task. Everyone does what they’re able to each time. Bring along a packed lunch, appropriate footwear and a pair of gardening gloves. Check out their facebook page (you can view without a Facebook account) for up to date information as a session may be cancelled due to the weather:
Park House Reserve Volunteers (Monthly)
When - 3rd Friday of the month at 11am Where - Meet beside Browns/Park House - (what3words: taxi.atomic.empty) Tasks -Help us restore the woodland and wetland habitats behind Park House. All tools provided but please bring along your gardening loves, packed lunch and sensible footwear.
HAT - Heritage and Archaeological Taskforce (Monthly)
When - 1st Saturday of the month at 11am Where - Location varies (please see below for each task Tasks - Working with the Park Rangers to maintain and enhance archaeological assets within Sutton Park All tools provided but please bring along your gardening loves, packed lunch and sensible footwear.
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October |
FoSPA President Dr Mike Hodder will be continuing the Archaeology Walk series, this time exploring Longmoor Valley. Please wear comfortable & weather appropriate clothing.
A talk by our volunteers explaining the history of the long-standing Conservation Volunteer group and what we’ve been up to since! Our volunteers work hard to benefit Sutton Park but they also gain social, mental and physical benefits from volunteering with FoSPA! No booking required |
● 04/10 - HAT
Meet at the Visitor Centre (Town Gate) at 11am
● 12/10 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30 am-2:30pm
● 17/10 - Park House Reserve Volunteers
11:00-2pm
● 26/10 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30am-2:30pm
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November |
● 17/11/205 - An Evening Talk: Heathland Ecology, 7pm @ Trinity Centre
A natural history of Sutton Park’s most iconic habitat by Dr Richard Orton
No booking required |
● 01/11 - HAT
Meet at the Visitor Centre (Town Gate) at 11am
● 09/11 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30AM-2:30pm
● 21/11 - Park House Reserve Volunteers
11:00-2pm
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December
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● 15/12 - An evening talk: The history of FoSPA- 7pm @ Trinity Centre
Celebrating 75 years of FoSPA with a run through of our history by local historian and FoSPA Chair Marian Baxter
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● 06/12 - HAT
Meet at the Visitor Centre (Town Gate) at 11am
● 07/12 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30AM-2:30pm
● 19/12 - Park House Reserve Volunteers
11:00-2pm
● 21/12 - Conservation Volunteers
10:30AM-2:30pm
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All FOSPA events are £3 admission per person, but are FREE for Members only.