On a very hot July Saturday volunteers from Wallasey Division rolled up their sleeves to repaint Cedar campsite shelter and restore the campfire circle. Brambles that had encroached were cut back, a new wood pile created and the logs around the campfire replaced. After a much need lunch break of bacon and sausage butties the … July Volunteer Working Party
A big thank you goes to all the volunteers from Hinderton and Ellesmere Port Divisions who came down to assist with this months volunteer working party at the site. They were joined by our D of E volunteers and some of Birkenhead Division as well. Despite a raining start to the morning they cleared all the … June Volunteer Working Party
Its been a busy month at Hadlow with the completion of groundworks around the site, the creation of a new woodpile area and improvements to the car park. The new tap area has now been completed and was thoroughly tested out by 80 Duke of Edinburgh Expedition students in some very muddy conditions. The creation … Campsite Improvements April 2018
A big thank you to Dibbenbrook Division for keeping the April Working Party volunteers topped up with hot drinks, cake and bacon butties on a very wet day. Despite the heavy rain our D of E volunteers and members of Birkenhead and Dibbensbrook Divisions gathered the felled wood from Orchard and Bluebell wood to lay … Hadlow – Spring Clean Working Party
A big thank you to the volunteers from Birkenhead and Deeside Divisions who turned out over two weekends for working party at Hadlow. The list of jobs for February working party was long but Birkenhead Division rose to challenge. The skip was quickly filled, the car park cleared, flags delivered to each campsite shelter for … Many Hands Make Light Work – March 2018
In February two of our Hadlow volunteers spent a weekend tending to the willow dome by the traversing wall on the camping field. The willow sculpture has been re-shaped; the old wood removed and willow whips planted to create a new front section to the dome. Although it looks a little bare at the moment … Willow Sculpture Repairs – February 2018
Thanks to everyone who saved their ‘Active Kids’ vouchers as Hadlow Fields now has a brand now rounders set including bases, bats and rounders balls and a skipping set including individual skipping ropes, group ropes and activity cards. These have now been added to our games store equipment which is open to all units when … Active Kids – Rounders & Skipping January 2018
This year’s Hadlow Christmas Hampers proved even more popular that last year. The jams, preserves, chutneys, iced Christmas cakes, chocolate truffles, plum puddings and even the odd bottle of Damson Gin looked fantastic. The 15 reindeer that called in at Hadlow on Saturday very quickly found new homes across the Wirral. A big thank you goes … Hadlow Hamper Sales
The new AED machine at Hadlow is now fully installed onto the The Gate House in its new heated and secure storage unit. We’ve registered our AED with NorthWest Ambulance Service so in the event of a serious incident on site the unit access codes will be provided and also all our site users will … AED at Hadlow – Update
Once again we welcomed six volunteers from Vauxhall Motor’s Ellesmere Port Plant to Hadlow Fields. Fuelled by plenty of cups of tea and coffee, biscuits and a bacon butty the team achieved an amazing amount by refreshing the paint work in The Gate House and the disable toilet in the Cottage; re-cleared the land alongside the … Vauxhall Helpers – September 2017
