Our third AGM will be on Wednesday 25th January 2012 at 7pm, in the Union Street Community Centre. The agenda is below. We're looking forward to having a guest speaker - Dave Morris - North West representative of the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners. We'll also have an opportunity to thank Mr and Mrs Bunn for their support in helping to get allotments established in Sandbach.
Four members of the committee, including the Secretary and Treasurer, have come to the end of their term of office and are prepared to stand for re-election. The remaining committee members stay in post for another year. Please let us have any other nominations for Secretary, Treasurer and the committee by email or telephone to Jenny (761541) or Susan (760295). Feel free to nominate yourself!
We look forward to seeing you on 25th January.
Annual_Report_Jan_2011-2012.pdf
Sandbach Allotment Society - along with Home Grown in Holmes Chapel, and the Congleton Sustainability Group - were mentioned in Parliament by local MP, Fiona Bruce, during the Food Prices and Food Poverty debate, on the evening of 23 January.
Bruce was pointing out that people on low incomes often have the lowest intakes of fruit and veg, and that the simple skill of growing food has been lost over the past couple of generations. She highlighted the need for people to develop and share skills, and for more opportunities for people to grow their own, hence the need for more land, and more initiatives like Sandbach Allotment Society.
Read more in the debate's Hansard entry.