Buzz in the Meadow Family Fun Day – 24th September 2022 – 12-4pm

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

A woodland themed day of fun full of family activities. Come and meet our Meadow Sprites – watch magical meadow creatures take over the Garden in a bewitching performance by Curious Cargo theatre group brought to you in association with Black Country Touring.

Other attractions include:
– Fairy Garden arts and crafts.
– Make your own leaf cast with artist sophia moffa from “A Sense of Place” project.
– Drinks and home-made cakes at our community cafe.
– Come dressed up as a woodland creature or a fairy!

All activities are free.

AHOY! Pirates, Mermaids and Sea Monsters at Caldmore Community Garden

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

Save the date!

Preparations have started for our next event – AHOY! Pirates, Mermaids and Sea Monsters – come and join us on Sunday 7th August, 12-4pm for a wonderful day full of theatre performances with Clementines Live Arts‘s Ernie’s Journey, treasure hunts, and marine-themed fun for all the family!

Attractions will include:

  • 2pm – Ernie’s Journey – performance by Clementines Live Arts followed by family workshops.
  • The Hunt for Pirate Treasure for children.
  • Pirates, mermaids and sea monsters arts and crafts.
  • Free face-painting, bouncy castle, and ice-cream for children.
  • Drinks and home-made cake at our community cafe.

Come dressed up in a sea-themed costume or as your favourite character!

Free Summer Play Scheme at Caldmore Community Garden

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

Register now for our free summer holiday play scheme at Caldmore Community Garden!

It will be a mix of nature activities, arts and crafts, forest school, science, and lots of outdoor play.

For children aged 8-12 only.

Free lunch (halal, vegetarian) will be provided.

You can book a place for up to 2 weeks and your child will have to attend the full week – Tuesday to Friday 12-3pm.

Fill in the form tinyurl.com/summerplayscheme by Friday 15th July and we will be in touch on Monday 18th July to confirm your child’s space.

Magic Little Grant for our Caldmore Tots!

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

Our Caldmore Tots project has received a Magic Little Grant through the partnership between Localgiving and Postcode Local Trust!

Postcode Local Trust is a grant-giving charity funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community groups. Our project received £500 towards materials for our Caldmore Tots playgroup which provides sensory play activities, outdoor learning and play, and social interaction for children under 4 and of course their adults!

To learn more abou Magic Little Grants, visit their website: www.localgiving.org/magic-little-grants/

Animal Man

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

On Saturday July 9th we will welcome the Animal Man at the Garden again! 

You are able to book a space for one hour Animal Man session and 1 hour picnic at the Garden, after which we will ask you to leave swiftly to make space for the next group. 

Session times are: 12-1.50pm (with Animal Man 1-1.50pm) and 2-3.50pm (with Animal Man 2-2.50pm).

This is a Caldmore Tots event and spaces are very limited – only children aged 2-6 allowed. Unfortunately we will not be able to include older siblings. 

Please bring your own food and drinks for the picnic.

If you have any questions, please call Anna on 07871813252.

We will confirm your space by Tuesday 5th July. Please let us know if you can’t attend for any reason so that we can give your space to another person on the waiting list.

Animal Man’s visit is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Link to the booking form: https://forms.gle/2Qqkg3GTnUishYfb6

GreenSquareAccord Chairman Robin Bailey visits Caldmore Community Garden

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

Many local CaldmoreAccord residents may be aware that it has merged with GreenSquare to become GreenSquareAccord.

We welcomed Robin Bailey, the Chairman of the GreenSquareAccord Board, at the Garden yesterday to show the work of Caldmore Housing and then CaldmoreAccord in helping to create Caldmore Community Garden and the House.

CaldmoreAccord have been instrumental in setting up our Community Garden and developing many core areas and projects.

We wanted to share the good work with the new Chairman and the Chief Executive, Ruth Cooke, who has promised to visit in the future, so that we can re-establish our partnership working with a key local social housing provider.

Without the funding from CaldmoreAccord we would not have been able to start the refurbishment of the Caldmore Community House. The former Chairman of CaldmoreAccord, Mike Hew and Director Margot Lambert were key partners in the development of Caldmore Village Festival Group which oversees the Garden and the House.

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Day – Saturday 25th June at Caldmore Community Garden

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

Join us this Saturday at 12p.m. for a fun afternoon of craft activities, live music and games (we have an educational treasure hunt and quiz).
See what we get up to at the Mens’ Shed on Mondays and the Womens’ Tuesday group.
There will be live music from Trouble and Strife at 1p.m. and we’ll be looking at ideas to reduce, reuse and recycle.
As usual, there will be homemade cakes for sale, so let’s help save the planet (and eat cake).

Caldmore Tots

caldmorecommunitygarden 2 Comments

It’s going to be an animal month at Caldmore Tots, in preparation for the Animal Man visit at a special event on Saturday, 9th July. This week we will be exploring edible animal habitats and playing with salt dough – all at our weekly free toddler playgroup, every Thursday 10.30-12.00 at Caldmore Community Garden. 

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

It’s VOLUNTEER WEEK and we could not exist without all the amazing people who create and maintain the Garden, organise events, run activities, help with play schemes, gardening, building, educating, drafting publicity, delivering newsletters, baking cakes, chatting, taking photos, and being such a lovely bunch to be with! Thank you so much, everyone, for all your past and ongoing help. 

If you would like to join us and leave your mark at this ever-changing space, that exists for the local community only, every little bit helps – and it is fun, too!

In the photo, captured by Craig, is Condessa, a long-standing volunteer, who is a force of nature!

Vacancy: External Evaluator

caldmorecommunitygarden Leave a comment

CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR CALDMORE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OUR “GARDEN FOR ALL” PROJECT

Role: External Evaluator

Fee: £6,000.00 to £7,000.00 for the full engagement period (paid in two annual installments).   

Engagement period: July 2022 – February 2024

This is freelance self-employed post, spread over two years.

Place of work: Remote working and visits to the project in Walsall

We are looking for an evaluator who has experience in the arts and participation to carry creative evaluation of our flagship project – Caldmore Community Garden with activities and events funded as a part of Reaching Communities’ “Garden for All” project. If you do not fit all the criteria but do have relevant experience that could make you a great candidate, we would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. We welcome applications from people with a range of experiences and skills.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our projects and our workplace. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We aim to make the application process as accessible as possible.

To apply, please email your CV and a one page cover letter to:  Anna Webster –  caldmoregarden@gmail.com by Friday 24th June.

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they come in as we are looking to appoint this post as soon as possible.

FULL EVALUATION BRIEFDownload