Stroud Valleys Project

Bisley Cemetry Our inter-generational team of volunteers, Wild Work, started back after the lockdown at the beginning of July. It was so lovely to see everyone again and was great to catch up! Since then it has been non-stop.

We have been back to all our old sites as well as starting off at some new. We have carried on with our work with Cainscross Parish Council at Queen Elizabeth II Field at Dudbridge managing the wildflower areas and pulling out some of the reeds, helping keep Rowcroft Medical Centre’s grounds under control and looking after our trees at Arundel Mill Pond. We also helped plant the beds outside Five Valleys Shopping Centre and raked up grass to help maintain wildflower rich grassland at Bisley Road Cemetery. We’re looking forward to helping with lots of tree planting this winter!

Every week is different and full of humour and companionship and it has been great to be back, despite the necessary changes due to social distancing.

Roll on 2021 when hopefully at some point we’ll all be able to share tea and biscuits again!

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Eco Shop

Reopening April 2021

Our opening hours will be as follows:

Monday to Friday 10.00—16.00

Saturday 9.30—14.00

We look forward to welcoming you back through our doors - we’ve missed you.

Please be sure and keep to the advice at the shop concerning face coverings and hand sanitiser .

Until further notice, we can only accept 3 people in the shop at any one time.

We will be accepting recycling but it must be pre-sorted and we can only accept one carrier bag of each type per customer.

We look forward to welcoming you back to our shop - thank you so much for your continued support.

Our Volunteers Say

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I've found the projects inspiring and I've developed skills I didn't know I had, to the extent that I am now able to find employment in new fields.

I will always be grateful to the staff and volunteers at Stroud Valleys Project for their encouragement and warm support.

Being involved with Stroud Valleys Project has been a great experience. I've enjoyed and learnt so much through various courses and volunteer projects I've worked on.

Thank you all at SVP for the help and support you have given me in the last couple of years, which has helped me to get my foot back on the ladder in the world of work.

I loved the course (Veg Growing), it was the highlight of my week

“Often I feel so bad I don’t want to do anything but after coming here, working with my group in the sunshine, I always feel more cheerful. They are my friends now.”

“Volunteering with SVP is the best thing that happened to me in my life.”

“I never thought I would get into gardening and growing stuff, but through all my work with SVP I have learnt to really appreciate nature.”

“We get lots of work done – and we have a laugh!”

“Our group is like pieces from a jigsaw puzzle. Everybody mucks in and does what they can, and the job gets finished in no time.”

“When somebody has a bad day, the others in the team make them feel better.”

“I learn lots of interesting things and I feel useful.”