Key points from last meeting

Key headings from minutes 

Burton Joyce Climate action meeting 

Monday September 5^th 2022 

Burton Joyce village

Community Market in September

Bulb planting project 

Cadent land near sundial

Parish Council Environment plan 

Planters outside Coop

Tree Planting on riverbank 

Group development

Volunteer to help with comms, admin etc. 

Finances / bank account 

Friends of the Earth “Ask the Expert”

Speakers for future events

Article for Village Magazine

AOB

Village Society questionnaire 

Net Zero community forum

BJCAB Treekly app group

BJCAB Whats App group

FOE home heating and fuel poverty campaign

Next meeting 

Tuesday 1-11-22 at 7pm, Old School

October meeting minutes

Burton Joyce Climate Action Group Meeting 

18-10-2021

via Zoom

Present: Julia Devonport, Phil Colbourn, Bobbie Prime, Justin Udie, Gill Newman

Apologies: Paul Smith.

1.     Welcomed Gill Newman.

2.     Constitution-adjusted wording. All present agreed it was acceptable.

Plan: Phil to put on our website and Facebook page and to align our aims on the website with the constitution.

We discussed that roles in the group would be useful e.g. a treasurer, but no decisions made.

3.     Bank Account. Discussed asking for donations at live meetings versus a member ship fee. Gill mentioned that the local history society had less people coming to events when membership was required versus donations.

Julia to contact our regional FOE member of staff to get a letter of permission to open a bank account. 2 group members are needed to act as signatories

4.     Market Stall feedback. We felt it was a success and it was felt that a stall every quarter would be useful. Gill volunteered to take on the role as the stall coordinator with Karen who runs the market and will contact her to book a slot for January.

5.     Group email address. Justin has set up a gmail account for us so we can have a single source of email contact.  burtonjoyceclimateaction@gmail.com Ask Julia for the password.

6.     Gedling draft climate action plan. Bobbie has not yet heard from Melvyn Cryer at Gedling Borough council about when he can come and talk to our group about the draft climate action plan. Note: Let parish Council know so they can send a long a representative.

7.     Future meetings. We can continue monthly meetings for the group on zoom or hybrid meetings (zoom and live) and decided to aim for the 3^rd Monday of the month approximately.

A live meeting inviting the community to hear a speaker or participate in an activity could be every 2 to 3 months at a venue. We decided on Thursday January 20^th as a possible date for a first live meeting, we’ll need  a venue and a theme/speaker.

Plan: Julia to contact Howard, regional FOE staff about grant for initial meeting.

8.     Notts County Council Pension Divestment from Fossil Fuels. Group agreed that this was a worthwhile subject to campaign about. There is a meeting on 26^th October at Nottingham Climate Action group to discuss further and we’ve been invited, I will clarify if its in person or via Zoom.

9.     Parish Council. Julia went to the communities meeting today:

-Notts Bat Group were invited and put a detector up in the Grove and between 6 and 8 species were detected (there are 12 species in total found in Notts, so quite a good number). They made some recommendations which I’ve asked them to consider carrying out, including purchase of bat boxes.

-Environment Plan. They agreed to review it in the new year as a small working group.

-They agreed to have their carbon footprint calculated and Julia will email the parish clerk regarding setting up a small meeting to find out what will be involved, use of their data etc. for Justin to meet them.

10.  Carbon footprint consultation. Paul currently contacting local organisations regarding participation in this. Parish Council could be one of them.

 

11.  Severn Trent tour. Bobbie reported that about 12 had signed up for tour and she was planning to contact John Jackson about the final details this week.

 

Next meeting - Monday 22 November at 7pm Justin will send out the link.

 

 

Julia Devonport

 

 

 

Action Group April Report

Minutes 

Burton Joyce Climate Action meeting 

April 2021

on zoom, 19-4-2021

Present: Paul S, Phil C, Julia D

Apologies: Bobbie

1.     Logo competition

Closing date to design a logo for the group was April 1^st. 

Paul informed Scouts, Brownies and primary school. 

Over 30 entries, 

Phil has posted them on our Facebook page. 

Paul has contacted Vernon Coaker who has a greed to judge them. Paul may be able to sort a prize with Lowdham Book Shop voucher as he knows the owner.

We discussed how spellings may need correcting and small adjustments made to pictures to make them bolder. Plan is to use logo on posters, village magazine etc.

 

Julia will write to the villages magazine to let them know about the competition.

 

2.     Monthly meetings

Enquiry on FaceBook about whether our meetings were closed or not. Phil will post the date of the next meeting on our socal media and also to the group email list and ask people to email Paul if they’d like a zoom invite.

3.     Flower planters

Paul has made the flower planter and has some flower seed and will take it down to Coop and ask them to water it. Julia to write an A4 poster to display with it, including thanking the Coop in advance for watering it, and send it to Paul.

4.     Parish Council environment plan 

Cadent have agreed to pay for replanting of the area near the Millenium sundial which will go ahead in the autumn when its better to plant things. Some pollinator friendly plants, shrubs and small trees have been requested. 

The Parish Council are interested in getting some volunteers to manage this area as it’s not Parish Council land. 

They are going to seed the newly created beds in the cemetery as they haven’t yet set up how they will offer them to volunteers yet.

5.     Banner 

Phil isn’t sure how many people photographed themselves with the "BACK THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY BILL" banner displayed outside the Community Church in Meadow Lane, but reported that Anna Alls the vicar did and put it on her FaceBook page. He is going to put it up again now that Easter is over, for the local elections.

 

6.     Local elections

There is a Gedling hustings on 29-4 on Zoom on Climate and Nature, FOE would like us to encourage the candidates to pledge support for the CEE bill. Julia is going to attend and will send the link for posting on our social media to Phil.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gedling-149155294501

We discussed how it would be good to contact the candidates about areas we are interested in-CEE bill, cycle paths, etc. Phil will do this if he has time.

7.  Friends of the Earth    

Phil and I are thinking of attending an FOE social media course in June-no dates set yet though.

 

Any other business:

Phil has found some reasonably priced wild flower seed from Boston seeds ltd called Landlife seeds. 

 

Next meeting on Monday 17^th May 2021 on Zoom. 

Contact ps66paulsmith@gmail.com to get a zoom invite.

 

Action Group March Report

March Report 

Burton Joyce Climate Action and Biodiversity group.

Present on Zoom: Paul, Phil , Bobbie and Julia.

15-3-21.

1.      

Parish Council Environment Plan 

it’s a start. PC have said it will be reviewed every 3-4 months to check progress. 

Removal of bushes in cemetery occurred before the plan was put in place. 

       Disappointing that bushes (at the Cemetery) which provided cover for hedgehogs, birds etc removed without consultation and probably to look “neater”.

 

We can ask Ben Driver from Notts Wildlife trust what to replant in the prepared areas when he visits (yet to be booked due to pandemic).

We will also ask him to look at the old school site including the pond as it is not up to the Parish Council as this is owned by the church.

2.     

Logo competition. 

       Paul has told Scouts and brownies/guides about this at a zoom meeting and has also informed primary school via Mrs Wallace who runs the Eco group. Closing date 1-4. We could use the new logo on the villages Magazine. Steve Swann has done a temporary one for now. 

3.     

Allotments. 

       Julia met with Alison Chippindale who is on the allotments committee to discuss environmentally friendly practices on the allotments. She is going to discuss ideas with others on committee and then ?post on allotment’s Face book page and perhaps make a leaflet. I have asked if our details could be included on it.

4.     

Trees. 

      Severn Trent. Bobbie has been in touch with John Jackson who manages estate and we agreed a meeting with him when Covid restrictions a re lifted would be good. Old poplars need felling. The Canals and Rivers Trust have started planting trees including black poplars.

5.     

Bobbie has identified that there could possibly be money left over from the gravel extraction pressure group and the Village plan group. She is investigation whether this could be released to use to fund some tree planting or for wild flower seeds.

      

6. 

Insects. 

      Wildlife Trust have launched an insect plan for communities which involves mapping your area to see where “wildlife corridors” can be identified-this could be looked at to prepare for Ben Driver’s (NWT) visit and also link in to point 5.

7.     

Climate Emergency 

      No information back yet from Cllr Sam Smith regarding what Gedling are doing despite a few messages from myself and Paul. This is a priority area for Friends of the Earth, need to see what they recommend. 

XR are suggesting a banner drop to ask people to support the climate and ecological emergency bill on March 26^th. Phil is interested in putting one outside the Community Church.

8.     

Lendrum Court 

       Julia has emailed the builders to ask what wildlife friendly features they are adding to the grounds.

9.  

Planters of pollinator friendly flowers

      Julia has been in touch with the Coop deputy manager (but needs to confirm with the manager Heidi Burk) that we can have a planter of pollinator friendly flowers there with some basic information. They have said there is no funding available, Paul happy to make a planter and Julia has some Oxeye daisies and Self heal which she can put in there if we can’t get any seeds. Julia also contacted Johnson and Partners to ask if they would fund a planter or have one outside their shop.

10. 

Young people  

 Julia has had an email from a school girl in Wollaton who contacted her through the FOE Climate action website. We discussed importance of getting younger people involved post Covid.

Future Actions:

-Bobbie to make enquiries about wildflower seed donations.

-Bobbie to contact Chris Clark to see if he will fund a planter of wildflowers.

-Paul to email Nicki Brooks (labour county councillor) to ask who to contact at Gedling from Labour to push a Climate plan

-Paul to email admin at Gedling Council to see if a climate action plan can be put n agenda for next meeting.

-Julia to talk to Coop manager re a wildflower planter.

-Paul to continue with logo competition.

-Julia to contact Newark XR to see if they could provide a banner supporting the CEE bill or explore making one ourselves.

-Phil happy to continue with posting items on Facebook and website.

-Julia to check out FOE campaign about lobbying local councils to get some ideas.

 

Next meeting 19-4-21 at 2pm via Zoom.

 

Action Group February Report

Wednesday 10th February 2021

Paul, Julia & Phil met via Zoom 

This is a summary of our discussion

1. Phil has set up a Website (this one), a Facebook page and a Twitter account. The Burton Joyce Climate Action & Biodiversity Group on Facebook has 34 members. The Twitter timeline is reflected on the website (You will see it down the right hand side of the screen). Phil would be grateful for feedback on any of these.

2. Julia suggested asking village kids to design a logo for the group. Paul will set up a competition and publicise it to Scouts, Guides and the village school and more widely around the village.

3. We agreed to try and contribute an article to The Magazine (aka The Parish Magazine) each month. Julia will write one this month.

4. Julia is continuing discussions with the Parish Council about improving the village environment. One possibility is (re)creating a wildflower meadow at the Grove. Another idea is planters outside the village shops. Julia is going to look into a source for wildflower seeds and Paul volunteered to make some planters.

5. Paul suggested he could hold an Open Garden event when circumstances permit where we could publicise the group and our objectives, demonstrate ideas for wildlife friendly gardens and engage with the village, especially youngsters.

6. Julia recommended Friends of the Earth webinars and courses. You can find some details HERE

7. We agreed to follow up on a previous approach to Gedling Borough councillor Steve Smith about the Friends of the Earth Climate Plan for Councils

If you can help with any of these, please get in touch

What are we doing? A review

 October Review

1.  Julia attended the last Burton Joyce Parish Council meeting & raised the issue of mowing: Could we leave some areas unmown to encourage wildlife? It was suggested she could meet up and walk round the village to see who mows what and when. A date has been proposed for this. Check here for further reports and updates.

This Plantlife document on verge management is very useful.

You can also read about No Mow May here.

 

We have thought about which areas could be targeted for reduced mowing, adding wild flowers or seeding a meadow. 

These are our initial suggestions:

• Area on the far side of the railway line between the Trent Lane railway crossing and the Lee Road crossing used by dog walkers etc. or other areas mown by Severn Trent
• We noted that the verges on the farm road seem to have been mown later this year giving more time for cow parsley etc to blossom
• The flood bank with path on way to Poplars - mown by Severn Trent
• Somewhere inside or just outside Roberts recreation ground
• Bigger area in the Grove?
• Area on the grass verge between Rhubarbs and Roberts rec.
• Area outside library on corner with A612.

We have also considered: 

Current flower beds in village being planted with plants good for pollinators, 

Adding new planters in village, perhaps outside the shops 

Asking if the school would like to get involved.

 

2. Julia also mentioned the proposed new planning laws to the Parish Council. She has forwarded them this Friends of the Earth link to voice our concerns about these laws.

We have since talked about circulating this link to our group mailing list.

3. Julia attended an East Midlands Friends of the Earth (FOE) climate groups meeting. They said well done for keeping our group going as many had folded due to Covid.


4. Julia plans to attend a webinar with FOE about how to get the most out of your group! 


5. Phil is developing this website and posting on our Facebook page and Twitter account.


6. We are very pleased to see the new shop Zest for Life is plastic free!! Bobbie mentioned our group to the people in the shop. We wondered if we could make a poster for the group to put in the shop (and maybe elsewhere, eg library, cafes, etc.?)


7. We discussed writing more articles for the online Parish Mag as there is a new editor.  

Julia, Bobbie, Paul & Phil