Mac heads off on a new path

Last month we said farewell to our funding officer Mac after seven years in his post. Mac was the media and grant writing volunteer at Wiston Lodge from September 2014 until December 2016, when he was hired as a part-time grant-writer and funding officer.  He has left to devote more

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October school holiday fun!

Build fires, hunt for treasure, fly broomsticks, mix up a mud pie and help make a scarecrow this autumn! We’ll be welcoming back children at half term to help us warm up for Halloween! Our final school holiday week of the year will stretch their imagination and creativity, keep them

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Join us for the Big Help Out!

Heard of the Big Help Out? It’s the chance to join others to make a difference in your community this spring. From its launch on 8 May’s Coronation Bank Holiday, we’ll be blitzing through jobs with projects that make volunteering easy, welcoming and worthwhile. Through the Big Help Out you

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Odd-job helper needed

2023’s shaping up to be another busy year for us. We have some odd jobs we’d ideally like done before Christmas to help us get ahead. We’ll be recruiting volunteers again but in the meantime, if you have skills you can share and have a couple of days to spare,

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From little acorns…

There have been some changes to part of our woods! Forestry contractors have begun removing 2 hectares of non-native trees from the edge of the estate. This is all sitka spruce, which was planted as a windbreak by previous owners and is largely a forestry crop. The removal of these

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Holiday club

Our top priority is keeping visitors and staff safe. In line with current government guidance concerning the coronavirus we’ve decided to cancel the Easter holiday club. We are watching developments closely and if it is safe for us to offer activities for children as the situation improves we will make

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Sponsor Bill – A Mile a Tile

With a weather-proof house so important for Wiston Lodge’s work, the roof repairs are vital. Thanks to Bill’s efforts the first phase of work can begin. He has previously raised money for charities by cycling the length of the country. This time Bill was joined by two friends, Trevor Bailey

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