Tips on recycling Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas cards. · Most wrapping paper can be recycled in the green bin, as long as any bows, ribbons and sticky tape are removed. · If wrapping paper can be scrunched into a ball then you can recycle it. · Foil or glittery paper paper cannot be recycled, and needs to go in the general waste bin. · Christmas cards are paper based. Remove any decorations from the card that are not made of paper, for example, bows, ribbons, jewels, googly eyes, or the chip in a musical card.30/11/23
Throughout the year at monthly coffee mornings and other events we support a range of different charities. In addition at our tNovember Parochial Church Council we also agreed to donate to a number of local, national and international charities:Local & national: Autistica, Leeds Autism Support, 2nd Chance (Brain injury charity), Little Hiccups (children with disablities) and Community Awareness Programme (Homeless/Poverty)International: Medicine Sans Frontieres, Lend with Care, Wateraid. Links:Home - Autism | AutisticaLeeds Autism ServicesSecond Chance (secondchancewakefield.com)CAP CareLittle Hiccups – support – share – experiencehttps://www.wateraid.org/ukMSF UK | Médecins Sans FrontièresMicrofinance from CARE International UK (lendwithcare.org)posted 14/11/23
We are pleased to announce that St. Oswald’s Quiet Garden and churchyard has received a Wildlife Gardening Award from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. This is in recognition of the work of our volunteers who have created a haven for wildlife.The award application took into account how we have planted the garden, the areas that we have a no mow regime and is gardened organically, the use of leaf mould and compost and the bird feeders and water in the garden. We also evidenced the bat surveys, the butterfly count and that we aim to have plants in flower all year around to provide food for the insects. We do not cut down the garden until the Spring which ensures the insects have a place to hibernate over the Winter. Nature Reserves | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (ywt.org.uk)14/11/23
