Thursday 24th August, rob, Rita and Len went down to Asda in Strood to collect a £50 cheque from the community officer following the green token collection. FORC would like to thanks all the people that put green tokens in community collection box.
The Friends of Rede Common are please to account that our burnt out bench has been replaced. Norse (Medway) has replaced the perspex in our notice board and our main vehicle access gate has at long last been fixed and now works properly.
The Friends of Rede Common are saddened to announce that we have had vandalism on the Hard Standing. It appears that a gang of people have spoiled all the new plants that we put in at the Sandy Banks Launch that we had over Easter. The tyres that we filled Read more…
Last Saturday 19th April 2014 we launched the sandy banks walk with the 50 year anniversary of the RHS Britain in Bloom. We had over 50 people turn up and we enjoyed a lovely walk around the common which ended up at the container We then planted some seeds which Read more…
The winter months can be very productive, but much will depends on the prevailing weather conditions. The familiar resident species will generally remain faithful to the site; the will however, also visit local gardens in search of food. At times the common can appear to be virtually devoid of birds! Read more…
Working on a large open site, volunteers had to carry tools everywhere. We found an abandoned wheelbarrow on site which we used to help us get around. Several members took the tools home as we didn’t have anywhere to store them. Sometimes the tools needed would not be available which Read more…