<![CDATA[FRIENDS OF HORFIELD COMMON - FoHC Meeting Minutes]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:52:50 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[May Friends Meeting Minutes]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:03:54 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/may-friends-meeting-minutes2409944Apologies for the delay with disseminating the May Minutes - all the excitement of the AGM waylaid me!
Please find the May Friends Meeting Minutes below.
The next Meeting is Sunday 28th June, 2- 4pm.
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]]><![CDATA[March 2026 Meeting minutes]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:07:01 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/march-2026-meeting-minutesWe had our March Friends Meeting on the 14th, which featured lots of successes: a new Treasurer! a new shed! and lots of new walks! - the first of which was our Spring Bat Walk (now completely sold out, thank you so much everyone!) 

Come and get involved if any of that sounds fun! Our next meeting is 2nd May, 10am-12pm at The Garden Room.
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]]><![CDATA[January 2026 Meeting Minutes]]>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:56:45 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/january-2026-meeting-minutesA meeting so jam-packed, we ran out of time!

Follow up meetings/organisation will be held by sub-groups - if you're interested in getting involved in environmental projects, communications, our AGM, funding or even sheds, let us know!

The next meeting will be 14th March 2026, 10am-12pm at the Garden Room

​[Updated minutes were added on 28th January 2026, which included amendments to section 2b - structure, 5d and 5b].
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]]><![CDATA[november friends meeting minutes]]>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/november-friends-meeting-minutes5339221Another jam packed meeting full of lots of exciting plans! Thank you to everyone who came along and shared their thoughts.
​We have a general call out for someone with video skills - if this is you, please get in touch!
​The next meeting will be 10th January, 10am-12pm.
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]]><![CDATA[October Friends Meeting Minutes]]>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:29:46 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/october-friends-meeting-minutesThank you to all who attended - a lot to discuss as always and some exciting projects on the horizon!

A date to tentatively keep aside is for the New Quab Pond dig - it’s looking like it could be 18th October, 10am - 3pm, but may be changed. We'll update here and our newsletter/facebook when we receive the final word!

The next Friends Meeting is the 30th November, 2-4pm - come join in!
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]]><![CDATA[August Friends Meeting minutes]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:38:43 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/august-friends-meeting-minutesThanks so much to those who could join us on Sunday - giving up some of that precious sunshine for what was a bumper meeting discussing lots of important factors of the group!

Please find Minutes for our August Meeting below, where we discuss ongoing projects, future walks and talks, and the always exciting "business" side of the group!

​Our next meeting is Saturday 4th October, 10am - 12pm  - come join in!
]]><![CDATA[March and june Friends meeting minutes]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:57:12 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/march-and-june-friends-meeting-minutesApologies that we'd missed adding the March Friends Meeting Minutes! Please find both those and the June Meeting Minutes available below.

​June was a low-attended meeting, so the minutes are more detailed to allow everyone to share their view and catch up.
]]><![CDATA[January Friends Meeting Minutes]]>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:16:02 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/january-friends-meeting-minutesWe had our first meeting of 2025 on the 26th January.

A really detailed discussion with some great news! The biggest was that our plans for a second pond have been approved by the Council and will be fully funded, and our work on a tree walk leaflet has come on leaps and bounds.

Our next meeting will be in mid-late March. Hope to see you there!

Please find the full minutes below:
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]]><![CDATA[November friends meeting minutes]]>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:10:25 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/november-friends-meeting-minutesWe had our last Friends Meeting of the year on the 23rd November.
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A hot topic was the Council's announcement of £1million investment for wildlife friendly spaces - hopefully we can benefit from some of the funding!

Other topics include our ongoing work on:
  • Bench audit (kindly updated and completed by Sarah!)
  • Second wildlife pond
  • Wildflower tester patches

The next meeting with be in late January 2025 (tbc)

Please find minutes below:
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]]><![CDATA[September Friends Meeting Minutes]]>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMThttps://www.friendsofhorfieldcommon.co.uk/fohc-meeting-minutes/september-friends-meeting-minutesPlease find attached the Minutes from the Friends September Meeting. There have been one or two updates in the previous week, which have been added to the Minutes.

Next Friends Meeting
Confirmed for Saturday 5th October, 2-4pm, The Garden Room at The Ardagh. Hope to see you there!

Meeting with Mary O'Connell
We had a meeting with our new Parks contact, Mary O'Connell, on Wednesday 11th September, to say hello and discuss various points around the Common (more detail in Minutes).

Cut-and-collect machine / Cutting map
Unfortunately, the funding has fallen through for the machine, so we will have to rake the meadow areas by hand again. Val and Lucy are working on getting things in place for this. Mary O'Connell has confirmed a date in the week of 23rd September - exact date tbc. (Anyone interested in helping with the physical work of the raking of the hay, please let us know!) She will be onsite with the grass cutter, so the cuts are right. She says we can then do the same again in spring. 

Second pond
Dylan has now sent plans to Mary O'Connell, so we can hear her thoughts when she's back from annual leave.

​Please find Minutes below:
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