Econet
Our Work Parties
CRoW
(Conserve Reading
on Wednesdays)
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Friends of
Clayfield Copse
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Friends of
Mapledurham Playing Fields
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Friends of
McIlroy Park
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Friends of
Reading Old Cemetery
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Friends of
Ruscombe Wood
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Friends of
Waterloo Meadows
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Econet Broad Hinton
Copse
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Econet Charvil
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Reading Urban
Wildlife
CRoW (Conserve Reading on Wednesdays)
CRoW was founded in 1986 with its first task in Curtis Wood, Calcot on the 12th March, but folded in 1990 due to a lack of support.
However, in September of that year thanks to the efforts
of some determined volunteers and the support of BTCV (now TCV), Reading Borough Council and Berkshire Conservation Volunteers (BeC)
the group was relaunched initially with one or two tasks a month. Despite some further struggles by 1995 tasks were being organised on a weekly basis. From the outset in addition to schools and open spaces
within the borough of Reading, CRoW has undertaken work for a variety of councils such as Ruscombe Parish, Earley Town
and the now defunct Berkshire County Council as well as organisations like the National Trust, the Woodland Trust, the local Wildlfe Trust and
Thrive. See our archive for further details of the group's history.
We now aim to organise a task every Wednesday throughout the year ranging from hedgelaying and coppicing to scrub clearance, invasive species control and path maintenance at sites in and around Reading, from Dinton Pastures to the east to Paices Wood in the west and including many of Reading's open spaces such as Clayfield Copse in Caversham and Blundells Copse in Tilehurst. Please visit our Programme for further details.
Contact: Dave 07703 309 611. Alternatively, please contact us via the Contacts page.
Please note, we always meet on site. We appreciate our volunteers have other interests and commitments and may not be able to join us every week, we will be happy to see you whenever you are able to come.
Future Activities
A summary of current planned activities follows, for full details please visit our Programme.
Activity
Summary
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Wednesday
20th November 2024
10:00 - 14:30
The Holies (NT)
Streatley
Scrub management and dieback clearance
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Wednesday
27th November 2024
10:00 - 14:30
Lousehill Copse
Tilehurst
Coppicing
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Friday
29th November 2024
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Ride clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
4th December 2024
10:00 - 14:30
Padworth Common
To be decided
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Wednesday
11th December 2024
10:00 - 14:30
Thrive
Beech Hill
To be decided
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Wednesday
18th December 2024
10:00 - 14:30
Rushall Farm
Bradfield
Hedgelaying
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Friday
27th December 2024
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Ride clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
1st January 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Paices Wood Country Park
Aldermaston
To be decided
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Wednesday
8th January 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield
To be confirmed
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Wednesday
15th January 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Hosehill Lake
Theale
Task to be decided
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Wednesday
29th January 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Lousehill Copse
Tilehurst
Coppicing
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Friday
31st January 2025
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Ride clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
5th February 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Prospect Park
Orchard maintenance
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Wednesday
12th February 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Blundells Copse
Tilehurst
To be decided
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Wednesday
19th February 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Five a Day Market Garden
Englefield
To be confirmed
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Friday
28th February 2025
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Ride clearance and glade creation
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Wednesday
5th March 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Blundells Copse
Tilehurst
To be decided
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Wednesday
12th March 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Prospect Park
Reserved for possible continuation of orchard maintenance
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Wednesday
26th March 2025
10:00 - 14:30
Pound Copse
Arborfield
Possibly holly clearance, to be agreed.
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Friday
28th March 2025
10:00 - 13:00
The Cowsey
Whitley
Ride clearance and glade creation
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No new activities planned in the current programme
Please note: CRoW is part of Econet and all activities referencing that name are Econet activities.