Many thanks to Barbara Foy (Home Bargains Manager) for her lovely unexpected contribution of 112 bulbs today (see photo) that we will put together with the 1000 bulbs we intend to plant, along with trees, hedges and wood chippings in stage one of the project, in National tree week November/December. The cash donations over the last week, from customers has amounted to Morrisons (£7) and Home Bargains (£14) totalling £21 from our five home-made collection containers. Once again many thanks for everyone’s continued generous support. Permission and support from the landowners (London and Cambridge Properties) has now been confirmed. Maghull Town Council has kindly agreed to support the material cost of the sculpture and are exploring insurance options. Plans to create the community group – Friends of Maghull and District are moving forward, we have established trustees and members, a constitution and objectives, and established a bank account with Sefton Credit Union. The first stage of the project is planned to start in the National tree week at the end of November or beginning of December. At this stage it will involve Ashworth Hospital gardeners rotovating two areas of land either side of Stafford Moreton Way, planting - 1000 bulbs, 11 trees, and 28m of blackthorn hedge. The chairman of MADCOS (representative of all the local schools) has been approached to elicit the support of local schoolchildren, who will potentially be guided and educated by trained Mersey Forest staff utilising key stage educational resources. Today we started liaising again with Mersey Forest regarding their free tree donations and educational support for children. Finally, in preparation for a tidy up before the project starts, Sefton council has been approached to remove vegetation in the road gullies, and to explore the possibility of painting the litter bin with wildflowers.

The cash donations over the last week, from customers has amounted to Morrisons (£5), Home Bargains (£30), Esso Petrol Station (£1), totalling £36 from our five home-made collection containers. Once again many thanks for everyone’s continued generous support. After raising in total £49 at the Esso petrol station since June this year, we would like to thank their customers for the fantastic contribution. However, we have now placed their collection container into Morrisons for one last push in the remaining 49 days. Check this link out from Kew Gardens wildflower Gallery on the following link: https://www.growwilduk.com/wildflowers/learn-about-wildflowers Permission and support from the landowners (London and Cambridge Properties) had originally been provided at the beginning of the crowd funding campaign, and following negotiations two weeks ago they have verbally agreed to support our plans and will provide written agreement hopefully next week, including insurance cover for the sculpture. This represents a wonderful step forward in delivering the project, for which we are enormously grateful to LCP. Following discussions with Maghull Town Council we are currently exploring the possibility of creating a formal charity out of the Friends of Stafford Moreton Way. It is hoped by establishing a charity group, perhaps known as Friends of Maghull & District. Our aim will be able to establish a variety of initiatives, and/or support other groups towards their goals. We had our second meeting today and discussed the requirements towards a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that can be registered as an official Charity. We have agreed the constitution, trustees, and membership. In addition, we had the supportive attendance of Sefton CVS who are a fantastic resource for the initiative in terms of experience and links, and have already offered to provide us with some training. If all goes well next week we hope to submit our application for registered charity status, a process that can take up to 4 weeks. The first stage of the project is planned to start in the National tree week at the end of November or beginning of December. At this stage it will involve Ashworth Hospital gardeners rotovating two areas of land either side of Stafford Moreton Way, planting - 1000 bulbs, 12 trees, and 28 m of blackthorn hedge. The chairman of MADCOS (representative of all the local schools) has been approached to elicit the support of local schoolchildren, who will potentially be guided and educated by trained Mersey Forest staff utilising key stage educational resources.

The cash donations over the last week, from customers has amounted to Morrisons (£3), Home Bargains (£14), Esso Petrol Station (£1), totalling £18 from our five home-made collection containers. Once again many thanks for everyone’s continued generous support. Check this link out from Kew Gardens for how to sow wildflower seeds in Autumn on the following link: https://www.growwilduk.com/wildflowers/how-grow-wildflowers/sowing/how-sow-seeds-autumn Permission and support from the landowners (London and Cambridge Properties) had originally been provided at the beginning of the crowd funding campaign, and following negotiations last wweek they have verbally agreed to support our plans and will provide written agreement hopefully next week. This represents a wonderful step forward in delivering the project, for which we are enormously grateful to LCP Following discussions with Maghull Town Council we are currently exploring the possibility of creating a formal charity out of the Friends of Stafford Moreton Way. It is hoped by establishing a charity group, perhaps known as Friends of Maghull, that we will be able to establish a variety of initiatives, and/or support other groups towards their goals. We had our first meeting yesterday and discussed the requirements towards a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that can be registered as an official Charity. Meeting again in two weeks to agree submission.