The pandemic has disrupted everyone’s lives, for many months. Throughout it all, Oxford Centre has found new ways of staying in touch with our members in order that we all continue to “promote and prosper the National Trust in our region”. Never before has that been a greater priority:
- Members are kept in touch via monthly e-letters, and quarterly newsletters in print, by email and posted on site here
- We run monthly Zoom talks via emailed links that members can access at their convenience, sharing the link with others
- Our Twitter account reaches a steadily growing digital audience
- We staged a fun, photographic competition as a fund raiser
- Members are supporting our local National Trust estate, Coleshill & Buscot, as described below.
The Coleshill and Buscot Estates
This beautiful, rural estate is 40 mins drive from Oxford. We have worked closely with the National Trust team there throughout the devastating impact of lockdown, cutbacks and emerging recovery, establishing a strong working partnership of mutual benefit:
- Members are participating in a subscription scheme towards creating a bio-diverse environment of 500 saplings and a pond for water fowl on Middleleaze Paddock as part of the National Trust’s Everyone needs nature scheme. Coleshill is designated an exemplar site (see November newsletter for how to subscribe)
- specialist staff helped us to launch Zoom talks to members October to December 2020 which successfully raised awareness of Coleshill’s intriguing WW2 history as well as the varied challenges of managing this diverse and unique estate
- with the support of Coleshill rangers, we plan to relaunch Oxford Centre Walking Group, from Coleshill Park in the Spring, as soon as Government guidelines permit
Pauline Martin, Chair chair.ocnt@gmail.com
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