Landkey Village

Millennium Green Trustee Vacancy

TRUSTEE

If you are interested in ensuring that the Millennium Green continues to be a lovely recreational area for the Village and would like to be involved in how it should be managed going forward, please come and join us. If you can spare some time to attend approximately 3 evening meetings per year and the AGM we would welcome new ideas.  Talk to our Chairman, Michael Gee 01271 831462 to find out more.

The statutory duties of a trustee are:

• To ensure the organisation complies with its trust deed.
  
  
• To ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its trust deed.
  
  
• To ensure the organisation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objectives - the charity must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objectives, no matter how 'charitable' and 'worthwhile' those activities are.
  
  
• To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees' role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation.
  
  
• To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.
  
  
• To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
  
  
• To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.

Special birthday!

Saturday September 4^th 2021 (2 p.m – 4.30 p.m.)

Let’s join together to show how much we have appreciated the Millennium Green during this time of pandemic lockdowns.

The News is that the Green is celebrating its 21st birthday. It was a Millennium project; the mazzard trees were planted in December 1999, and the rest of the Green was opened officially in Summer 2000. This celebration wishes to welcome the planters of the mazzard trees (some of whom were children at the School) to join us and see the outcome of their efforts twenty-one years on.

This free family event will allow villagers to join in to enjoy a day of celebration to learn more about the Millennium Green, it’s upkeep and plans for the future.  There will be stalls, refreshments, events including a Birds of Prey flying display and children’s games/quizzes related to the Green’s Birds, Mazzards and Traditional Wildflower Meadow.

Join us for a village get together and meet new people who also enjoy this fantastic local facility.

Ash Die-Back Disease

We have consulted with tree experts and the ash trees as seen from the Tarka Trail are currently safe but will need to be removed in the future.  Funding has been applied for this.

Traditional Wildflower meadow

Greening the Green – Richer Wildlife

The original plans for the Green embraced a wildflower meadow and we wish to encourage wild flowers on the green. We are progressing this with help from RHS Rosemoor and applying for funding from the Lottery Community Fund.  It will be a gradual process to establish. The plan also includes enriching the hedgerows with varieties attractive to more wildlife and enriching the wetland habitat of the old leat.

Photographic Competition

PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED – Closing date 1^st November 2021

We are launching a Photographic Competition as part of the Birthday Celebration as a way of furthering the Green’s use for informal recreation. In order to ‘integrate’ the Green into the rest of the Village we are inviting entrants to photograph the rest of the village as well as the Green. 

Entry categories: -adults (£75 prize) and children under 14 (£25 prize)

Entrants: People residing in the parish of Landkey

Rules of entry: Three photos to be submitted electronically to Liz Davis (Secretary). Subject to state– LMG Photos – with your name and indicating whether your entry is adult or child. All photographs to be taken in Landkey Parish, and at least one on the Millennium Green. All entries must be original work, taken by the entrant.

Judges: Two LMG Trustees plus Richard Halliday (Chairman of Parish Council).

Display: Winners will be displayed on LMG website.

Subsequent use of entries: LMG is a charity providing a free open space (and free photographic opportunities) for all. We would like to use entries for non-commercial publicising of the Green, (eg on the website), but we will not do this if entrants request it.

Notification of Results: Results will be notified by e-mail to the e-mail address of the entrant by 8th November.

Memorial Book/Memorial Policy

Memorial Book/Memorial Policy

Over the years the Trust has been pleased to receive requests from families to plant trees or install a bench in memory of a loved one.  It is lovely that the Green is so enjoyed. There is a Memorial Book set up which allows identification of all current memorial trees.

However, to ensure the continued health of the trees currently planted, we have reached the maximum number of trees that can be sustained, and we would ask all future memorial trees be adopted from our current trees and entered in the Memorial Book.

We are happy to allow memorial benches on approval of type of bench and correct installation