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Community News
Saffron Walden Mencap Society has a vibrant community of more than 100. This is made up of young people and adults with learning difficulties, carers, trustees, staff and volunteers. Members of the community have a vast array of interests and talents. Read on to find out what some of them have been getting up to!
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Dig-It Club - Wednesday 15th June
What a busy time of year it is on the plot! There’s watering, pricking and planting out, weeding, and harvesting! We’re all learning lots...
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Jun 17, 20221 min read
Dig-it Blog early to mid May 2022
We’ve had a few hot days and one rainy day so far in May. It’s been great to see how the things we’ve planted as seeds have grown so...
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May 23, 20221 min read
Saffron Walden Mencap Society launches exciting new project for young people with disabilities.
On Friday 22nd April, Saffron Walden Mencap Society were thrilled to launch their new Go With Our Flow project, for young people aged...
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May 16, 20222 min read
Dig-It Club - Wednesday 27th April
It’s such a busy time on the plot in April, and May will be even busier! We’ve been doing lots of watering, planting seeds, thinning out...
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May 4, 20221 min read
Dig-It Blog and now we are 7!
We have had three lovely sessions since our last blog - and some fabulous news is that Claire and Mathew have joined the Dig-It gang,...
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Apr 16, 20221 min read
Dig-It Club - Wednesday 16th March 2022
It was touch and go on Tuesday with rain forecast for our 'Dig-It' Wednesday, but we decided to go for it and were really lucky! Bolette...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
Dig-It Club - Wednesday 9th March 2022
Busy busy busy! Today’s team at Dig it were Alex, Amanda, Fran, Karl, Jacquie Laura, Scott and Steve - led by our lovely new session...
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Mar 9, 20222 min read
Dig-It Club - Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Wet Wednesday! It was damp and miserable on the plot today - but that was just the weather, we were very happy to be there! Today we met...
diannecarter0908
Mar 8, 20221 min read
Dig-It Club - Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Today we had a lovely surprise when Alex came on Andy’s minibus with the others from the ARC - Steve and Jacquie were also joined by...
diannecarter0908
Feb 25, 20222 min read
Dig-It Blog: 16th February 2022
Sun, wind, sowing and weeding! Today Willow came to Dig-It and was quickly joined by the ARC team, Scott, Karl and Laura with Maggie on...
diannecarter0908
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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