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Mar 3rd World Wildlife Day - focusing on life below water. https://www.wildlifeday.org

Mar 7th Wimborne Win On Waste - Save your waste and help good 10.30 – causes! Take items to Wimborne Library. 12 noon

Mar 13th The Great Global Nurdle Hunt – Help reduce the risk to – 22nd wildlife. Nurdles hunts are fun and taking part is easy. By joining in you are helping end plastic pellet pollution. https://www.nurdlehunt.org.uk

Mar 20th Great British Spring Clean - Together we can make a difference – Apr 13th and clean up the environment on our doorstep. https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our- campaigns/great-british-spring-clean

Mar 20th The Isle of Purbeck: Up Close and Personal 7.30 pm The Allendale Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne, , BH21 1AS https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2020-03-20-isle- purbeck-close-and-personal

Mar 21st Wimborne Repair Café –in CLaRC, Kings Street, 12.00 – Wimborne. 14.00 https://www.facebook.com/wimbornerepaircafe/

Mar 21st International day of forests - This year the International Day of Forests promotes education to Learn to Love Forests. https://www.un.org/en/events/forestsday/index.shtml

Mar 22nd Mothering Sunday 10.00am

Mar 22nd Wimborne War on Waste - has arranged a Great Nurdle Hunt 13.00 at Worbarrow Bay. Meet at Tynham car park at 1pm.

Mar 22nd World Water Day - On 22 March every year. The theme for World Water Day 2020 is ‘Water and Climate Change’ https://www.worldwaterweek.org/event/8398-world-water-day- 2020-water-and-climate-change

Mar 28th Earth Hour - Join us and turn off your power for an hour. 20.30pm https://www.earthhour.org 21.30pm

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Mar 29th Friar’s Cliff Beach Clean – Meeting location: on the beach 10.30 – 12.30

Mar 29th Wimborne War on Waste litter-pick. Meet at Redcotts park. 11am Gloves and picks provided. Email below for more info. [email protected]

Apr 4th The Dorset Hedgehog Conference - DMG will be sharing this strategy and placing it in the national scientific context of hedgehog decline. Price £25 per person The Dorford Centre, 2 Rd, , Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1RR [email protected]

Apr 12th Easter Service with flowers for resurrection cross 9.45am

April 18th The Great Dorset Beach Clean 2020 - If you would like to – 19th take part in a beach clean follow the link https://www.litterfreecoastandsea.co.uk/litter-free-coast- and-sea-week/

Apr 19th Highcliff Beach Clean– Meeting location: groyne H5 10.30 – 12.30

Apr 22nd Earth Day – Protect our Species https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2019-protect-our- species/

Apr 23rd Changing Seasons in the Garden with Neil Lucas Walk - It 2–3pm will focus on the garden’s changing seasonal highlights; from spectacular individual plants. Booking required - £10.00

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Past Events

Jan 4th Wimborne Win On Waste - Save your waste and help good 10.30 – causes! Take items to Wimborne Library. 12 noon

Jan 12th Friar’s Cliff Beach Clean – Meeting location: groyne H5 10.30 – 12.30

Jan12th Brownsea Bird Boat - with a landing on Brownsea. 0900 – https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2020-01-12- 13.00 brownsea-bird-boats

Jan 16th THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING - an attempt to re-imagine the vast 19.00 challenge of climate change - Church House. £15 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-changes-everything- ecotainment-presents-tickets-85771812801

Jan 18th Wimborne Repair Café –in CLaRC, Kings Street, Wimborne. 12.30 – https://www.facebook.com/wimbornerepaircafe/ 14.30

Jan 21st – Big energy saving week - 2nth https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/our- campaigns/all-our-current-campaigns/besw/

Jan 25th For 1 hour - RSPB Big Bird Watch - th https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/ - 27

Jan 25th God’s Acre Bird Watch – come and join MEG and God’s acre 9am team for the Big bird watch.

Feb 1st Wimborne Win On Waste - Save your waste and help good 10.30 – causes! Take items to Wimborne Library. 12 noon

Feb 2nd World Wetland Day – Aim is to draw attention to the vital role of wetlands as a natural solution to cope with climate change. https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/about

Feb 14th National Nest box Week. Time to mend, clear out and put up – 21st nest boxes. https://www.bto.org/about-birds/nnbw

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Feb 15th Wimborne Repair Café –in CLaRC, Kings Street, 12.30 – Wimborne. 14.30 https://www.facebook.com/wimbornerepaircafe/

Feb 20th Evolution of Organic - Church House. Details TBC 19.00

Feb 21st The Essential Guide to Beachcombing and the Strandline 7.30 pm The Allendale Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AS https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2020-02-21- essential-guide-beachcombing-and-strandline

Feb 24th Fairtrade Fortnight Mar 8th http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/current- campaigns/Fairtrade-Fortnight