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To taste the rain
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09/06/2026

🌞🎉 Thank You for Making Our Summer Quiz Night a Success! 🎉🌞

What a fantastic evening we had at our Country Days Summer Quiz Night! 🧠✨

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, put their quiz knowledge to the test, enjoyed great company, and helped make the event such a memorable success. From the friendly competition and laughter to the lively conversations and team spirit, it was wonderful to see so many people coming together to support Country Days. 💚🌿

🍻 A special thank you goes to Pete and the amazing team at The Sun, Felmersham. Their generosity, warm hospitality, and hard work throughout the evening helped make everything run so smoothly. And of course, the delicious Wild Berry sausages and chips were a big hit with everyone! 🌭😋

🎁 We would also like to thank everyone who generously donated raffle prizes. Your kindness and support helped make the raffle a great success and added even more excitement to the evening Amici Bedford, Hatters Home & Style, The Sun Felmersham, BlueGlass, St Ermin's Hotel, Greggs, Beauty by Nadia, Towers Health & Racquets Club

💰 Thanks to your incredible support, we raised an amazing £1,894.78!

🌳 Every penny raised will help us continue delivering our much-loved courses and activities within the nature reserve throughout 2026, helping more children connect with nature, learn new skills, and enjoy the outdoors.

🙏 Thank you once again for your support, enthusiasm, and generosity. Events like this simply wouldn't be possible without our wonderful community.

📅 We can't wait to welcome you to our next Country Days event!

🌿💚 See you again soon! 💚🌿

The Country Days Team 🌞🍃🎉

03/06/2026

🌟 Can't Make It to Our Charity Pub Quiz? You Can Still Take Part! 🌟Even if you can't join us for the Country Days Summer Charity Pub Quiz 2026, you can still support our work and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes!

🎟️ Raffle Tickets: £2 each

We have lots of wonderful prizes available thanks to the generosity of our supporters and local businesses.

Every ticket purchased helps support Country Days, providing nature-based opportunities and day courses for young people in Bedfordshire. 🌳💚

📅 Please purchase your raffle tickets no later than Saturday 6 June.
🎉 The raffle draw will take place on Sunday 7 June.

📧 To purchase raffle tickets, please contact [email protected]

Thank you for your support, and good luck! 🍀

29/04/2026

We are excited to announce our Summer Country Days Pub Quiz.

The event will take place on Sunday, June 7th, at 6:30 PM. It promises to be an evening of trivia, fun, and friendly competition.
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⚠️ Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to book early to avoid missing out.

📩 To register your team, email [email protected] and we’ll send you a registration form.

👉 Check out the poster below for all the details!

06/04/2026

Easter Courses 2026

What an incredible three days! 🌟

We were delighted to welcome The Grange Academy on the first day—what a wonderful time was had by all. We can’t wait to see everyone again very soon!

The children enjoyed four fantastic activities throughout the course:

⚽ In sport, they took part in engaging, motivating, and inspiring Easter-themed activities that encouraged every child to join in and have fun

🦎 In pond dipping, they created pond creatures using air-drying clay and even discovered a yellow-bellied crested newt!

🌿 In bushcraft, the groups built dens and also tried simple orienteering, using compasses and the four compass points to follow routes

🎨 In arts and crafts, the children made amazing Easter baskets, collecting natural materials from the reserve to fill them before taking their creations home

A huge thank you to all our staff and volunteers for their hard work and dedication in making these courses possible 💚

We’d also like to thank Sapori Catering and Sharnbrook Deli Café for supporting us with the children’s lunches.

Finally, here are some lovely quotes from the families who attended our Easter course… 💬

I Just wanted to say a massive thank you for organising this lovely camp. My daughter came home buzzing- she had such a great time!

Both my boys attended for the first time. They had a fantastic day. They did so many exciting activities. They came home to show me how they learnt to tie a knot. They enjoyed the team building activities. They already love being outdoors so I knew they would have enjoyed this. They are now asking me if they can come back again. Thank you so much.

29/03/2026

We are all ready to welcome our Felmersham fielders for our Easter courses this Wednesday and Thursday. Our nature reserve is looking beautiful, and we can't wait for you to see it.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

16/01/2026

Please help support Country Days by voting for us using the blue tokens provided at the checkout each time you shop at Tesco.

Voting is open in-store from mid-January 2026 until Sunday 26th April. Every vote counts! Please see the image taken at the Bedford Riverfield Tesco, for reference..

Thank you for your continued support

14/12/2025

We want to express our sincere gratitude to The National Lottery Community Fund for supporting us!

Your funding is vital to our mission, allowing us to continue creating our exciting educational courses within a beautiful nature reserve. These opportunities are essential for children in Bedfordshire, enabling them to have fun, make new friends, and develop new skills.

Through these programs, children are building a crucial understanding of the natural world, which we believe is fundamental to their happy and healthy future.

We are incredibly grateful to be part of a community that shows such immense generosity. Your support is invaluable to the work we do.

09/12/2025

On behalf of Country Days, thank you to everyone who attended our recent quiz night and helped make it such a wonderful success. We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did!

A special thank you goes to Pete and the staff at The Sun Felmersham for their generosity and for going above and beyond to look after us all. The Pigs in Blankets and chips were delicious! Their hard work enabled us to raise an amazing £1,804

These funds will be used to continue running our courses in the nature reserve throughout 2026.

Finally, thank you to all the volunteers for selling the raffle tickets and to Hugh for being an amazing quizmaster.

09/09/2025

Well done Adriano Di Carlo, Thank you to everybody who came along to support Adriano and sponsored him for the 5K run on Saturday, His official time is 24 mins and came in at 88 out of 493 runners🏃.So proud as Adriano’s not a runner but he’s very determined😂Raising an amazing £1503 for Country Days👏

03/09/2025

Country Days Family Fun Day 2025

We had a wonderful and successful family fun day on Sunday 31st August, apart from a few showers we couldn't have had better weather,

In total we made an amazing £1,661

Thank you to those of you who helped on the day and came along to support,

If you would still like to donate please do so by following this link https://www.justgiving.com/charity/countrydays

Address

The Leys Nature Reserve, Pavenham Road
Bedford
MK437EX

Telephone

07599 336532

Website

https://www.countrydays.net/

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