Middle Marches Community Land Trust

07/02/2026

Over the winter, Minsterley Meadows conservation volunteers have been hard at work removing old fencing, ready for new fencing and clearing litter and debris from the ditches.

05/02/2026

31/01/2026

Success for the Middle Marches Community Land Trust White Grit Meadows Appeal!

**We’ve done it: White Grit Appeal has hit its target of £45,000!**

The Trust would like to sincerely thank everyone who donated, or helped in fundraising over the last six months.

More information about the meadows here: https://middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/white-grit-meadows-appeal/

More information about the launch event will come in due course.

28/01/2026

The Middle Marches Community Land Trust is owned and managed by local people to protect, conserve, restore and enhance our environment through the stewardship of land.

White Grit appeal UPDATE

Dear MMCLT supporters – have a look at our appeal page for current appeal update on White Grit.

We are almost at our target with the current appeal amount at a FANTASTIC £40,827…only £4,173 left to raise.

Please pass on to interested people – every bit helps.

https://middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/white-grit-meadows-appeal/

09/12/2025

The Middle Marches Community Land Trust 2026 calendar is now on sale at the reduced price of £15. All monies go towards the purchase of White Grit Meadows near Bishops Castle, wonderful remnant SSSI meadows with huge billowing hedgerows and several rare species of flowers including devils bit scabious and dyers greenweed, plants once relatively common. All below the gaze of Corndon Hill. The calendar is A3 in size with plenty of room for appointments! They come with an envelope. You can pick one up in Bishops Castle or New Invention/Clun or have one posted to you (or as a gift to someone else) for £4.50. Any takers?

27/11/2025

Just a week left now until our final event of 2025, a fund raising evening for the White Grit Meadows Appeal - a talk on "The Art of Farming" (how farming has been depicted in art through the centuries) by local art historian Tom Parsons. This will be accompanied by a pie and pudding (supplied by Saxtons of Church Stretton). Not only that but there will also be a mini Winter Art Fair with local artists/craftspeople offering their goodies for sale from wooden jewellery, to stone carving, prints, books, cards, paintings and willow baskets. There are some tickets left at £20pp. Booking is essential via [email protected]

04/11/2025

The final MMCLT event of 2025 is a fund raising evening for the White Grit Meadows Appeal. This time we are offering a talk on "The Art of Farming" (how farming has been depicted in art through the centuries). This will be accompanied by a pie and pudding (supplied by Saxtons of Church Stretton). There will also be a mini Winter Art Fair with local artists/craftspeople offering their goodies. Tickets are £20pp and are limited so booking is essential via [email protected]

02/11/2025

We have sold well over 100 calendars since July and have a little bit of stock left now. Calendars are £20 each (collected) or £24.50 (posted to you). They will make great Christmas presents that can be used through the whole of next year. All 6 artists have donated two pieces of their work free of charge for use in the calendar so all proceeds (less the cost of printing) go straight to the ongoing White Grit Meadows Appeal which now stands at over 30K (the target is 45K). If you would like one, or more, contact Sarah on [email protected] or email the Trust on [email protected]

05/10/2025

Interested in your local churchyard and how to keep it friendly for nature (birds, bugs, flowers, fungi, small mammals etc)? Come to our Caring for Gods Acre conference at Norbury Village Hall on Friday 31 October for a day of interesting talks and presentations. Sandwich lunch provided. Marches Artists for Nature will be there too and there will be an optional walk to the local Yew in Norbury churchyard. Book through [email protected] - more info here https://middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/importance-of-burial-grounds-31-10-25/

01/10/2025

Our Marches Artists for Nature exhibition is hung and ready for business from 10am tomorrow, Thursday 2nd October at the wonderful Stars Shop in Bishops Castle (high street, opposite Coop). We will be open 10 to 6 Thursday to Saturday 4th October. We already made some sales today as people came in to have a look around while we set up. So lots of interest! Please come along and buy a card or a print (or more!) and help us raise funds for the White Grit Meadows Appeal! https://middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/white-grit-meadows-appeal/