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Building a safer, greener, and stronger community across Woodside Industrial Estate.

Partnering with local businesses, councils & residents for sustainability, safety, and wellbeing. Friends of Woodside is a community-led initiative, envisaged and developed by Davi Cavicchioli, based at Woodside Industrial Estate in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. What began as a vision to bring people and nature together has grown into a collaborative platform dedicated to wellbeing, sustainability, and

shared progress, demonstrating how community and industry can thrive side by side. We connect local people, businesses, and organisations through projects that promote environmental care, social wellbeing, and responsible governance, the three pillars of ESG. Our mission is to make Woodside a place where industry and community thrive together. Through environmental action, education, and wellbeing programmes, Friends of Woodside demonstrates how collaborative responsibility can enhance both quality of life and long-term sustainability. What We Do

Community Collaboration: Strengthening relationships between occupiers, residents, and local stakeholders through shared goals and active participation. Environmental Stewardship: Leading green initiatives such as biodiversity projects, tree planting, and waste-reduction campaigns to reduce the estate’s environmental footprint. Safety & Wellbeing: Encouraging awareness, cooperation, and community support networks that promote security, inclusion, and physical and mental health. Education & Awareness: Delivering talks, workshops, and local sessions that build knowledge of sustainability, responsible business practices, and environmental care. Recognition & Pride: Showcasing collective achievements and local improvements that reflect Woodside’s commitment to ESG values and sustainable progress. Our Vision

To establish Woodside Industrial Estate as a benchmark for ESG-driven community management, where environmental responsibility, social wellbeing, and good governance work hand in hand to create lasting value for people and place.

16/06/2026

🚒🔥 WOODSIDE FAMILY SAFETY DAY – EVERYONE WELCOME! 🔥🚒

Looking for something fun, educational and completely free for the family?

Join us at Woodside Industrial Estate for our Family Safety Day, delivered in partnership with Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

📅 Wednesday, 17 June 2026
🕙 10:00am – 1:00pm
📍 W Studio & Community Garden, Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable, LU5 4TP

Come along and meet the firefighters, explore a real fire engine, and discover how the Fire Brigade helps keep our communities safe.

🚒 What to expect:
✅ Meet local firefighters
✅ Explore a real fire engine and equipment
✅ Learn practical fire safety tips for home and work
✅ Discover how to prevent fires and respond in an emergency
✅ Family-friendly activities
✅ Visit the Community Garden
✅ Speak directly with fire safety professionals
✅ Free advice and guidance for all ages

Whether you work on the estate, live locally, or simply want a great family outing, this is a fantastic opportunity to spend time with the Fire Brigade and learn valuable safety skills that could one day save lives.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Bring the family, bring your colleagues, and bring your curiosity!

We look forward to welcoming you for a fun, informative and engaging day at Woodside.

📍 Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable, LU5 4TP
📅 Wednesday, 17 June 2026 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

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08/06/2026

🚒🌳 FIRE SERVICES DAY AT WOODSIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN 🌳🚒

📅 Wednesday 17 June 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Woodside Community Garden, Humphrys Road, Dunstable, LU5 4TP

We are delighted to invite local schools, charities, families and community groups to join us for a special Fire Services Day at Woodside Community Garden.

This free community event offers a fantastic opportunity for children and adults alike to meet local firefighters, explore a fire appliance, learn about fire prevention, and gain practical safety advice that could help protect homes, schools and workplaces.

🔥 What to expect:
• Meet real firefighters and ask questions
• Explore a fire engine and equipment
• Learn how to prevent fires at home and at work
• Discover what to do in an emergency
• Fire safety advice for families and businesses
• Fun photo opportunities
• Interactive activities for children
• Biodiversity and nature activities in the Community Garden
• Learn about wildlife, pollinators and environmental sustainability

For schools, the event provides an engaging educational experience that supports learning around safety, citizenship, community engagement and environmental awareness.

For charities and community groups, it offers an excellent opportunity to connect with local residents, promote community wellbeing and build stronger local partnerships.

For families, it's a chance to enjoy a fun and educational day out while learning valuable life-saving information in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

At Woodside, we believe that safer communities are stronger communities. By bringing together emergency services, schools, charities, businesses and families, we can help create a safer, healthier and more resilient future for everyone.

Everyone is welcome and attendance is free.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with your friends, schools, community groups and local charities.

27/05/2026

🚒🔥 WOODSIDE EMERGENCY FIRE SERVICES DAY 🔥🚒

Join us on Wednesday 17th June from 10:00am – 1:00pm at Woodside Community Garden, Humphrys Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP, for a fun and educational community event delivered in partnership with Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service.

👨‍🚒 Meet real firefighters
🚒 Explore the fire engine
💦 Watch live equipment demonstrations
📸 Family photo opportunities
🌱 Visit the Woodside Community Garden
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly activities for children and adults

The event will also include fire safety advice and community engagement focused on helping keep homes, workplaces, schools, care homes, and local organisations safe.

Everyone is welcome - families, local residents, occupiers, businesses, schools, charities, and community groups.

We look forward to seeing you there!

22/05/2026

🚒🔥 WOODSIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES DAY 🔥🚒

A Fun, Educational & Engaging Family Day Out for the Whole Community!

Everyone is invited to join us on Wednesday 17th June from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Woodside Community Garden, Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP, for a unique community event delivered in partnership with Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

This exciting drop-in event has been designed to bring together local businesses, families, schools, occupiers, children, and the wider community for a day focused on fire safety, sustainability, wellbeing, biodiversity, and community engagement.

🚒 What to expect on the day:

✅ Meet operational firefighters
✅ Explore a real fire engine up close
✅ Children can sit inside the fire truck and interact with emergency equipment
✅ Fire safety advice for homes and workplaces
✅ Discussions around industrial and home fire prevention and workplace safety
✅ Interactive activities for children and families
✅ Sustainability and biodiversity learning activities within the Woodside Community Garden 🌿
✅ Community wellbeing and networking opportunities
✅ Educational engagement linked to homes, schools, families, and local organisations

This event is not only about safety, it is also about creating positive community connections, encouraging environmental awareness, and giving children and families a fun and memorable experience.

Whether you are a local resident, business owner, parent, teacher, student, or simply curious to learn more about fire safety and community wellbeing, we would love to welcome you.

The event operates on a flexible drop-in basis, so feel free to attend at any time during the session.

📍 Woodside Community Garden, Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP

📅 Wednesday 17th June
⏰ 10:00am – 1:00pm

Please feel free to share this post with friends, family, schools, and local community groups.

We look forward to seeing you there! 🚒🌿🔥

21/05/2026

🚒🔥 WOODSIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES DAY 🔥🚒

Looking for a fun, educational, and engaging Family Day Out? Join us on Wednesday 17th June from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Woodside Community Garden, Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP, for a unique community and workplace safety event delivered in partnership with Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

This exciting drop-in event will give businesses, staff, families, and members of the local community the opportunity to meet operational firefighters, speak directly with Fire Safety Officers, and explore a live fire appliance up close 🚒

👨‍🚒 Planned activities include:

✅ Meet your local firefighters
✅ Sit inside a real fire engine
✅ Explore emergency response equipment up close
✅ Fire safety awareness and prevention guidance
✅ Workplace and home fire safety discussions
✅ Interactive engagement for children and families
✅ Educational safety information for businesses and the community
✅ Access to the Woodside Community Garden 🌿
✅ Informal networking and community engagement opportunities

Children will also have the exciting opportunity to interact with firefighters, sit inside the fire truck, explore emergency equipment, and learn more about fire safety in a fun and engaging environment, making this a fantastic Family Day Out for all ages.

🏠 Valuable information will also be available regarding fire prevention and safety awareness relevant to:

• Homes and flats
• Nurseries and schools
• Hospitals and healthcare settings
• Care homes and supported living environments
• Community groups and NGOs
• Industrial and commercial workplaces

For many businesses and organisations, fire remains one of the most significant operational and safety risks, with potential impacts including business interruption, property damage, operational downtime, insurance implications, and risks to life safety. This event is designed to help strengthen awareness, preparedness, and community resilience across Woodside and the wider area.

The event operates on a flexible drop-in basis, so feel free to attend at any point during the session.

We look forward to welcoming you to this engaging and informative community event.

📍 Woodside Community Garden, Woodside Industrial Estate, Humphrys Road, Dunstable LU5 4TP
📅 Wednesday 17th June
⏰ 10:00am – 1:00pm

11/05/2026

🌿 Wellness Month at Woodside – You’re Invited! 🌿

This May, we’re celebrating Wellness Month at Woodside, and everyone is welcome to be part of it.

Take a break from the busy day and come enjoy our Community Garden, a space created for relaxation, movement, and wellbeing. Whether you fancy a peaceful walk, some light exercise, or simply a moment to breathe and reset, the garden is here for you.

🌱 Walk among nature
🌼 Take a mindful break
💪 Stretch, move, and recharge
🌞 Enjoy fresh air in a positive environment

With over 1,000 trees, a wide variety of plants and flowers, and local wildlife including birds, there’s something to lift everyone’s mood and help you reconnect with nature.

The Community Garden is exactly that, for the community. The more it’s used, the more it grows as a space for wellbeing, connection, and biodiversity.

So whether you’re based on the estate or nearby, feel free to stop by, unwind, and make the most of this shared space.

Let’s make May a month of better health, balance, and wellbeing, together.

28/04/2026

🌼🐰 Thank You from Friends of Woodside! 🐰🌼

We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Woodside Community Garden Easter Egg Hunt Event!

Over the course of the event, it was fantastic to see so many families, children, tenants, and visitors coming together to enjoy the activities, explore the garden, and connect with the community.

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📊 What we achieved together:

👧🧒 100 children took part in the activities
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 200+ total participants joined us
🥫 138.7 kg of food donations collected for Dunstable Food Bank
📱 Strong engagement across our community channels

A special thank you to Dunstable Town Council for their fantastic support and for delivering the Arts & Crafts session, which added even more fun and creativity to the day 🎨

We are incredibly grateful to all tenants, contractors, and visitors who contributed and helped make this event such a success. Your support truly reflects the strong sense of community we are building together at Woodside Industrial Estate 💙

We look forward to welcoming you to more community events soon!

10/04/2026

🌿🐣 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY – DON’T MISS OUT! 🐣🌿

What an incredible journey it has been at the Woodside Community Garden over the past days… and today marks the final day of our Easter Egg Hunt Event! 🎉

If you haven’t had the chance yet, this is your moment. Come down, bring your family, your colleagues, your children, and be part of something truly special 💛

Throughout this event, we’ve seen more than just smiles and chocolate eggs…

We’ve seen community come together, people reconnecting with nature, children exploring, creating, planting, and learning 🌱

✨ From arts & crafts…

✨ To the Easter egg hunt challenge (have you found all the letters to spell EASTER EGG yet?)…

✨ To hands-on planting activities in the garden…

This has been more than an event, it’s been a celebration of togetherness, wellbeing, and purpose.

And most importantly… thanks to your generosity, we have also been able to support the Dunstable Food Bank, collecting food donations to help local families in need. This is what true community impact looks like 🙏

👏 A huge thank you to everyone involved, our partners, volunteers, families, and every single person who visited and contributed to making this event so meaningful.

🌱 A special thank you to Planet Turf for their continued support in helping make this initiative a success.

👉 https://planetturf.co.uk/

📍 Woodside Community Garden, Humphrys Road, Dunstable
⏰ Join us today – final chance!

Come down, enjoy the atmosphere, take part in the activities, and celebrate the closing of what has truly been a super event 🌟

We look forward to welcoming you one last time today! 💚

09/04/2026

⏳🐣 LAST CHANCE – EVENT ENDS TOMORROW! 🐣⏳

Don’t miss out on the Woodside Easter Community Event, tomorrow is your final opportunity to come along, enjoy the activities, and be part of something truly special at the Woodside Community Garden 🌿

🐰 What’s Waiting for You?

Bring your family, friends, or colleagues and enjoy:

✨ Easter Egg Hunt – find the hidden letters and spell “EASTER EGG”

🍫 WIN a delicious Easter chocolate egg!

🎨 Arts & Crafts Activities – fun and creative for children

🌱 Planting Activities – get involved and help grow our garden

🐿️ Meet our friendly bunnies and woodland mascots handing out treats!

❤️ Support Local Families

We are still collecting food donations for the Dunstable Food Bank.

If you’re visiting tomorrow, please consider bringing a non-perishable item, your support can make a real difference 💛

📍 Event Details

📍 Woodside Community Garden
📅 Final Day: Tomorrow!
📍 Humphrys Road, Dunstable, LU5 4TP

🌸 This event has been all about bringing people together, creating smiles, and supporting our local community, and there’s still time for you to be part of it.

👉 Come along, join the fun, and don’t miss your chance to take part!

We look forward to seeing you there! 🐰🌿

09/01/2026

DLDD Job Fair – Free Recruitment Opportunity for Local Employers

We would like to share details of an upcoming local Job Fair organised by DLDD Trust (Long Live Dunstable), a registered charity focused on supporting employment, skills development, and community growth across Dunstable and the surrounding area.

The DLDD Job Fair will take place on Wednesday 25th March 2026, between 2.00pm and 3.30pm, at the Methodist Church Halls, Ashton Square, Dunstable, LU6 3SN.

The event is open to local employers and charities and is completely free to attend. Tables are provided at no cost, making it an accessible opportunity for businesses and organisations to showcase their vacancies, raise awareness of opportunities, and connect directly with local people seeking work.

DLDD’s aim is to support local employment by bringing together employers, charities, and jobseekers in a friendly, community-focused environment.

This is a valuable opportunity for tenants who may be recruiting, planning future recruitment, or who wish to support a positive local initiative that benefits both businesses and the wider community.

We encourage our tenants to consider attending or sharing this information with colleagues and partners who may be interested.

For further information or to register interest, DLDD Trust can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by telephone on 07434 549454.

Supporting local employment initiatives like this helps strengthen our community and creates positive connections between businesses and local residents.

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Woodside Industrial Estate
Dunstable
LU54TP

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