Part of the 60th Diamond anniversary celebrations involved partnering with the Blue Diamond Bambridge Garden Centre who kindly donated spring bulbs for us to plant up.
Visiting the garden centre to choose a selection of hyacinths, tulips and narcissi to sell at the Winchester Christmas Fair, members then spent a very busy two days planting up in one of our member’s gardens and over 35 pots were made ready for the Fair.
Taking the charity stand at the Fair coincided with White Ribbon Day on 25 November, and was the first day of the Orange campaign and 16 days of activism. Steve Brine MP for Winchester was invited to take part as he was passing and was happy to do so.
We also sold Christmas decorations made from ring pulls which was our contribution to the charity PCF (formerly the Purple Community Fund) who made very attractive items from the ring pulls.
We were fortunate with the weather given earlier in the week had been wet, so we took a total of just over £400 for our charities.