Greening Chinnor Annual General Meeting

The Greening Chinnor AGM held on Tuesday 19th May was an opportunity to showcase the achievements our small group of volunteers make year on year. Our biggest project is Donkey Lane Community Orchard with its four distinct strands of restoration, stories, surveys and archaeology followed by Repair Cafés and other ad hoc project.

The minutes from the AGM can be found here and if you want to find out more about our achievements a copy of our Annual Report can be found here or on our  website under Governance. We hope you find it interesting.

The formal process of the meeting was followed by demonstrations of traditional bobbin lacemaking by Lynn Lloyd (Chinnor Lacewings) and Sue Newman (Risboro’ Lacemakers) who gave an overview of bobbin lacemaking in the area and its history. Sue and Lynn brought a beautiful display of the many types of lace the group had produced. There was also the opportunity to try your hand at lacemaking and many attendees took up the challenge to work on ‘Sammy the Snake’.

Huge thanks to Lynn and Sue for giving us such a fun evening. For more information on Risboro’ Lacemakers go to their website at https://www.risborolacemakers.org/

VACANCY: We are in need of a secretary for the group. This is a key role and the main duties would be to record and prepare the minutes of our monthly meetings. This would require a time commitment of up to two hours at the meeting and two to three hours on producing the minutes (depending on experience). There would also be the opportunity to help with other back-office support such as preparation and close-down of the documentation required for our Repair Cafes and events as well as helping with newsletters and publicity, etc.

If you or someone you know would like to help us, please contact Greening Chinnor for an informal chat.

Greening Chinnor Annual General Meeting

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING You are warmly invited to  the Greening Chinnor AGM on Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 7.30pm at the Committee Room, Chinnor Village Hall, Church Road, Chinnor OX39 4PQ  Followed by demonstration of lacemaking by Chinnor Lacewings

In accordance with our Constitution, Officers will be elected at an annual general meeting for one year, with no limit on the number of times that they can be re-elected. Greening Chinnor officer posts are: Chair Secretary Treasurer If you would like to make a nomination for one of the posts or would like to volunteer yourself, please complete and email the the Nomination Form found here or email me direct. Nominations to be emailed to: greeningchinnor@gmail.com by Monday 18th May 2026 latest. We are particularly looking for a Secretary. Votes will be counted and officers elected at the AGM. AGENDA 1. Present and apologies 2. Welcome 3. Adoption of 2025 AGM minutes (copy can be found here) 4. Chair’s Report – Linda 5. Treasurer’s Report– Alan (a copy of the 2025/2026 audited accounts can be found here) 6. Questions arising 7. Acceptance of accounts - vote 8. Committee nominations and appointments - vote 9. AOB 10. Date of next meeting After the business side of the meeting, enjoy demonstrations of lacemaking by our guests, Chinnor Lacewings. This is your opportunity to find out how lace is made and find out about the lacemakers living at Donkey Lane Community Orchard.

Greening Chinnor Repair Café 16th May 2026

The next Greening Chinnor Repair Café will be held on Saturday 16th May 2026 at St Andrew's Church, Chinnor.

Doors open at 10 am with last item accepted (depending on item) at 12:30 pm.

We can also offer the sharpening of scissors, secateurs, garden shears, kitchen knives (1 item per household).