We are happy to say that First Aid training has been completed by the main Activity Leaders – Melanie and Roy for Petanque; Trev and Richard for vets football; Phil and Russell for walking football; Chris, Stan and Keith for the Men’s Shed; Dawn and Helen for general. We had fun and learnt a lot, […]
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Shipley Village Fete
On a hot end-May bank holiday Monday, Chris, Keith and Phil flew the flag for the Project at the Shipley Village Fete…until the thunder drove them home! The annual fete is well supported by the local community and villages around Shipley and it was a great opportunity to tell people about the various activities. There […]
Continue readingOver £1200 raised at football match!
Congratulations and thanks to everyone who took part on the charity event on Sunday 13 May, at Shipley football ground. The football match, which many of our vets and walking footballers taking part, kicked off at 12:00 noon. It was an entertaining match, with Trevor managing the “Trev’s Vets” team, playing against Murph’s “Hills Farm […]
Continue readingHSCP Chatter Issue 3
Click the link to download the latest HSCP Chatter – HSCP Chatter April 2018 – The Chatter is our regular Newsletter with updates on the various activities at the project. This month there is plenty to say about the Hills Farm Vets who have had the most exciting month! Let us know if there is anything you […]
Continue readingHSCP Chatter, Issue 2
Download the March Edition of HSCP Chatter, our regular Newsletter with updates on the various activities at the project. Let us know if there is anything you would like to see in the Newslettter, and suggestions / comments are always welcome! Happy reading. Click Here to Download
Continue readingHSCP Chatter, Issue 1
We are pleased to announce our first Newsletter, “HSCP CHATTER” Download it here Let us know if there is anything you would like to see in the Newslettter, and suggestions / comments are always welcome! Happy reading
Continue readingFootball pitch development and maintenance
We are working hard with our site partners TD Shipley FC to improve the quality and drainage of all three of our playing surfaces. These are the main pitch, the walking football pitch and the new junior football pitch, which will also double up from the summer of 2018 onwards as a training zone for […]
Continue readingWood Mackenzie helps to make Shipley greener
The site at Shipley, as part of the impressive eco aware Knepp Castle Estate, is already greener following a busy day in the autumn, when dozens of trees, shrubs and hedges were planted by an enthusiastic band of keen, hard-working volunteers. These fantastic folk included a whole team from our friends at Wood Mackenzie Ltd, […]
Continue readingMacMillan coffee morning fun
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the MacMillan Coffee Morning. Lovely home baked cakes and biscuits and fantastic music from a proper, original record player (thanks Tony and Judith)…which initiated some impromptu waltzing and tangos! We raised £260 for a fantastic cause and had a fun morning, joined by the walking footballers, the petanquers and […]
Continue readingJunior 9-a-side pitch development
Have a look at the stages of development of the 9-a-side pitch we have built at one end of the site. This is a project which has required long-term vision and patience! Starting from an area of dense undergrowth, virtually no drainage on the heavy clay soil, and a horribly uneven, sloping surface, we have […]
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