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Community Feedback
by Bradwell Office
Thursday 24th September 2020

Since we have been open in July we have been really pleased to welcome so many friends, both old and new, back to Othona. These continue to be challenging times and we are monitoring the government guidelines regularly to make sure we continue to keep everyone safe here.  Any changes to our policies for covid-19 are updated on our website:https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/reopening-update. There are new events now on programme for the Autumn/Winter period so please take a look: https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/events-listing. Here are a few of the many comments we have received from those staying during the summer:

"Thanks to all of you for your hospitality,... Read More

Minutes of Bradwell Centre Committee Meeting

by Bradwell Office
Sunday 13th September 2020

The minutes for the latest BCC meeting are avaialble to read in the link below and are also in the news section of our website (https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/bradwell-committee-2020) along with all previous minutes for the last few years. If you wish to receive RSS alerts for new blog content please use the blog page URL on your RSS feeds reader (https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/blog).

Minutes of the BCC Meeting 9 Sept 2020

David Shuttleworth Buck (8/4/1934 - 6/8/2020)
by Bradwell Office
Tuesday 1st September 2020

Many of you will remember David Buck, who was a long-term part of the Othona Community and the inspiration behind the Peace Garden. We were very sad to hear that he had recently passed away and our thoughts and prayers are with Gillian, his wife, and the rest of his family. Gillian let us know that;

 

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Bradwell Centre Committee Open Meeting
by Bradwell Office
Thursday 20th August 2020

The updates notes featured in the recent (Saturday 15th August) BCC Open meeting are now available on our website to read. All of the Committee and Trustee documents for publication are stored in our "News" section of the Website and freely available.

Update for Open BCC 15th August 2020

Village View
by Bradwell Office
Monday 17th August 2020

The latest Othona article in the Village View is now available, click on the link below to read:

Village View September 2020

Virtually Othona Permaculture Week
by Bradwell Office
Monday 17th August 2020

This week (17th- 21st August) is our virtual permaculture week. All the sessions start at 7.30pm with a talk followed by a Q&A session. 

Monday 17th                       General introduction to Permaculture

Tuesday 18th                       Gardening Ideas for making the most of a small space

Wednesday 19th               The Othona Bradwell Energy Project

Thursday 20th                     Walking About with Jonney Aldridge

Friday 21st                           Community Gardens: Growing Together: Community Gardens

Tonight's... Read More

Bradwell Centre Committee Open Meetings
by Bradwell Office
Wednesday 12th August 2020

The Othona Open BCC meetings will take place online via Zoom. 

There will be two opportunities for people to take part and share together.

This is to provide the opportunity for as many people as possible to attend.

Both meetings will follow the same format and agenda. You will only need to attend one of the meetings.

Saturday 15th August at 2pm

Topic: Othona Open BCC Meeting

Time: Aug 15, 2020 02:00 PM London

 

The date and time for the second meeting will be confirmed as soon as possible.

Please contact the office (bradwell@othona.org) for Zoom joining instructions.

 

The Agenda for the meetings is as follows:

1. Welcome & Introductions... Read More

Faith Book
by Bradwell Office
Sunday 2nd August 2020

We had a very special Chapel service this week taken by Jan Marshall, who shared her hopes for Othona. You can read some of this on our faithbook page (https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/faith-book). Please do submit your thoughts and prayers to go on this page.

O God may the doors of Othona be wide enough to receive all who need love and compassion.

But narrow enough to shut out any spirit of selfishness and self-interest.

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Bank Holiday Weekend
by Bradwell Office
Saturday 1st August 2020

We are holding a "festival style" camping weekend for August bank Holiday this year. This will feature live streaming of the Greenbelt Festival plus other activities including the renowned "Beer and Hymns". Take a look at our programme, places are available on a first come first served basis and this should be a popular event so don't miss out!

https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=1805

Virtually Othona
by Bradwell Office
Friday 31st July 2020

Our Virtual Summer programme starts very soon so we hope you will be able to join us and support Othona whilst having some fun. The dates for the sessions are:

Wednesday 5th August                  “Meet the Team” Where the ESC volunteers will talk a bit about themselves

Saturday August 8th                         Othona Flower and Produce Show

Sunday pm 9th-Friday 14th Aug    Art Week

Monday 17th  -Friday 21st Aug      Permaculture Week

Monday 24th – Friday 28th Aug    Astronomy Week

The programme summaries for the flower and produce... Read More