SANDFORD Parish Council has been invited to join the National Civic Platinum Jubilee tree planting.

This will take place on Friday, March 11, the 70th day of the year in which The Queen marks the 70th anniversary of her accession. It has the full support of the The Queen’s Green Canopy project organisers.

We will then prepare a bound book that will include (alphabetically) the names of all Councils taking part, with the name of the person planting the tree alongside the office they hold, the type of tree planted and a few words saying where it was planted.

The book will then be sent to The Queen, probably for the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June.

There are close to 11,000 parish, town, district, borough city and county councils in the UK.

If just half of them take part, the equivalent of a small forest will be planted on Friday, March 11. If all of them take part, it will be close to a world record for a simultaneous tree-planting!

The plaque has been ordered and a suitable type of tree and location are to be confirmed, together with the proposed Sandford Platinum Jubilee Celebrations in June.

So make a note of the date in your diary.

The time, and venue, will be announced closer to the date.

It would be good to make this a Community Event!

Malcolm Vallance

Sandford Parish Clerk.