Donate to OCLT while shopping at the Co-op

If you shop at the Co-op and are a Co-op member, you can choose us as your ‘Local Cause’. We will get 1% of your spend on Co-op branded goods. If you’re not a Co-op member why not join and give us the benefit? Click on this link to choose us.

Annual General Meeting

From our Chair, Jim Breeds: “Our AGM on 26th October went well, I thought. Thank you to all those who attended, including Hastings Mayor, Cllr Nigel Sinden.

Latest on Land Acquisition in Speckled Wood

Ore Community Land Trust has purchased two key plots of land in Speckled Wood below the Village Green in Old London Road, Ore. It is another crucial stage in the process for making Speckled Wood into a community owned woodland to ensure that it will never be developed and will remain an attractive and peaceful

Constitution

Our Constitution was adopted on 8th April 2017. You can read it here. Download Constitution

Would you like to join our Speckled Wood volunteer team?

There’s plenty to do as spring approaches. • Cut down undergrowth and dead trees • Maintain footpaths • Make and repair steps • Keep the stream clear • Prepare our land in Church Street for planting We now have a volunteer base and tool store next to the ‘Church Street’ track (South of Greville Road)

Our Committee 2019

The Committee consists of: Chair – Jim Breeds Secretary – Tony Polain Treasurer – Becky Polain Membership Secretary & Minute-Taker – Richard Street Board Member Aubrey Ingleton Ex-Officio Hastings Borough Council observer Cllr Tania Charman (Tressell Ward)

Our aims

Ore Community Land Trust seeks to protect land in the Upper Ore Valley to save and enhance urban woodland and green space for community use and to protect animal habitat. We, therefore, campaign against development plans that would threaten the environment of the Valley. We also support positive regeneration plans and put forward ideas for

Annual General Meeting 2018

We held our AGM on 29th September at the Salvation Army Hall in Old London Road. It was very well-attended. Our outgoing chair, Tony Polain, reiterated the need for more volunteers to come forward if we are to achieve our aims of not only preserving Speckled Wood but also of making it more accessible to

Questionnaire on Speckled Wood

We recently received some funding from East Sussex County Council’s ‘East Sussex Better Together’ initiative to do a survey on how the community uses, and what it would like for, the Speckled Wood area. It is vital that we know your opinions on Speckled Wood, so please fill in the survey from the link below

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Data Protection Act & General Data Protection Regulations Ore Community Land Trust (Ore CLT) has introduced measures to ensure that any personal information (data) we hold about members, volunteers and contacts is kept secure and we will comply with the requirements of the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).