Please email us at FriendsOfTheOrchardBath@gmail.com to offer your support, and add your name to our email distribution list. You can also join in as a volunteer to help run our community events, or come along to one of our Green Space sessions to help look after our treasured open space. Whatever skills or interests you have, we invite you to share them.

• We form an inclusive and welcoming volunteer group who celebrate the value of the Orchard. We understand and can represent the needs of the community who use this unique resource. 

• We steer the direction of the open space and encourage community participation and environmental responsibility. 

• Specifically, we aim to protect and enhance the Orchard as:

·         a recreational space for the community, including for play, relaxation and leisure

·         a natural space valued for its heritage orchard and ecology

·         a social space which enhances community cohesion, empowerment and skills development

·         a safe environment for those living next to and visiting the site

• • We organise community involvement at The Orchard, including community events, volunteering opportunities and other activities: for example, an annual Apple Day and Wassail, and occasional events such as picnics, litter picks, nature walks and local history projects.

  • We promote positive landscape management of the space to encourage play, wildlife & amenity value through volunteer work days, information sharing and events.              

  • We work collaboratively with the landowners Bath Rec Ltd. and act as their “eyes and ears” and entry point for exchange of information with the community.

  • We work to minimise any potentially adverse impacts on the Orchard or the Community's enjoyment of the Orchard arising from planned change in use of land or property along its boundary.