Black Canon Collective

Category: Donation

  • WE NEED YOU (Elizabethan Evening)!

    Each year the BCC helps to set up and pack away at this event held close to the Allotment, at Manor Farm, Corsley. Last year a few of us were lucky enough to attend the event too, and ate as much game stew as we possibly could whilst watching the play sat in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor. The evening is organised by local volunteers who do so to raise money for local charities and community organisations. So far the BCC has benefited from money towards ride Leader training, the BCC shelter and the Longleat MTB Feasibility study.So, please put the 18th and 19th June in your diaries and come along to help out, there’ll be more info on the Forum soon, but all you need to know is that they gave us all cups of tea and lush bacon butties as we worked last year…

    So please come along and help out from 10:00am until done (around 01:00pm) on Sat 18th, and from 10:00am until done (around 12:00 mid day) on Sunday 19th. We need all the help we can get!

    Here’s the location.


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  • Dig Day Shuffle

    As I hope everyone knows the first weekend of every month sees our Dig Day. For March’s dig day (next weekend) we’re having a bit of a shuffle both in days and content:

    Saturday 5th March: Day Day Away

    On the Saturday it is planned that we assist Corsley Village with the installation of a pump track on their recreation ground – details to follow.

    It would be great to see lots of people there helping out, both because they have helped us in the past especially through funding, and because it will be a good fun place to ride, especially for the kids of the village who will hopefully be our future members!

    Sunday 6th March: Standard Dig Day

    More of a standard dig day, with the focus being on expanding and improving the Dinner ’til Dusk course ahead of the event on March 27th, although it would also be brilliant if we could get ALL the downhill tracks looking groomed and perfect ahead of the summer – then every Dig Day from now on will be free to build new features, new courses and development The Allotment generally.

    This will start at 09:00 and will finish when we’re done, or when it gets dark – remember food, drink, ideas and rakes.

  • Fantastic News!

    Just recieved an email from Marion Liquorice (Elizabethan Evening) to let us know that we’ve been awarded £500 to put towards Mountain Bike Ride Leader training. This is fantastic news! More to follow…

  • Kind Supporters

    Each year the owners of the grade I listed Elizabethan Manor Farm in Corsley put on a professional Shakespeare play in their fabulous grounds to raise money for local charities. Charities / projects which have benefited to date include the Playing Field in Corsley,  Little Cuckoos Nursery, The Old School Field, St Margaret’s Church and now the Black Canon Collective!.

    Back in January the Elizabethan Evening donated some money to the BCC to help pay for our first years licence.  This was a fantastically generous donation and has made a great difference to the clubs bank balance.

    As a small “thank you” a number of the BCC helped set up and clear away after this years event held at the weekend.  Everyone chipped in; moving chairs, setting up benches and playing on the trampoline! By all accounts the event was a great success and raised a brilliant amount of money for the supported charities and projects.

    Thanks to Marion and lou for being so kind and thankful and for treating us to tea, bacon butties and lovely cheese sandwiches.

    For more info on the Elizabethan Evining click here

  • Kind Donation

    We are exceptionally lucky to know Marion Liquorice and Neil Carpenter. Both have been instrumental in securing  donations for the club and have been very helpful offering fund raising advice and guidance.

    Yesterday I came home to a short hand written note from Marion explaining how she’d held a Food Safety Course and raised a little more money than expected so was donating half the proceeds to the BCC and half to their local playing field.

    Thank you Marion for being so thoughtful and generous, we promise to use the money wisely.