Cartmel Fell Volunteers Events
Cartmel Fell Volunteers Events
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Regular Volunteering Sessions
Regular Volunteering Sessions
Woodland clearance, gardening, balsam bashing, woodcrafts and more!
Woodland clearance, gardening, balsam bashing, woodcrafts and more!
There is a walk-in session most Friday afternoons at the Parish Allotment and grounds.
There is a walk-in session most Friday afternoons at the Parish Allotment and grounds.
Volunteers are often to be found planting, adding tree protection, maintaining woodland, logging and clearing, and monitoring or knocking back invasive species. Other longer-term projects have included planting a community orchard and nuttery.
Volunteers are often to be found planting, adding tree protection, maintaining woodland, logging and clearing, and monitoring or knocking back invasive species. Other longer-term projects have included planting a community orchard and nuttery.
Also - Take a look at the other events happening at Cartmel Fell Parish Hall across the year.
Volunteering sessions - recent happenings
Volunteering sessions - recent happenings
Summer 2026 work included logging some of the felled trees in the parish allotment, gathering more stone for our visiting Dry Stone Wallers and helping the volunteers at St Anthony's with their church and churchyard maintenance.
We have also assisted at the bonfire site both to gather and remove items left behind from previous bonfires and to construct the bonfire - which lots of people enjoy!
We've been busy removing Himalayan Balsam wherever we find it, particularly where it is growing near waterways. It spreads prolifically and drowns out native species. This year, we attended 4 different sites and we aim to visit more next year.
We are also monitoring other invasive species so please let us know if you spot anything of concern.
Previous Events
Previous Events
CPR & Defibrillator Awareness and CFV Summer Party
CPR & Defibrillator Awareness and CFV Summer Party
July 2026
A free training session was led by a Community Resuscitation Trainer for the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the afternoon and the attendees learned about giving CPR and Defibrillation.
60+ attendees of the Summer Party enjoyed a Buffet Supper including hot carved meats, new potatoes, and a selection of salads plus Homemade Desserts and their first drink at the bar for free.
Everyone that attended the Defib course earlier that day (around 25 people) was also given their Summer Party ticket for free.
Wassailing the Community Orchard
Wassailing the Community Orchard
January 2026
Originating from the Old English "Waes Hael" (be well/good health), Wassailing is to bless an orchard for a good harvest and includes drinking warm spiced mulled cider, making noise to "wake" the trees by banging pots and pans and singing a Wassail song, and putting out cider-soaked toast for Robins to encourage good spirits.
Mulled cider, parkin and cheese were served by the Cartmel Fell Volunteers, and the trees were blessed by pouring Apple juice around the roots, and our Volunteers wrote song lyrics specific to our group for the group to sing, followed by the Wassail. A good time was had by all!
LOCATION: Cartmel Fell Community Orchard, https://w3w.co/furnish.singers.uplifting
December 2025 - Film Night - "Wilding"
December 2025 - Film Night - "Wilding"
In partnership with PEAT (Peninsula Environmental Action Together) and with the support from 'Cinema for All' we presented a screening of Wilding (75 minutes) on Thursday 4th December. Based on the best-selling book written by Isabella Tree, this is the true story of the failing four-hundred-year-old Knepp estate. Isabella and her husband decided to re-wild it using radical methods and reintroduce native species. Their experiment reveals the ability of nature to rebound and offers hope for conserving biodiversity the world over.
The event was very well attended on a drizzly night - we had pretty much a full house and everyone said how much they enjoyed the film. Thank you to everyone that supported us by turning up, provided nibbles and/or stayed to have a drink and a chat about the film. We enjoyed seeing you all and the home-made nibbles donated by some of our lovely attendees were absolutely delicious!
"Living on the Fell" - An exhibition of recent photographs
"Living on the Fell" - An exhibition of recent photographs
October 2025
Our exhibition weekend attracted many visitors and some great comments. We showcased contemporary life in and around Cartmel Fell and had "Sounds of the Fell" playing while people browsed 116 photographs.
Eric Pye chose photos for our 2026 calendar and presented a prize to Helen Caldwell for her winning entry, which became the cover photo.
The "People's Vote" winning photo was a photo of St Anthony's church decorated for the Christmas Carol service, by Laura Martin.
AGM and Sausage & Cider Festival
AGM and Sausage & Cider Festival
June 2025
Our inaugural Annual General Meeting - people came to find out about Cartmel Fell Volunteers and we cooked up a storm with some Gloucester Old Spot, Cumberland, Bratwurst, GF sausages and Not Pork veggie sausages.
We tried lots of local cider and perry, and ate fantastic desserts donated by the community.
Woodland Trail at the Cartmel Fell Spring Show
Woodland Trail at the Cartmel Fell Spring Show
May 2025
"A storybook adventure in School Lot"
At the Cartmel Fell Spring Show we put together Activity sheets with a quiz, a mapped route through the woodland in a 1 mile figure of 8.
We made a 10-stage story about the Parish woodland characters, sights and sounds you experience as you explore the Parish orchard and woodland.
With the help of Elsie, we also explained how to estimate the height of a tree with a stick.
July 2026
July 2026
Film Night:
"Thriving"
Film Night:
"Thriving"
March 2025
Clare Dyson's film showed her 200 mile journey across Cumbria on her horse Merry. She set off from Cartmel Fell, visiting farmers and ecologists who talk about adapting their work, to prioritise nature and combat climate change whilst they produce food.
We all had a really enjoyable conversation with Clare about her travels and the people she met.
Film Night:
"6 inches of soil"
Film Night:
"6 inches of soil"
September 2024
We watched a fascinating film in September about how beneficial regenerative farming is to business as well as the environment.
We had the chance to talk to four regenerative farmers about the changes they have made to their farming methods and the benefits it has brought to their livelihoods.
Summer BBQ
2024
Summer BBQ
2024
July 2024
As one of our first official events as "Cartmel Fell Volunteers", we ran a community barbecue in Summer 2024.
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