About Us

Welcome to our website.

The objects of the Friends of Combe Valley(FoCV) are:

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, including biodiversity.

To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment

Who are we?

We are a small hard-working unit of volunteers who work towards maintaining the Combe Valley but in particular the Combe Valley Countryside Park for others to benefit from. We have successfully secured funding to allow us to continue this work and to start some really exciting projects working with different aspects of the community.

More information about the whole of the Countryside park is available on the website – combevalleycountrysidepark.com

The friends work in conjunction with Groundwork (who have responsibility for managing the park for the Combe Valley Countryside Park Community Interest Company).

We are always looking for new volunteers with some time to help with these tasks but we also welcome anyone who wants to learn more about Combe Valley. Whatever time you can give is valuable to us.

Become a member

We are running a number of different activities for all the family which include:-

Guided walks in the Countryside Park
Talks about Combe Valley – its human and natural history
Art Trails and workshops

Social Nights
Family events and other activities that encourage children to enjoy the park, such as Nature Detective days.
Quiz nights

Craft sessions

Quiz nights.

Legal Structure

We are registered as a charitable incorporated organisation with a membership that has no personal liability for debts of the organisation and membership is open to individuals as well as organisations.

A copy of our constitution is available here

Constitution 2019-2021

Trustees

Names of trustees and links to copies of annual reports, accounts and minutes of AGMs are available:-

Committee 2024

AGM Minutes 2022-2023

AGM Minutes 2022

Annual Report 2022-2023

Annual Report 2021-2022

Annual Report 2020-2021

Annual Report 2019-2020

Links to other organisations.

We also work closely with other organisations in the area to improve the Countryside Park. Go to the Combe Valley Countryside Park links for further information.