Every year, when the Annual General Meeting comes round, we appeal for volunteers to help run the Society. This year the need is greater than ever. We share out the various tasks among our Committee (which is elected at the A.G.M.) but at present we only have 8 active Committee members, rather than the 12 which the Society's Constitution allows. Our Hon.Treasurer has recently had to stand down owing to ill-health, and we would welcome offers of help from Society members with any type of administrative experience, to ease the load on those who remain.

Perhaps you are new to Gateacre, and have ideas about what the Society should be doing? Or perhaps you are newly-retired, with time and skills available that we could put to good use? If you are interested in finding out more, please contact any existing Committee member (see back page of Newsletter) in advance of the A.G.M.

Following the loss of the horse chestnut tree at Grange Manor (see our January 2016 Newsletter) we have been checking whether there are any other prominent trees in Gateacre which are not currently covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO). Would you like to help? Is there any local tree about which you are particularly concerned? If so, please contact Beryl Plent or David Phythian, who are co-ordinating the project.