CLASP is thinking of starting a ‘100 Club’ to help raise funds.

Look here for details.

CLASP now has an online membership/donations form.

Details are provided of how to pay by BACs or by cheque. Other online payment options are under consideration.

Try it out by joining CLASP and/or making a donation!

The CLASP Trustees are considering starting a CLASP “100 Club” to help fund the new Field Centre. If you think you might be interested in participating, you can find full details of the proposal here:

“100 Club” Proposal

We’d welcome your thoughts.

We are transferring the furniture into the new Field Centre from Daventry Library on 8th May.

Help is required to load and unload the items and also cleaning the new premises. Could those willing to assist please email Dave Hayward on:-

chair_trustees@claspweb.org.uk

You will then be allocated to the Library or Farm working parties to ensure that we get a balance of numbers.

Thanks.

A message from Dave Hayward, CLASP Chair:

We can now confirm that we are going ahead with our Field Centre at Nether Heyford. Whilst Saturday’s fire at New Creation was serious destroying three buildings fortunately ours was spared. It is the intention to transfer the furniture that we have been donated  by Daventry Library to the Centre on the 8th May. We will be looking for some volunteers to help with this transfer, watch for a separate email.

This is such an enormous step forward for CLASP, we must make the best use of it. Please think of ideas for its use, even projects that YOU might want to develop and lead on. A contact point will be announced shortly.

A message from Dave Hayward:

There has been a serious fire at New Creation Farm, Nether Heyford today (Saturday 27th April). I am not sure of the extent and effects of the situation but I have heard that fortunately no one was hurt and the animals are safe. I have offered the thoughts of all at CLASP to those at the Farm.

CLASP is intending to rent a building there for our proposed field centre, I will update you once I have established the situation from our friends at the Farm.

CLASP has been invited by Daventry Museum to put on an exhibition of the work they having been doing around the Daventry area. This is to be held between May and the end of August.

The exhibition has been put together by Jim Aveling using information and photos collected during the work on Thrupp, Bannaventa and Borough hill. Thank you to Marcus Lewis and Fred Kay for their input.

If you get a chance go along to the museum in Daventry, at the council offices in Sheep Street.

Part of the exhibition in preparation:

You can now support CLASP by shopping on Amazon Smile. It costs you no extra!

Here’s the link:

CLASP at AMAZON SMILE

The Trustees have decided that our building at New Creation Farm, Nether Heyford will be known as The CLASP Field Centre.

This will hopefully well describe the purpose of the site and how we intend it should operate.

We are hoping to finalise admin arrangements for the 1st May and moving the furniture in by the 10th May.

CLASP members NEWS ALERT from Dave Hayward:

Some bad news I’m afraid we have had to cancel the dig scheduled from the 3rd to 10th July at Crick, basically this decision has been down to the mild weather we have been having so far this year. The field we had hoped to investigate is permanent pasture let out by the landowner to another for grazing stock, the intention being that we would move in after the hay crop and cattle were removed. Unfortunately the warm weather has encouraged the tenant to utilize the land for grazing throughout with no hay or silage crops – the vagaries of farming!