Volunteers appeal to ‘tool-up’

Volunteers who help Llanfair Town Council with the maintenance of Deri Woods are asking local residents to look in their sheds and outbuildings to see if they have any spare hand tools they would like to donate to the group.

Deri Woods is a beautiful ancient woodland site which overlooks the River Banwy close to the centre of Llanfair Caereinion. It was gifted to the people of Llanfair 100 years ago and is owned by the Town Council.

The volunteers hold work parties on third Thursday of each month and currently borrow tools from project partners Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust.

Volunteer, Nick Burton, said: “We don’t mind how old they are, but the donated tools do need to be in decent condition. We are looking for spades, mattocks, shovels, rakes, brooms, saws and also a wheelbarrow to put them all in.”

The group does a lot of valuable work repairing the fences, steps and bridges and would also be grateful for donations of pliers, mole grips, crowbars and jemmies, sledge, claw and lump hammers, spanners, and a socket set.

If you have tools to donate or would like to check if the group needs something particular, please call Nick on 01938 811809 or drop tools off at Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust’s new office at

Park Lane House in Welshpool during office hours.

More volunteers are also welcome.