Pen Selwood

The PCA uses some of its fundraising money to support 2 local and 2 national/international charities each year, and these are chosen by secret ballot at each AGM. This year we want to trial any resident of Penselwood being able to nominate  1 local and 1 national/international charity in advance of the AGM. All those nominated will be collated and people attending the AGM will vote from that list. The top 2 local and top 2 national will be supported in 2025. In this way you…

Our local nature reserve needs your help following years of neglect during Covid and the financial problems at the County Council who are now responsible for it.

If you haven't read the article in Pen Paper, or saw it and never followed up but would like to help, please contact me about either fundraising or helping the rangers with physical help. It is a small reserve but has a number of rare and endangered species which need our help to survive.

Elizabeth Carter…

I've sent out a survey about the usefulness of this website. I sent it automatically to all people that have at some time signed in to the website. That enables you to add your own information or comment on others. I am aware some of you may read the site without signing in. If you are in this group, or have not received  a survey link for some reason, and wish to complete it to give feedback then please email me. 

Geoff Parcell

ourpenselwood@gmail.com

On Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 7:30pm in the Village Hall, James Long, the author, will be visiting and talking to us about how he came to write  two novels based around Penselwood. 

I know many of you will already have read either Ferney or The Lives She Left Behind and  I can heartily recommend both. Ferney is a timeslip…