The Allotment Society is managed by a committee of dedicated volunteers.
Chairman: Vacant Vice Chairman: Vacant Secretary: Andrew Dixon Membership secretary: Nicky Thomas Treasurer: Chis Gibbs Health and Safety Officer: Colin Heath Site Manager: Sally Quest Website/Facebook Manager: Andrew Dixon Publicity: Jill Anker
Contact the Committee by emailing: [email protected] We also have a Facebook group, which is currently a closed group for allotment holders only.
Enjoy working on your own allotment in a way that ensures that other plot holders can also enjoy theirs.
Speak to a Beaumaris Allotments Society office holder on any matter of concern connected with your own plot or more generally affecting the whole scheme.
Read your tenancy agreement thoroughly and abide by its terms.
Talk to your neighbours about any proposed alteration to fencing (normally you should maintain and renew the fence on the southern (lower) side of your plot).
Shut and lock the main gate, especially if you are the last to leave the allotment site.
Keep dogs on a leash at all times when they are on the access roads or any other areas used in common by other allotment holders.
Compost as much material on your own plot as you can to maintain its fertility.
Use water from the stand pipes responsibly and collect and store rainwater on your plot whenever possible.
Plant dwarf fruit trees only and in places where they will not shade crops on adjoining plots.
Pay your Beaumaris Allotments Society annual subscription: being a member gives the opportunity to attend social events; entitles you to free membership of the National Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association; use the Kings Seed Scheme; and povides Public Liability insurance cover for your plot.
Check the notice board regularly for news of social events and other items of interest.
Provide the bollard key holders a minimum of two days notice of your intention to use the access roads and abide by any instructions they may give (including refusal to allow access).
Keep a First Aid Kit on your plot
Abide by the Health & Safety and the Fire Safety Policies of the Society (see Noticeboard)
Report any concerns regarding Health & Safety to the Chairman or Health & Safety Officer.
Comply with the Guidelines for the safe use of herbicides and pesticides.
DON'T:
Drive on the tracks when they are wet and when doing so will create ruts and mud.
Burn allotment waste when the wind is blowing towards the town or when smoke could cause a nuisance to other plot holders.
Use fences between allotments to support cane fruit, particularly if the fence belongs to a neighbour.
Plant any cane fruit against or near fences as the suckers can be invasive.
Plant non-dwarf fruit trees or allow trees or shrubs of any type to grow over two metres in height.
Construct any shed or greenhouse without first consulting an allotment society office holder over its positioning, colour and size.
Be afraid to ask for help with your allotments. However this in no way gives an indication of any rights for the helper to take over the plot once a tenancy has been ended. Plots are allocated by the Society to those on the Waiting List strictly on a first come - first served basis. Plot holders are the tenants of the plot under the strict understanding that the contract is between Beaumaris Town Council and themselves only. Tenants have no rights to allocate or sub-let their plots at any time and MUST NOT do so. Only the Town Council is able to issue tenancy agreements.
Bring onto the site any items which may contravene the Society's Health & Safety Policy such as old windows or any items which are not intended for a specific purpose. Whilst the Society encourages recycling, please do not store any items on the plot that are not required for use on the allotment.
Bring asbestos, materials containing asbestos or materials which commonly contain asbestos onto the site.
All Members should familiarise themselves with the following important policies
Prevention of Bullying and Harassment Policy:click to read
Criteria for new applications
Beaumaris Town Council offers new allotment tenancies on a points basis. Beaumaris Allotments Society maintains a waiting list on behalf of the council and will usually recommend that the person on the list with the highest number of points should be offered a provisional tenancy (normally of half a plot) for a specified number of months in the first instance. On confirmation that a satisfactory level of cultivation has been achieved, the provisional tenancy is extended to a yearly one. Waiting list application forms are available from the Membership secretary, the council offices, on the allotments noticeboard, or by e-mailing the allotment society.
The criteria used in assessing the points are as follows.
Criteria Points
Beaumaris Resident (including Llanfaes) 15 Beaumaris Resident (including Llanfaes - 5 past refusal of an offer of an allotment tenancy) Non-Resident living at following distances from Beaumaris; 1 Mile 5 2 Miles 4 3 Miles 3 4 Miles 2 5 Miles 1 5+ Miles 0