Environment

08/10/2026

Repair Café News

The county’s Repair Cafés will be involved with International Repair Day on 17th October.  All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN   Saturday 10th October Archenfield Repair Café – 2.00pm – 4.00pm More details on their Facebook page Saturday 17th October South Hereford Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm GOLD member of HGN. Bookings for the October session are open. Click here to find out more. Malvern Hills Repair Café – 10:00am – 1:00pm Part of Transition Malvern Hills (a GOLD member of HGN) No booking system –

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Apple Events around the county

Big Apple Harvestime Harvestime is this weekend in Much Marcle.  Here you can marvel at the huge number of apple and pear varieties, help press cider apples and perry pears and visit different venues offering a variety of experiences. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026 Full details of this year’s events are now on their website The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullaly will be visiting Big Apple on the Sunday. As part of Big Apple, there will be the Big Apple Cycle Ride on Sunday 11th October. Meet at 10.00am for a 10.30am start in St Katherine’s

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Great Collaboration News

  Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session, on Wednesday 21st October will be on Farming in Today’s Climate. Previous sessions are uploaded to the Knowledgebase.  TGC works with organisations around the country which work in similar arenas such as Carbon Copy who are hosting a mini-series of online community-to-community workshops, focusing on local collaborations that have made a big impact in addressing different local challenges and opportunities related

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Colwall Greener Ecofest

Saturday 7th November: 11:00-16:00 EcoFest: Food, Farming and Nature Colwall Village Hall Colwall Greener’s third Eco Festival aims to inspire action on sustainable living by exploring how local food, farming and nature directly shape our environment and well-being. Explore the issues by talking to stall holders and listening to talks. HGN will be there so come along and say hello.

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Welsh Water Regional Stakeholder Workshop

Help shape the decisions that will guide future investment in water services and the environment in your region. Reliable water services, clean rivers, healthy ecosystems and more resilient communities. These are some of the challenges and opportunities that Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water are thinking about as they develop their new 25-year Strategy. The Strategy will set out where the company is heading over the coming years and how they plan to get there. Once it’s published in January it will shape their long-term investment decisions. They are inviting people with an interest in the future of water in Wales (and neighbouring parts

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01/10/2026

Repair Café News

The county’s Repair Cafés will be involved with International Repair Day on 17th October.  All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN   Saturday 3rd October Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. Bookings for the October café are now closed. If you have items for sharpening, no need to book – just turn up. More details and to book in an item for the November session, on their website. Marden Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm Booking for the October session has closed. Take a look at what they do and book an item in by

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Great Collaboration News

  Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session will be on Wednesday 14th October on how to calculate greenhouse emissions for a town or parish. Previous sessions are uploaded to the Knowledgebase.  TGC works with organisations around the country which work in similar arenas such as Carbon Copy who are hosting a mini-series of online community-to-community workshops, focusing on local collaborations that have made a big impact in addressing different

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Apple Events around the county

ACEG Community Apple Juicing Day An afternoon of fun and stickiness. Share in the juice making process and take home a bottle or two of fresh apple juice. Bring your own apples and containers or use ours for a small donation. Children’s activities and the judging of the nature photography competition. Cider bar and refreshments available. Sat 3rd October Llangrove Village Hall. 1pm-4pm. Volunteer helpers are very welcome. archenfieldceg@gmail.com for more information. Perry Fest at the Museum of Cider On Saturday 3rd October the Museum of Cider on Pomona Place, Hereford, throws open its doors free of charge for a day all about the humble

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01/10/2026

CPRE News

£11,723 National Lottery boost for CPRE Herefordshire’s River Wye citizen science The funding will provide equipment needed by volunteers across the Wye catchment who test the river each week for phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, electrical conductivity and turbidity, uploading their results to the WyeViz dashboard (freely available online here). The data has heavily influenced both Herefordshire Council’s Nutrient Management plan and the Wye Catchment Partnership Plan.  Both plans will address the actions needed to bring the Wye Catchment back into a favourable statement. The River Wye has faced sustained pressure from agricultural run-off and other pollution sources in

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