PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Transition Leominster are holding a meeting to discuss follow-up actions to the PEB Screening on 12th November. Full details in their newsletter – see below. Future Screenings in Herefordshire Leominster Leominster Methodist Church, Green Lane, HR6 8QJ A
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Click here for the latest newsletter from HGN Gold Member Transition Leominster including details of their AGM on November 12th 7.00pm, with a follow-up meeting to their PEB screening earlier this summer at 7.30pm.
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All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 31st October Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. This session is fully booked. The repair café now includes include a space dedicated to Ending Loneliness, a community interest group that helps bring people together for a chat and a cuppa. You don’t have to use the repair café to join the session. Use this link to find out more. Saturday 7th November Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. If you have items for sharpening, no need to book – just turn up. More details and to book
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 4th November is on B-lines, and how to support invertebrates and other pollinators in your community. The change in the weather meant that last week’s session was an appropriate moment to update everyone on what they can do as individuals to keep their homes warm and dry as effectively as possible, and as parish and town and community councils, to disseminate these
A survey from Rural Hub Herefordshire , working in conjunction with Wye and Usk Foundation and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, gives a chance for farmers and land managers to have their say about a Nature Restoration Scheme for the River Lugg. Complete the online survey by 13th November, 5.00pm. The latest newsletter from Friends of the River Wye includes opportunities to get involved in citizen science projects and news of their research projects and taking their campaigns to Westminster.
The RSPB have issued advice on how to enjoy Hallowe’en, Bonfire Night and Diwali without giving wildlife a fright.
Sow Revolution is a FREE seed swapping website for gardeners and growers across the UK. Countless seeds go to waste every year. Half-used packets expire in drawers, and saved seed gets thrown away because there’s nobody to pass it on to. Swapping keeps those seeds in the ground instead of the bin, cuts down on buying new packets, and helps keep heritage, open-pollinated and locally adapted varieties alive, along with the pollinators and wildlife that depend on a diverse mix of plants. Sow Revolution makes it easy to swap with people nearby or anywhere in the UK. It’s free
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All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 31st October Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. Use the link to book your items in for this session or just walk in on the day. Saturday 7th November Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. 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. If you have items for sharpening, no need to book – just turn up. Marden Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm Take
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 28th October is on basic energy efficiency actions for individuals and councils. Autumn Newsletter Click here for the latest newsletter from TGC. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all, and held at noon on Wednesdays. Feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone that you think could benefit. All sessions are recorded, and the resulting video, presentation, meeting
Join Hereford’s friendly Community Clean Up on the first Sunday of each month, meeting at 10.00am at the Westfaling Street Scout Hut in Whitecross. It’s an hour of gentle litter-picking, good company and a tidier patch to show for it. Gloves and pickers are provided – just bring yourself. Click here for details of other litter picks around the county. If there is one near you, why not get involved. If there isn’t one near you, find out how to organise one.
