24/07/2026
The latest newsletter from Building Sense, HGN’s project ‘Cutting Carbon, Creating Comfort’ has an emphasis on keeping your house cool during the current heatwave.
PEB Screening – Next Steps If watching the PEB film brought home to you the urgency of the current climate and bio-diversity crises, the creators of the film have supplied a PEB QR code for you to scan with your camera for immediate actions you can take. Look out for details of follow-up actions from HGN in future newsletters. Other Screenings in Herefordshire Leominster District Community Association The screening at Leominster Community Centre HR6 8NJ will be on 30th July starting at 7.30pm. Contact – Michael Turner: comcentreleo@outlook.com The car park is located immediately behind the building, off Arkwright Close. Weobley Village Hall,
24/07/2026
All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 25th July Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. Hereford City Repair Café’s next session is on the last Saturday in July. They are at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road. You can book your items in or just walk in on the day. Everyone is welcome to come along. Saturday 1st August Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.00pm This session is now open for booking items in. If you have items for sharpening, you do not need to book – just turn up. For more details visit their
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 29th July on Community Land Trusts and Nature Conservation. A recording of each week’s can be found on the GC website after the event. Recent sessions included one on extreme heat and one on the most effective moves to combat climate change – both very topical given the current heatwaves. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all,
24/07/2026
Growing Local hold a Community Day on the first Saturday of each month. The next one is Saturday 1st August. All Welcome!
Shropshire based Big Solar Co-op runs an in depth Community Solar Foundation Course starting in September that has bursaries available. Their annual conference (in Birmingham this year) is on Monday 5th October. Click here for more details and to book a ticket.
Together we are stronger The PEB film provokes strong reactions with its hard-hitting message about what the human race is doing to the planet. It can seem as though there is nothing we can do to prevent complete ecosystem collapse. But it is not too late to ‘Think global, act local’. Click here to read examples of positive actions to combat climate change and build resilience being taken by communities and groups throughout Herefordshire. Look out for details of follow-up actions from HGN in future newsletters. Other Screenings in Herefordshire Archenfield Community Environment Group (a gold member
16/07/2026
All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 18th July South Hereford Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm South Hereford Repair Café (a GOLD member of HGN) sessions are on the third Saturday of each month. Bookings for the July session are now closed. Click here to find out more and to book in an item for their August session when booking opens. . Malvern Hills Repair Café 10:00am – 1:00pm Part of Transition Malvern Hills (a GOLD member of HGN) the next session of Malvern Hills Repair Café will be at
16/07/2026
Archenfield Community Environment Group Postponed screening of Peoples’ Emergency Briefing with facilitated discussion. Thurs 23rd July. 7.00pm -9.30pm. Doors open 6.45pm. Please book using this link Throughout the summer ACEG will be running Himalayan balsam pulling and bat detecting sessions. Volunteers are always welcome. For up to date information please check the group’s facebook page or sign up for the monthly newsletter by emailing archenfieldceg@gmail.com
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 22nd July on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. A recording of each week’s can be found on the GC website after the event. Recent sessions included one on extreme heat and one on the most effective moves to combat climate change – both very topical given the current heatwaves. TGC are starting a Climate Action Path in the Knowledgebase,
