PEB Screening – Next Steps Over the past few months, the ground breaking new film, the People’s Emergency Briefing has grown into one of the UK’s largest public climate engagement initiatives. Thousands of screenings have taken place across communities, workplaces, schools, faith groups and many other settings, bringing people together to understand the climate and nature emergency and discuss what comes next. This recording is their Big Update Webinar, held on 31 July 2026. It shares the latest developments, celebrates what has been achieved so far, and looks ahead to the next phase of the campaign, including new
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All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Malvern Hills Repair Café – Saturday 15th August 10:00am – 1:00pm Part of Transition Malvern Hills (a GOLD member of HGN) No booking system – just turn up on the day. Click here for more information Hereford City Repair Café – Saturday 29th August 10.00am – 12 noon. Book your items in or just walk in on the day. Saturday 5th September Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.00pm Items for repair need to be booked in. If you have items for sharpening,
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 19th August on progress to date on the People’s Emergency Briefing. 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
Friends of the River Wye Newsletter Click here for the latest newsletter from FORW with news of how the drought is affecting the Wye and citizen science projects to get involved in. Natural Resources Wales News Follow this link for news from Natural Resources Wales about their work on the Upper Catchment of the River Wye
August Bank Holiday weekend, 29th – 30th August sees the return of the Hereford Indie Food Festival with a line-up of great local food producers and a range of bands.
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Click here for the latest newsletter from HGN GOLD member Transition Leominster with details of their regular groups and meetings.
Hay Regenerative Soils CIC, who work under the name of Hay We Got Worms, are holding a workshop on soil health and biodiversity on Sunday 6th September. A morning Soil Safari with CLaN will be followed by a Biodiversity Building Workshop. The afternoon will be a hands on session, including learning why Make A Metre Matter shows that that even small spaces can makea a difference for biodiversity. The Make A Metre Matter campaign, now in its second year, encourages everyone to help wildlife in their garden, balcony or window box. And find out from Plantlife how you
Two summits will be held in September, both out of county, but which may be of interest to our members:
The Wild Summit takes place on Wednesday 9th September at Bristol Beacon.
The event will bring together people from across the nature sector to share ideas, hear from leading voices and discuss how wildlife and wild places across the UK can be restored. Speakers include campaigners, conservation leaders, policy makers and journalists, with a full day of talks and discussion.
Book your ticket here
Climate Expo and Sustainability Conference in Staffordshire is on 25th September.
More details and how to book
PEB Screening – Next Steps Over the past few months, the ground breaking new film, the People’s Emergency Briefing has grown into one of the UK’s largest public climate engagement initiatives. Thousands of screenings have taken place across communities, workplaces, schools, faith groups and many other settings, bringing people together to understand the climate and nature emergency and discuss what comes next. This recording is their Big Update Webinar, held on 31 July 2026. It shares the latest developments, celebrates what has been achieved so far, and looks ahead to the next phase of the campaign, including new
Almeley Green Group AGM Join Almeley Green Group, an HGN gold member, as they reflect on the past year, share their plans for the months ahead and welcome new ideas, new faces and anyone interested in getting involved. Whether you’ve been with them from the beginning or are joining them for the first time, you’ll be made very welcome. Complimentary canapés, cakes and drinks will be available after the meeting. Monday August 10th 6.00pm Almeley Village Hall The meeting will be followed by a discussion at 7.00pm about the PEB film which was recently screened by Almeley Green Group.
