Take a look at our beautiful online calendar HGN now has a really nifty online calendar of events going on around Herefordshire. If you hover or click on an event you’ll see further information and booking info, if available. We love it – so please use it, and do send us more items to include: email admin@hgnetwork.org
The Ewyas Harold & District For People & Planet group, a GOLD member of HGN, are holding their next recycling morning on Saturday 25 April 10.00 until 12 noon in the Doctor’s surgery car park at Ewyas Harold. As in recent times, the items we can take are: tin foil; printer cartridges; biros & felt tip pens; compost bags or similar; black plastic (not PET); & candle wax. All these are items which cannot be recycled in the green bins or which can raise money for charity. Contact: sue@2youngs.co.uk
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Saturday 25th April Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon. Hereford City Repair Café’s next session is tomorrow, the last Saturday in April. 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 2nd May Ledbury Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm. Booking for the session on Saturday 2nd May is now open. Go to Booking Page for details of how to book for the next session. Leominster Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.00pm The
Click here to read the latest news from Friends of the River Wye, including: their recently launched Riverside Code; an extension of the deadline to apply for the role of Ranunculus Project Lead; a call to join other campaigners outside the hearing of Leigh Day’s claim on behalf of residents of the Wye, Usk and Luff catchments this Monday 27th April.
Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media to set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. Screenings of the 45 minute film made of the briefing are taking place around the country to bring constituents, civic leaders and MPs together to hear the evidence – and consider what an emergency response should look like. Locally there are screenings
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 April on how to prepare for and follow up on a screening of the National Emergency Briefing. A recording of each week’s can be found on the GC website after the event. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all, and held at noon on Wednesdays. So please do sign up for this session, and
Greening Kings Caple, the environment group of Kings Caple Parish Council, are holding a plant swap on 23rd May from 10.00am – 12 noon. Click on the link for more details. A4 poster for 23rd May plant swap
The RSPB have published new advice on feeding birds to minimise the spread of diseases such as Trichomonosis, based on scientific research they have undertaken. Click here to read more. International Dawn Chorus Day on May 4th is a day to celebrate the birdsong that reaches a crescendo at this time of year.
Meer Common Gathering Sunday 19th April 2.00 -4.00 pm The Almeley Green Group, a HGN GOLD member, has spent the past few years restoring one of its parish commons through a range of habitat and biodiversity initiatives. This has included repurposing overgrown and unsafe trees to create log piles, improving light access to the pond and woodland floor, and clearing heavily overgrown bramble areas to allow native flora to return. The group has also installed dormouse, owl and bat boxes to further support local wildlife. The work has been guided by local tree and ecology advisers, supported by a
