Volunteering opportunites

15/01/2026

Repair Cafés Around the County

Call for Volunteers New volunteers are always welcome at Repair Cafés to repair, or to assist front-of-house or with refreshments. If you are interested in joining a very positive and friendly, local group please directly contact the Repair Café most convenient for you. Saturday 17th January 2026 South Hereford Repair Café – Saturday 10.00am – 12.30pm The next session of South Hereford Repair Café (a GOLD member of HGN) will be on17th January 2026. Click here to find out more. Saturday 31st January 2026 Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00m – 12 noon.  Hereford City Repair Café’s next session is at the end

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HWT Events

Nature Action Network Meeting Wednesday 28th January, 6:30pm – 8:45pm Kindle Centre, By Hereford ASDA, HR2 7JE The Nature Action Network comprises community groups, businesses, schools, parish councils and others who collaborate on positive action for nature in Herefordshire. All welcome! This meeting will include presentations from Wellington Wildlife Group and The River Arrow Trust and an update on the final consultation opportunity for the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) update from Esther Clarke, Herefordshire Council. For more details visit the HWT website Young Nature Rangers If you are 16-25 and want to get stuck into practical conservation tasks, learn something new, deepen your connection

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08/01/2026

Repair Cafés Around the County

Call for Volunteers New volunteers are always welcome at Repair Cafés to repair, or to assist front-of-house or with refreshments. If you are interested in joining a very positive and friendly, local group please directly contact the Repair Café most convenient for you. Saturday 10th January: Golden Valley Repair Café – 10:00 am – 12:30pm Repairs of small electrical appliances, bicycles, clothing (repairs not alterations), small wooden items, soft toys, knife and small tool sharpening (for sharpening, £2 minimum donation per item), etc. Booking advisable: NEW for 2026 you can BOOK online by following this link, or e-mail gvrepaircafe@gmail.com or

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Welcome to the first HGN newsletter of 2026. As a bumper start to the year, you will receive TWO newsletters this week! Today’s newsletter kick starts the year, then at the end of the week we resume the normal schedule of Friday 12 noon for the weekly newsletter. With icy temperatures and a dusting of snow on the ground, the first item in this week’s newsletter is very timely with details of several Warmer Homes initiatives including a Building Sense ‘Ask The Experts’ webinar. In spite of the cold temperatures there are already Snowdrops and Primroses in flower in the

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05/01/2026

Repair Cafés Around the County

Call for Volunteers New volunteers are always welcome at Repair Cafés to repair, or to assist front-of-house or with refreshments. If you are interested in joining a very positive and friendly, local group please directly contact the Repair Café most convenient for you. Saturday 10th January: Golden Valley Repair Café – 10:00 am – 12:30pm Repairs of small electrical appliances, bicycles, clothing (repairs not alterations), small wooden items, soft toys, knife and small tool sharpening (for sharpening, £2 minimum donation per item), etc. Booking advisable: NEW for 2026 you can BOOK online by following this link, or e-mail gvrepaircafe@gmail.com or

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As the country’s Brussels sprouts become increasingly nervous, it’s time to wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas and midwinter holiday. HGN’s steering group is excited as we’re about to welcome a cluster of new members to help HGN consolidate and build. During 2025, there’s been a lot of work at HGN behind the scenes, with big improvements to our website, a significant growth in member numbers, and our new Gold membership for groups that are able to support our work. Huge thanks to our associates Rachel, Fran and Gemma (Building Sense) and SG member Richard for all they’ve done this year

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18/12/2025

Repair Cafés Around the County

Call for Volunteers New volunteers are always welcome at Repair Cafés to repair, or to assist front-of-house or with refreshments. If you are interested in joining a very positive and friendly, local group please directly contact the Repair Café most convenient for you. Saturday 3rd January: Marden Repair Café – 10.00am – 1.00 pm. Find out more about the next session and book an item in for repair by clicking here. Saturday 10th January: Golden Valley Repair Café – 10:00 am – 12:30pm Repairs of small electrical appliances, bicycles, clothing (repairs not alterations), small wooden items, soft toys, knife and small tool sharpening (for

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18/12/2025

News from CPRE

Click here for the latest updates from CPRE Herefordshire, a GOLD member of HGN. To sign up to their newsletter, scroll down to the bottom of the news page. Click here to read the latest bulletin from CPRE Shropshire.

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12/12/2025

Repair Cafés Around the County

Call for Volunteers New volunteers are always welcome at Repair Cafés to repair, or to assist front-of-house or with refreshments. If you are interested in joining a very positive and friendly, local group please directly contact the Repair Café most convenient for you.  Saturday 13th December: Archenfield Repair Café – 2.00pm – 4.00pm Click here for more details or contact  archenfieldrepaircafe@gmail.com Saturday 3rd January: Marden Repair Café – 10.00am – 1.00 pm. Find out more about the next session and book an item in for repair by clicking here. Saturday 10th January: Golden Valley Repair Café – 10:00 am –

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