Agriculture/Wildlife/Land use

CPRE Herefordshire are the countryside charity for Herefordshire. They campaign for a sustainable future for the countryside and rural communities in the county.

Growing Local is a community interest company that encourages and educates communities to grow, cook and eat local food.
In the summer of 2023 Growing Local took over a new 19-acre site on the southern edge of Hereford to establish Southside Farm. The farm grows organic veg for a box scheme and wholesale and is home to our educational garden and orchards.
In late 2026 their Community Cook Studio will open.

Hope Spring Water charity is based in Hereford. They work with communities in Nigeria and other countries in West Africa to develop water wells and boreholes so that they have access to safe, clean drinking water.
You can get involved as an individual or as a business. For more information, see their website.

Transition Leominster is an umbrella  group for the following activities:
Repair “cafe” – held once a month on the first Saturday with refreshments available and a regular plant stall – swap or buy. Tool sharpening available.
A regular social on  the second Wednesday of the month at a local pub.
A Carshare club has been successfully established and now has three cars.
The Community Choir has sung at various Community events in the last year including our own Seed Swap in February.  They  meet on Tuesday evenings. Their gentle cycle to a local cafe meets the third Wednesday of the month – meet on Corn Square at 10 am.
Wednesday afternoon weekly Circle dancing is held at Leominster Community Centre.

Windflower Housing Association based at Canon Frome Court is a co-housing group. It has 18 residential units leased from the co-op which owns the site and one rental and one shared ownership property.  The site includes a 40 acre smallholding which residents all share, car club, biomass district heating system, and many other shared facilities.  They have regular open weekends and events.