PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Transition Leominster are holding a meeting at 7.30pm on Thursday 12th November to discuss follow-up actions to the PEB Screening following their AGM at 7.00pm Future Screenings in Herefordshire Garway The Screening at Garway Village Hall, HR28RQ
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, on Wednesday11th November is on Materials Science and Climate Change. All sessions are recorded, and published in the Knowledgebase, so if you need to look up something from a previous session, or know that you are going to miss this one, then you can catch up later at a more convenient time. Banter sessions are free, and open to all, so
Herefordshire resident Barry Cooper publishes a blog under the title “Chatting about localism” which has over 400 posts on a range of thought provoking topics, all with a green bias.
PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Transition Leominster are holding a meeting to discuss follow-up actions to the PEB Screening on 12th November. Full details in their newsletter – see below. Future Screenings in Herefordshire Leominster Leominster Methodist Church, Green Lane, HR6 8QJ A
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Click here for the latest newsletter from HGN Gold Member Transition Leominster including details of their AGM on November 12th 7.00pm, with a follow-up meeting to their PEB screening earlier this summer at 7.30pm.
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, on Wednesday 4th November is on B-lines, and how to support invertebrates and other pollinators in your community. The change in the weather meant that last week’s session was an appropriate moment to update everyone on what they can do as individuals to keep their homes warm and dry as effectively as possible, and as parish and town and community councils, to disseminate these
Join Marches Energy Advice for a free Energy Advice Workshop on Thursday 5th November. There is a further workshop on Thursday 4th February. The Government’s Warm Homes Scheme is live. Find out more about it and what it means for your home in this article from Tony Baker of MEA. Find out more about how to improve your home’s energy performance in the latest newsletter from HGN’s Building Sense project. If you want regular updates, sign up here to receive the
PEB Screening – Next Steps At the HGN AGM, member of the Steering Group Lynne Bowers, who is leading on action following the PEB screenings for HGN, gave a summary of the current situation and action taken to date. Click here to read what she said at the AGM. If you would like to be part of the group, e-mail admin@hgnetwork.org Other Follow Up Actions Presteigne and Norton International Dark Sky Community, a standard member of HGN is asking for signatures on a Welsh Government petition web-link for people to lobby the UK Government to show
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, on Wednesday 28th October is on basic energy efficiency actions for individuals and councils. Autumn Newsletter Click here for the latest newsletter from TGC. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all, and held at noon on Wednesdays. Feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone that you think could benefit. All sessions are recorded, and the resulting video, presentation, meeting
The National Heat Risk Commission is calling for evidence on how this summer’s heatwaves affected organisations and the communities they serve , and they want to hear from voluntary and community organisations across the UK. If your work was impacted by extreme heat this year, this is a chance to shape national policy. They want to know: what happened, what you did, what worked, and what got in the way. Submit your evidence by 30 October 2026
