The HGN Annual General Meeting and Social will take place on the evening of Monday 19th October starting at 6.30pm at De Koffie Pot, Hereford, followed by a chance to find out more about the activities of other member groups. The evening will be less about the formal business of the AGM and much more about networking, making connections, exchanging news and sharing ideas. We’re asking everyone to book a ticket (free of charge) so that we know how many will be there. And if you would like a slot to tell everyone about what your group has been
PEB Screening – Next Steps If the PEB screening piqued your interest and concerns and you would like to hear from the experts in more detail, click on this page on the NEB website then scroll down to ‘The Expert Briefings’ to hear their presentations in full. Other Follow Up Actions in Herefordshire Click on the link to Transition Leominster’s News (see post further down this newsletter) for details of their follow up meeting. Anyone organising follow up sessions my want to view the TGC Session which was what may be the first of a series about Two-Way Communications – how
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The county’s Repair Cafés will be involved with International Repair Day on 17th October. All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 10th October Archenfield Repair Café – 2.00pm – 4.00pm More details on their Facebook page Saturday 17th October South Hereford Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm GOLD member of HGN. Bookings for the October session are open. Click here to find out more. Malvern Hills Repair Café – 10:00am – 1:00pm Part of Transition Malvern Hills (a GOLD member of HGN) No booking system –
Big Apple Harvestime Harvestime is this weekend in Much Marcle. Here you can marvel at the huge number of apple and pear varieties, help press cider apples and perry pears and visit different venues offering a variety of experiences. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2026 Full details of this year’s events are now on their website The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullaly will be visiting Big Apple on the Sunday. As part of Big Apple, there will be the Big Apple Cycle Ride on Sunday 11th October. Meet at 10.00am for a 10.30am start in St Katherine’s
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 21st October will be on Farming in Today’s Climate. Previous sessions are uploaded to the Knowledgebase. TGC works with organisations around the country which work in similar arenas such as Carbon Copy who are hosting a mini-series of online community-to-community workshops, focusing on local collaborations that have made a big impact in addressing different local challenges and opportunities related
Saturday 7th November: 11:00-16:00 EcoFest: Food, Farming and Nature Colwall Village Hall Colwall Greener’s third Eco Festival aims to inspire action on sustainable living by exploring how local food, farming and nature directly shape our environment and well-being. Explore the issues by talking to stall holders and listening to talks. HGN will be there so come along and say hello.
Help shape the decisions that will guide future investment in water services and the environment in your region. Reliable water services, clean rivers, healthy ecosystems and more resilient communities. These are some of the challenges and opportunities that Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water are thinking about as they develop their new 25-year Strategy. The Strategy will set out where the company is heading over the coming years and how they plan to get there. Once it’s published in January it will shape their long-term investment decisions. They are inviting people with an interest in the future of water in Wales (and neighbouring parts
Herefordshire Biological Records Centre are currently making arrangements for their winter Recorders’ and Naturalists’ Meeting, to be held on Saturday 28th November at HARC. They are currently finalising an exciting line-up of speakers; more info will be coming very soon but for now put the date in your diary. To register your interest in the event, e-mail hbrc@herefordshire.gov.uk
The HGN Annual General Meeting will take place on the evening of Monday 19th October starting at 6.30pm at De Koffie Pot, Hereford, followed by a chance to find out more about the activities of other member groups. Look forward to seeing you there – more details in next week’s newsletter.
PEB Screening – Next Steps If the PEB screening piqued your interest and concerns and you would like to hear from the experts in more detail, click on this page on the NEB website then scroll down to ‘The Expert Briefings’ to hear their presentations in full. Other Follow Up Actions in Herefordshire Click on the link to Transition Leominster’s News (see post further down this newsletter) for details of their follow up meeting. Anyone organising follow up sessions my want to view the TGC Session last week which was what may be the first of a series about Two-Way Communications
