10th April, 6pm, online Find out about how Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are working together to recover nature in the Lugg Valley. The webinar will be compered by James Hitchcock, CEO Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and include presentations on: Storing water in the uplands – Radnorshire Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Lugg project – Dan Westbury, Wilder Lugg Project Officer, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Recovering floodplain plants on Lugg Meadows – David Hutton, Nature Reserves Officer, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Creating wetland habitat at Bodenham Lake – Sarah King, Nature Recovery Manager, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Wye Adapt to Climate Change? Recovering nature, and creating a climate-resilient landscape within the
Would you like to speak up more about climate change but you’re unsure how to start? Herefordshire Wildlife Trust is hosting a training programme that might be right up your street! They know that many of us are concerned about climate change for different reasons – its impact on nature and wildlife, our energy bills, livelihoods and our children’s futures – but struggle to speak about it with people in our communities. To tackle this, they’re offering online sessions to help you find your voice and engage others in these important issues. The first one kicks off online on Monday 15th April at 7pm-8pm.
The Importance of Flower Rich Meadows The next event from the Green Group Almeley will be a talk from Caroline Hanks of Herefordshire Meadows about the importance of species-rich grassland, and how Herefordshire Meadows are helping landowners and farmers in meadow restoration across the county. Tuesday 16th April, 7pm, Almeley Village Hall, everyone welcome, £2 suggested donation and refreshments afterwards.
10th April, 6pm, online Find out about how Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are working together to recover nature in the Lugg Valley. The webinar will be compered by James Hitchcock, CEO Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and include presentations on: Storing water in the uplands – Radnorshire Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Lugg project – Dan Westbury, Wilder Lugg Project Officer, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Recovering floodplain plants on Lugg Meadows – David Hutton, Nature Reserves Officer, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Creating wetland habitat at Bodenham Lake – Sarah King, Nature Recovery Manager, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Wye Adapt to Climate Change? Recovering nature, and creating a climate-resilient landscape within the
Saturday 6th April: Repair café and plant stall. Saturday 4th May: Seedling swap at the Repair café so keep sowing those seeds and bring along your spare seedlings Wednesday 10th April 10am: Corn Square Cycling (not the third wed) Wednesday 10th April from 7pm: Social at The Chequers, Etnam Street Tuesday 15th April: Choir summer term starts Sunday 28th April 10-5 Spring Greens festival at the Court of Noke Please get in touch if you can help with a stall showing activities. Saturday 25th May Leominster in Bloom plant fair. Transition Leominster will have a stall and helping hands are always welcome plus plants to sell. Please get in
Hereford College of Arts have an exciting upcoming event to celebrate the 170th year anniversary of the college. As part of their celebrations, they have invited Seetal Solanki, honorary fellow and author of ‘Why Materials Matter’, for a talk on the evening of 25th April followed by a panel discussion addressing themes such as materials and place, empathy, identity and sustainability. For more details click here They would like to feature a showcase of regional makers, designers and enterprises with a materials-based practice in the form of a poster exhibition with some material samples and examples. Any regional designers, artists,
Join Tim Kaye from Cultivating Learning and Nature (CLaN CIC) who will be giving his new talk on ‘A Fondness for Beetles’ and then indulge in a delicious curry as well. Discover the amazing diversity of beetles, common species you can spot and the rarities in Herefordshire. Location: Peterchurch Village Hall Time and Date: 7.00pm, 18th May Price £12 per person Booking essential: tim@clan-cic.org All profits go back into community activities as we are a social enterprise.
10th April, 6pm, online Find out about how Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust are working together to recover nature in the Lugg Valley. The webinar will be compered by James Hitchcock, CEO Radnorshire Wildlife Trust and include presentations on: Storing water in the uplands – Radnorshire Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Lugg project – Dan Westbury, Wilder Lugg Project Officer, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Recovering floodplain plants on Lugg Meadows – David Hutton, Nature Reserves Officer, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Creating wetland habitat at Bodenham Lake – Sarah King, Nature Recovery Manager, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Wye Adapt to Climate Change? Recovering nature, and creating a climate-resilient landscape within the
Home Energy Savers Webinar — new from Herefordshire Council Tuesday 19th March 12:45pm Click here to find out more and book on Eventbrite A brand new scheme to fund home energy assessments and to fund recommended retrofit works! The Home Energy Savers initiative is for households that want to make energy improvements to their homes but whose income means they don’t qualify for support from the national Home Upgrade Grant or some other incentives. It’s open to those with a household income over £36,000 per annum, and/or with disposable income available to spend on measures for their homes.
An exciting opportunity for rural communities in the South West, South Wales and the Midlands. Regen is working with National Grid Electricity Distribution on an innovation project focused on the decarbonisation of rural areas. REACH: Rural Energy and Community Heat. The project has been funded by network users and consumers under the Strategic Innovation Fund, an Ofgem programme managed in partnership with UKRI. The goal is to find 5-10 rural communities to work with over the next 2 months to co-create innovative approaches for meeting the local area’s decarbonisation ambitions. These will then be taken forward into a second round of project




