Localgiving, the online fundraising platform for charities and groups, have a focus on delivering for Community Interest Companies (CICs) bringing them benefits and that are usually only available to larger charities. If you are a CIC or other small community organisation, then contact Localgiving to learn how they can supercharge your fundraising. The support for Magic Little Grants from People’s Postcode Lottery is coming to an end; however Localgiving will be relaunching Magic Little Grants later this year. Click here to read more. And if you have previously put in for grants,
Congratulations to South Hereford Repair Café which is celebrating its first birthday on Saturday 20th April. Click here for more details.
11/04/2024
Spring is arriving at Applewood who have a special spring discount of £25 off their May and June in person courses – open until 21st April. Empower yourself, learn new skills, connect and have fun learning with others. Activating Cultural Emergence with Looby Macnamara and Kate Gathercole 10th-12th May Forest Gardening with Chris Evans 18th and 19th May Mothers as Natural Leaders with Looby, and Emma Gorbutt PEACE – Peace, Empowerment And Cultural Emergence with Looby and Leona Johnson 18-23rd June Introduction to Permaculture with Chris Evans 29th and 30th June All
11/04/2024
Recent news from Herefordshire Food Alliance can be found on the blog on their website including ECHO Cookery Club; details of ‘Three Acres and a Cow” – a show coming to Ross on Wye on 10th May; and a plea for people to respond to the Herefordshire Local Plan (see post below) from a good food perspective with the promise of a tasty lunch.
The annual Spring Greens Fair will be taking place on Sunday 28th April at Court of Noke with stalls, local food, entertainment, walks and talks. Click here for more details.
29/03/2024
The most recent HGN Building Sense webinar about Herefordshire Council’s new Home Energy Savers scheme is now on the HGN website. Here is the link to the recording so you can watch it or watch it again. Our speaker Gareth Ellis has also prepared a list of useful links, which you’ll find below. If you’d like the slides please email buildingsense@hgnetwork.org Do check out our events page for links to our other event recordings on a wide range of retrofit-related topics. And if you’d like to become a
The annual Spring Greens Fair will be taking place on Sunday 28th April at Court of Noke with stalls, local food, entertainment, walks and talks. Click here for more details.
22/03/2024
HGN has had a busy start to 2024. So far, this year’s online meetings/webinars have attracted over 270 different people from across the county to hear about a wide range of topics. Our Great Collaboration Herefordshire project was set up in 2019 to support groups and parish councils across the county on their path towards net zero and improved biodiversity – our current GCH co-ordinator, Clare, ran a workshop recently for representatives from a range of parishes, and the benefits of sharing experiences were clear. If you’re from a parish or local group that is interested in what the
Do you want to play a leading role in Herefordshire’s response to the climate emergency? There is still time to apply to join the Herefordshire Climate & Nature Partnership Board! To find out more and apply, click here Closing date for applications is Wednesday 27th March
Love Food Hate Waste‘s annual campaign Food Waste Action Week is back. This year we are being encouraged to ‘choose what you’ll use’ by buying your fruit and vegetables loose instead of packaged. Research from Love Food Hate Waste has shown that we could reduce food waste by 60,000 tonnes just by buying loose fruit and veg! With food waste costing £1,000 for an average household of four every year, Food Waste Action Week aims to help shoppers save money and waste less by shopping for loose produce. Sometimes we are in the mood for a huge potato,
