Month: October 2019

This Sunday morning 27th October (rescheduled from Saturday 26th due to poor weather) Wellingborough Eco Group will be litter picking on and round the footpath in the Park Farm Industrial Estate. We will be setting up from 9:30 on Sinclair Drive to litter pick between 10 and 12. Look out for our recycling station on Sinclair Drive and for our yellow hi-vis vests.

Wellingborough Norse have kindly agreed to lend us the equipment and to collect the rubbish. We will of course recycle as much as we can.

Our monthly two hour tidy up this month is to litter pick this under loved part of Wellingborough, and we plan to carry out litter picks on the last Saturday of every month. Litter pickers this month decide where the next location will be next month.

Join us to make the green footpath corridor in Park Farm tidier for the hundreds of people that walk through and a healthier place to live for wildlife too. All welcome!

To keep up to date with all of our activities join Wellingborough Eco Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellingboroughecogroup

Wellingborough Eco Group and Glamis Hall are hosting their first Repair Cafe in November, during the Indoor Car Boot Sale on the 9th, from 9am till midday.

Repair Cafes are community events that match people who need stuff fixed with people who like fixing things. Repair Cafes are completely non-commercial. There are no promises and no guarantees, but if something can be saved the repairers will give it their best efforts. Repairers are always keen to teach you how to do the repair – or at least have you watch while they do it.

There is no charge for entry or repair but donations are gratefully received and help pay for costs. There’s no need to book, just turn up with whatever you want fixed. You can basically bring anything you can carry that will not make a mess in the venue. Here are some suggestions:

A bicycle, clothing in need of repair, small electrical or electronic appliances, lamps, toys, mobile phones, laptops, printers, items that need gluing, a clean/repair etc.

Whatever it is, it might not even be broken – just dirty, and you don’t know how to clean it without damaging it – or you can’t work out how to use it without the manual – bring it along. You can even bring several things – though to be fair, you will have to join the queue several times!

There will also be demonstrations on how to reuse stuff that would otherwise end up in landfill and on how to make your own cleaning products from natural sources. You can of course have a look round the second hand items on sale at the indoor car boot sale and have a great cup of tea or coffee too.

We are also seeking more repairers, so if you want to share your skills (whatever they are) to save stuff being thrown away, join us. We would love you to get involved! Message us via messenger if you are interested.

To keep up to date with additional posts see our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/702917753546693/