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Town Centre Litter Picked for The Great British Spring Clean

Massive thank you to the 39 litter heroes who joined Wellingborough Eco Group, Wellie Wombles and Wellingborough Town Council yesterday morning for Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean. This took place in the town centre and Croyland Gardens where we litter picked 68 bags full of litter, two trollies and various plastic items!

Thank you to Edeltraud, Sue, Jehovian, C, J, Paul, Mark, Anna, Amelia, Ramel, Stephen, Rerrca, Ann, Judy, Sarah, Tim, Kate M, Kate F, Glenn and Hazel, Eleanor, Rebecca and Olly, Emma and William, Ian, Ruth and Barry, Emma and Clover, Cheryl and Erroll, Jonathan, Kelly, Freddie and Georgina, Graham, Emma and Louisa. We’ll done all, a great litter haul.

We set up our recycling station on Market Street from 9:30 to litter pick between 10am-12 midday. Thank you to Wellingborough Town Council who donated litter picking equipment last year, so everything was provided; and to North Northamptonshire Council who took away the litter we picked.

We were joined by the SAVE OUR TREES campaign who had a cake and conversation stall to raise funds for their legal campaign and to share details and updates. Find out more at saveourtrees.co.uk.

Thank you also to Castello Lounge who supported us with refreshments during and afterwards. Great to see friends old and new, and families taking part. Everyone is welcome to join in next time which will be in various locations to tidy up before the Waendel Walk, see you there!

Find out more at – https://wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk/eco/2023/03/19/the-great-british-spring-clean-2/

The Great British Spring Clean

TOWN CENTRE – SATURDAY 25TH MARCH 10-12

Wellingborough Town Council are joining Wellingborough Eco Group and Wellie Wombles again on our biggest litter pick of the year!

On the last Saturday of every month, Wellingborough Eco Group normally carries out a two hour tidy up with Wellie Wombles and numerous volunteers. We are returning to where we held this special litter pick last year.

Do join us and Wellingborough Town Council for The Great British Spring Clean! This takes place on Saturday (25th March) and we are litter picking the town centre!

We will set up a recycling station on Market Street from 9:30 to litter pick between 10am-12 midday. Wellingborough Town Council have donated litter picking equipment, so everything is provided. North Northants Council will take away the litter we pick.

Castello Lounge are supporting us with refreshments during and afterwards, do join in with friends old and new, bring your family. Everyone is welcome, see you on Saturday morning!

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT Winter Warm Space starts Monday!

From tomorrow, Monday 27th February, it’s Fairtrade Fortnight and Jonathan, Co-op Member Pioneer, thought that we could promo this via Glamis Hall’s Winter Warm Space at our ECO HUB with donations he gets from the Co-op. We will be offering free Fairtrade Coffee, tea and food samples, plus hot food cooked freshly every day!

With a cost of living and climate crisis, many of us are facing tough decisions. Some of us have moved to working from home following the pandemic and are facing a winter with increased energy bills. Others are facing even harder decisions about whether to heat or eat. Well the Winter Warm Space is there for warmth, food and drink, plus a chance to chat to other local people and play games!

Winter Warm Spaces are for anyone in need of warmth & community, they are a warm space to share with others. Join us on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursday 10-2, and on Fridays 10-2 for our Eco Club for Kids. There will be different food samples and hot food dishes every day so do come more than once.

Come and try Fairtrade on us, and then perhaps when you shop, look for the FAIRTRADE Mark. You may even find that you save money by choosing Fairtrade! It’s all about making the small switch to Fairtrade, we can all support producers in protecting the future of some of our most-loved food and the planet. The power is in your hands. See you soon…

Litter Picking Victoria

Join us at this month’s Two Hour Tidy up this Saturday morning (25th February) we are litter picking the Victoria Area. We will set up a recycling station at the Victoria Centre from 9:30 to litter pick between 10am-12 midday.

This location has been chosen because Wellie Wombles are celebrating their 2nd birthday afterwards at the Victoria Centre (12-2pm). As a group we have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to some messy people there’s plenty to do. There are lots of streets and some green areas to tidy up.

To help us and keep us safe at this and future litter picks, Wellingborough Eco Group have purchased some litter pickers, hi-vis vests and safety equipment including road signs, so everything is provided but please bring your own gloves if you can.

North Northants Council will take away the litter we pick, hand sanitiser will be available. We will be joined by Wellie Wombles and many other volunteers, so do join in, bring your friends and family, and stay afterwards for some hot food and drinks, ALL WELCOME!

Swap, Share, Pick and Warm Up

Wellingborough Swap Shop, Food Sharers, Tuesday Tidy Ups and Winter Warm Space this Tuesday!

Join us this Tuesday from 10am for our Winter Warm Space. Tea and coffee is now free (optional 50p donation) and we serve up hot food from midday. Join us for games, chat and a warm up.

Wellingborough Swap Shop will also be there 10-6 Tuesday, we have rails of clothes for you plus lots of books, DVDs, toys (lots of teddies) and household items. Everything is available for swaps or a small donation to the group. Plus there the LIVE Teams Free Coats for Kids rail full so your Kids keep warm.

Food Sharers will have some fresh food from Co-op and bagged items from Wilby Community Food Group for you from 10am, plus lots more fresh food from Redeem Funds from 2-6. We have a few bargains too in our Food Sharers Shop, including Pot Noodles, tins of food and cans of pop for 50p!

Tuesday Tidy Ups is now available from 10am-6pm with Wellie Wombles, borrow our litter pickers and hoops for a tidy up, bags are free!

There’s lots on, but always time for tea, join us at ECO HUBGlamis Hall this Tuesday, see you there!

Litter Picking Midland Road

WELLINGBOROUGH ECO GROUP & WELLIE WOMBLES

Join us at this month’s Two Hour Tidy up this Saturday morning (28th January) we are litter picking Midland Road and into Castlefields Park. We will set up a recycling station on the corner of Brook Street East from 9:30 to litter pick between 10am-12 midday.

Midland Road is in a terrible state, litter is everywhere and leaves are making it treacherous! So we’ll have a go and removing both. Bring your rakes and shovels, this could be hard work!

For families and those wanting something less demanding, we have litter pickers and hoops for you, and our recycling station is where it is because it’s only a short safe walk to Castlefields Park.

This location has been chosen by local Town Councillor Marion Turner-Hawes (pictured above) who has had a go herself today, and will be joining us on Saturday. Here are some photos to get you in the mood, see you on Saturday morning…

Online Swap Shop

Do you have anything you want to swap or are you looking to give something away?

Live on Zoom, our first online ‘Saturday Swap Shop’ will be hosted at ECO HUB, Glamis Hall. We will have a selection of items to swap and we invite you to swap with us and others on Saturday 21st January, between 10am and 2pm. It’s going to be fun and it’s free!

Wellingborough Swap Shop is a free and local exchange where members of the public can pass on things they no longer want, in exchange for something they need. You could describe it as a kind of bring-and-buy sale. Participants do not need to bring anything in order to take away goods, a small donation to the group will do too.

January Support Bags

January Support Bags will be available at ECO HUB with the Swap Shop.

Wilby Community Food Group and our Food Sharers group will be there 10:30-3:30 on the 21st January to give us the opportunity to help you and to save in date food that you won’t be using. Support Bags will work as follows:

  • For a £5 donation you can choose 6 items.
  • For a £10 donation you can choose 12 items.

Depending on the amount of donations and items available we may be able to be super helpful and allow some extras in your bags too, so get donating please! If anyone or everyone that is able to could donate the minimum of 1 item of food, cleaning products, laundry products, pet foods, pasta, toilet rolls, any unwanted, unopened and in date foods. Toiletries, tins, teabags, coffee etc etc. that would be so helpful. We’re All In. Northants is kindly donating the last bits of their stock to help and Food Sharers will donate some ambient foods too.

That jar of coffee auntie Joan brought round to use whilst she was at yours for Christmas but didn’t use – please donate it this way… The chocolate orange bar you put in little Tarquin’s stocking to fill it out but you know he doesn’t like chocolate orange – please consider donating it this way…. If you’ve started a new year-new you diet – all those naughty foods – hide them in our January Support Bags!

Kat, Wilby Community Food Group

Please do donate foods etc, please spread the word, bring a friend, neighbours, relatives etc. Drop off points for this event will be at Wilby Community Fridge or the ECO HUB. We’re looking forward to seeing you there, looking forward to a fun filled, spectacular event.

Join in online or at ECO HUB

This Saturday’s Swap Shop is at ECO HUB and on Zoom. We will also be using our Facebook Group to share pictures, start posting today or you can simply just hold up you item(s) during the event.

What you offer is entirely up to you, as long as it’s legal, not hazardous or not a pet. Examples include: books, DVDs and CDs, kitchenware, pictures, tools, gardening items, curtains and other soft furnishings, children’s toys and baby items.

Wellingborough Swap Shop is managed by Wellingborough Eco Group. To keep you safe on Saturday, and so that you don’t have to share your details with everyone, please register by using the contact form below. Please use Swap Shop as your subject, and we will email you back with the Zoom link:

We will email you the Zoom link to the email supplied
Please tick which group(s) you belong to

Litter Picking Queensway Park

WELLINGBOROUGH ECO GROUP AND WELLIE WOMBLES

Join us to litter pick after the festive period and for a Wombles Winter Warmer!

December’s Two Hour Tidy up takes place a week late this Saturday morning (7th January) and we are litter picking the Queensway Park and the cycle path into Park Farm Industrial Estate. We will set up a recycling station outside our ECO HUB at Glamis Hall from 9:30 to litter pick between 10am-12 midday.

This location has been chosen because we also have a Wombles Winter Warmer afterwards at ECO HUB (12-2pm). As a group we have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to some messy people and a lot of fireworks from New Year’s Eve there’s plenty to do. Here are some photos to get you in the mood…

To help us and keep us safe at this and future litter picks, Wellingborough Eco Group have purchased some litter pickers, hi-vis vests and safety equipment including road signs, so everything is provided but please bring your own gloves if you can.

North Northants Council will take away the litter we pick, hand sanitiser will be available. We will be joined by Wellie Wombles and many other volunteers, so do join in, bring your friends and family, and stay afterwards for some hot food and drinks, ALL WELCOME!

New Year, New Times

We have made our opening times more straight forward. We will be now open 10am-2pm during the week at ECO HUB except Wednesdays where we will be at the Community Allotment. We will also be open 2-6 on Tuesdays and weekend times will vary. This week we have lots of things to do at ECO HUB (and elsewhere):

  • Winter Warm Space – Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm
  • Food Sharers – Tuesday 2-6pm
  • Tuesday Tidy Ups – Tuesday 2-6pm
  • Wellingborough Swap Shop – Tuesday 2-6pm
  • Green Drinks (Queen’s Head) – Tuesday 7-9pm
  • Community Allotment (Ladywell) – Wednesday 10am-2pm
  • Happy Café – Thursday 10am-2pm
  • Eco Club for Kids – Friday 10am-2pm (new time)
  • Eco-Crafters Workshop – Saturday 10am-12pm (new time)
  • Two Hour Tidy Up – Saturday 10am-12pm
  • Wellie Wombles Winter Warmer – Saturday 12-2pm

Find out more and keep up to date with all our activities on our calendar:

Join in, get involved, GO ECO HUB!

You can also visit https://teamup.com/ksonts3se6r3hff58p for our calendar.

What did we do in 22?

Thank you for being with us for a dramatic and successful year, we’ve all been on a journey of discovery and fulfilment, starting new things and sharing things too. What has been the highlight for you? Here’s a little guide to what we’ve been up to…

January

The year started with Swap Shops, Green Drinks, a Repair Café and gardening at our Community Allotment. Swap Shops were full of food from Redeem Funds and people were getting used to our Tuesday afternoon sessions in the Community Room at Glamis Hall. These also hosted our Tuesday Tidy Ups with Wellie Wombles where litter pickers came in for cup of tea. Green Drinks had six people attend and the Community Allotment was looking very tidy after a successful first year.

We planted 45 more ‘Queen’s Trees’ whips at our Community Allotment Tree Nursery, making 200+ trees available to groups, charities, churches and schools for the Queen’s Green Canopy as part of Jubilee celebrations in Wellingborough. 17 people joined our end of month litter pick at a very windy Dale End Park and we picked 47 bags full of litter, a chair, a road works barrier and cycle handlebars.

February

We celebrated the first birthday of Wellie Wombles at the UGLY MUG café, and at Tuesday Tidy Ups at Glamis Hall. Our Repair Café was at Glamis Hall‘s Indoor Car Boot Sale, where we relaunched Wellingborough Swap Shop as a swap or donate project. The following Tuesday we also launched Food Sharers to save even more food from going in the bin.

In partnership with Glamis Hall we started the Wellingborough Climate Action project with an invitation to Climate Conversations and promised a year long project to look at solutions for the climate crisis. With other Wellingborough Organisations and the Co-op, New Community Resilience Forums started for local people and organisations to work on helping the community cope with the cost of living crisis.

We finished off the month with our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up, where 22 litter heroes picked 49 bags full of litter, a chair, a shopping trolley, three child car seats, a tyre and a mattress at Newcomen Road Community Garden and on the surrounding streets.

March

We held three Climate Conversations with the Wellingborough Climate Action Project, at Glamis Hall, the Victoria Centre and Hemmingwell Skills and Community Centre. 60 delegates gave their points of view during the events, which included presentations from Councillor Ed Gemmell, North Northamptonshire Council, Electric Corby, the Green Party and Wellingborough Eco Group. The events were a great opportunity for local residents to find out more about climate change.

We cleared our Community Allotment Ready for planting, whilst Food Sharers and Swap Shop really took off in March, our Tuesday afternoons had never been so busy. Food Sharers saved free food for you, with collections from shops and more from Redeem Funds and Glamis Hall. Our Wellingborough Swap Shop bring, swap or buy sale had lots of books and other items.

On the last Saturday of the month, 35 #LitterHeroes took part in the Great British Spring Clean Two Hour Tidy Up in Wellingborough Town Centre, run in partnership with Wellingborough Town Council who are supplied our Wellie Wombles with new kit. We picked 50 bags of litter, five shopping trolleys, traffic cones and various cardboard boxes.

April

April kicked off with our regular Tuesday Tidy Ups, Food Sharers, Swap Shop and Green Drinks. Swap Shop started doing clothes and this proved very popular, saving loads of items from landfill and saving people lots of money! Repair Café during the indoor car boot sale fixed lots of items including a phone charger, key rings, dog collar, dog harness, vacuum cleaner, strimmer and a laptop fixed by Jonathan, and on her debut as a repairer a hiking pole and perfume bottle were fixed by Judy!

Pop up Swap Shops at Glamis Hall’s indoor car boot and at Animals in Need where we also had a Teddy and Easter Egg Tombola! Gina started her Community Garden on Hardwick Road by building raised beds, ably assisted by a few Eco Group volunteers; and lots of trees were distributed from the Community Allotment Tree Nursery as part of our Queen’s Green Canopy project, to community organisations and local councils in and around Wellingborough, including St Marks Church, Finedon Town Council and Greatwell Homes.

And at the end of the month Wellingborough Swap Shop collected lots of clothes, toys, books and crockery from Rushden Transport Museum as part of Nick Knowles Big House Clearout; and 23 litter heroes took part in our Two Hour Tidy for the Waendal Walk in Castlefields park and along the Embankment, picking up 29 bags full of litter, a shopping trolley, an incinerator and an upholstered box.

May

Wellingborough Climate Action Project started their workshops with four Energy Savers sessions, all focused on saving energy, understanding how we use it efficiently and thinking about renewable energy generation. The first on the 19th was Energy Basics, we discussed the basics about saving energy at home or at work and highlighted any quick wins. This was all about sharing ideas with those that joined us. There was also an Energy Use workshop at the end of the month.

Wellingborough Swap Shop was at Glamis Hall‘s Outdoor Car Boot Sale in the Community Room and all items were available for swaps or a small donation to the group. Our Repair Café was in the reception of Glamis Hall, but was very quiet. We held an Indoor Second Hand Market at Wilby Working Men’s Club and had a Plant Sale at Wellingborough Swap Shop at the end of the month.

Our Two Hour Tidy Up was in Croyland Gardens, where 16 litter picking heroes swept, lifted and picked 21 bags of litter, plus a scooter, piece of carpet and a full bag of compost! Wellingborough Library held a Jubilee Scarecrow festival, and both Wellingborough Eco Group and Wellie Wombles entered scarecrows.

June

At our Community Allotment, had a lot of stuff to get in, with plants left over from Wellingborough Swap Shop and more donated. Summer had started and there was no time to waste, but the flowers and weeds had taken over, so there was plenty to do! And we still had trees to go in for the Queens Green Canopy at out Tree Nursery too.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project’s Energy Savers Workshops continued with an Energy Saving Workshop and concluded the series with a Renewable Energy and Heating Workshop; in the second half of that workshop, we looked at Renewable Heating in greater detail, with a presentation from Darleen McCullough of Energywise Wales.

We had the Repair Café and Wellingborough Swap Shop on Saturday 11th June, in the Community Room and had a couple of other stalls with us outside. Our Repair Café looked at 3 printers, a lamp, a toaster, a hoover and a clock; and the Saturday Swap Shop had loads of stuff too, so much so we had books, DVDs and toys outside! Tuesday Swap Shops and Food Sharers continued with even more food and drink available, plus lots of great pre-loved items to swap or for a small donation.

15 litter picking heroes that took part in our Two Hour Tidy Up at the Bassett’s Close at the Armed Forces Family Fun Day. We picked 16 bags of litter, a plank of wood and a broken scooter. Thank you also to Dave from North Northants Council collected the bags. We also had a games stall at Fun Day and a great day was had by all.

July

We held a Wellingborough Swap Shop’s Big Summer Clear Out where we invited people to bring 1 bag, bring £2, bring yourself and fill their bag with clothes, books, DVDs, bric-a-brac and toys. Larger items was priced but nothing was more than £5. Weekly Swap Shops, Food Sharers and Tuesday Tidy Ups continued every Tuesday afternoon. We also held a games stall at Glamis Hall’s Family Festival.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project’s Sustainable Workshops started with a series of sessions looking at all aspects of sustainability. The first was an Assessing Our Impact Workshop and later in the month a Transition Workshop. At this workshop we looked at what does a sustainable life and work look and feel like and how can we get there (you can watch any of the workshops by clicking the links) The month concluded with a Sustainable Buildings Workshop.

This month’s special Love Parks Week group litter pick took place in Hemmingwell Park. 20 litter picking heroes that took part in our Two Hour Tidy Up and picked 56 bags of litter, a chair, some carpet and a shopping trolley, with the Hemmingwell Community & Skills Centre making us all cups of tea and coffee.

August

In August we were very excited to announce ECO HUB, the new home for Wellingborough Eco Group! Opening from 1st September 2022 and available 7 days a week at Glamis Hall in the Community Room for lots of events and activities. Heather Saunders, Chair of Trustees at Glamis Hall and Jonathan Hornett, Secretary of Wellingborough Eco Group, signed the lease this week for this exciting new facility.

The month started with Swap Shop, Food Sharers, Tuesday Tidy Ups and Green Drinks as usual, 7 people enjoyed a drink at The Queen’s Head on the first Tuesday of the month. Swap Shop and Food Sharers again was getting popular, with more food to share every week, including sandwiches and fridge food from Co-op Redhill. Shap shop had an abundance of toys, which kept the local kids happy. We also had a stall at the Town Council’s Summer Art Festival at ‘The Beach’ in Wellingborough Town Centre.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project’s summer series of Sustainability Workshops continued with with a workshop on Food and Waste. Jonathan lead an interactive workshop, ably assisted by Marion, plus Kerry from Food For Thought and Mary from Redeem Funds, who both presented their own sections. A further Moving to Sustainable Transport Workshop considered our transport options, with most modes and we compared their impacts.

Working Parties continued at the Community Allotment every Wednesday afternoon, but the weeds were winning and our Queen’s Trees were needing plenty of watering. Our end of month litter pick was a Bank Holiday Special, so we decided to tidy up the Town Centre and hold our second stall of the month on the market, this time with a community focus. 13 people who turned out for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up and lots of little bits of litter picked, 15 bags filled!

September

To mark ECO HUB‘s opening day on the 1st September, we had a Celebration Café with free tea, coffee, cakes and pop, to start our ECO HUB with a pop! We then held an Energy Savers Workshop for people to come to and find out how saving energy saves you money. September also marks our third birthday, plenty to celebrate then! Join in, get involved, go ECO HUB!

New projects were added, Eco-Crafters on Wednesdays 1-3pm, Happy Cafes on Thursdays 12-2pm and Eco Club for Kids on Fridays 12-3pm. Repair Cafés were re-started and Swap Shops, Food Sharers and Tuesday Tidy Ups continued in their normal slot of 2-6pm. At the end of the month it was the Great Big Green Week, and we opened everyday with a different project on each!

This included a Climate Café and a Two Hour Tidy Up at ECO HUB, litter picking Queensway Park, where 15 litter pickers picked 25 bags of litter, a bike, some metal poles and various plastic things. The Climate Café was very popular, particularly with thirsty Wellie Wombles! We also made the teas at Wellingborough’s ‘Concert in the Park’ in Castlefields, serving up 95 cups of tea and coffee, plus snacks and lots of lovely homemade cakes.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project‘s Sustainability Workshops continued with a look at Nature and Pollution, where we discussed bio-diversity, talked about our impact on nature; and we then looked at air, water, land and plastic pollution, and at reducing waste in rivers and seas. To finish off with we worked on more sustainable living solutions.

October

We relaunched Repair Café on Saturday the 8th October 2022, at ECO HUB. We have set up a booking system, so people wanting items to be fixed are given a time slot to avoid waiting too long. Book your time slot now on our Repair Café page! Teas and cakes are also served to everyone who is attending.

The Co-op held their Sustainability Live event at ECO HUB on Thursday 6th October 12-2, for local people so they can find out about what the Co-op is doing to help tackle climate change and how they can play their part. Wellingborough Eco Group became a Co-op Local Community Fund cause, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/73956

We had a Swap Shop, Food Sharers and information stall at the Victoria Centre for One World Week event, because this time the theme was sustainability, and held our monthly Two Hour Tidy up there, where our 24 litter picking heroes this morning who filled 30 bags of litter, plus two trollies, carpet, a paint tub and a kids car seat at our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up today. Free coats for kids from LIVE Team were added to Swap Shops, whilst Tuesday Tidy Ups, Food Sharers, Eco-Crafters, Happy Cafes and Eco- Club for Kids sessions continued at ECO HUB.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project finished off the Sustainability Workshops with what we need to adapt and at ways to adapt. This was the final workshop of the series of eleven, so it started off with a review and finished off with a question-and-answer session. You can watch all of the Workshops and more at wcap.org.uk/video

November

November started as usual with Tuesday Tidy Ups, Swap Shop, Food Sharers and Green Drinks. Greatwell Homes joined us at the first Happy Café of the month with their Warm Homes Team to give residents help and advice on how to keep warm this winter. Other Happy Cafes included Replay Board Games and Energy Savers sessions. Eco-Crafters and Eco Club for Kids were having fun, plus we had a few working parties up at the Community Allotment.

We had a stall at Nenescape, Sywell Aerodrome sharing what we do with delegates attending the conference. Lots of other organisations here too with the 80+ people from business, local government and community history and nature focused organisations. We had a Repair Café, Baby Wellingborough Swap Shop at ECO HUB and Glamis Hall Indoor Boot Sale and a a one off Vegan Food Sharers at Northants Vegan Food and Cruelty Free Fair at Animals in Need. Northants Veggies and Vegans also held their first Vegan Winter Warmer at ECO HUB.

At our Two Hour Tidy Up, 30 litter picking heroes that joined in Castlefields Park and around the surrounding streets to fill 36 bags with litter, plus retrieved a piece of tarpaulin, a scooter, a shopping trolley, three gas bottles and a baby walker! 30 people also joined in on the 30th to plant trees from our Community Allotment Tree Nursery in Castlefields Park, donated to Wellingborough Town Council, to create a copse of Rowan trees for the Queen’s Green Canopy and one Oak for King Charles.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project held two more Climate Conversations with the first on Friday 25th November 2022 at the Victoria Centre and at Glamis Hall on the 1st December. Both had presentations from WCAP, plus speakers from Wellingborough Town Council at Victoria Centre. Wellingborough Eco Group also did a presentation at both.

December

December is Advent Calendar month, and we embrace this to tell you all about the the good things for the community and environment that are happening in and around Wellingborough. This year’s calendar focused in part on the new Warm Spaces that are popping up all around the town. Click on the link to see all of them.

Glamis Hall and Wellingborough Eco Group are hosting Winter Warm Spaces, these started in the ECO HUB on the 1st December and take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, during December, January, February and March. We will also offer various themed Winter Warmers at weekends and Glamis Hall will offer a Winter Warm Space in their VIP Café on the second and fourth Saturday’s of the month.

ECO HUB has been really busy too, with Swap Shops and Food Sharers on Tuesdays and more. On Christmas Eve we held a special Food Sharers to recue food from local supermarkets in partnership with Redeem Funds. We opened again on Christmas Wednesday for an Unwanted Christmas Present Swap Shop too. Tonight Northants Veggies and Vegans are holding a New Year’s Eve Vegan Winter Warmer, and everyone is invited.

Wellingborough Climate Action Project‘s Climate Conversations continued at Glamis Hall on the 1st December. WCAP and Wellingborough Eco Group were this time joined by North Northants Council at Glamis Hall for a great conversation about the climate crisis and what we need to do about it.

A very busy year for Wellingborough Eco Group, thank you all for your support, hope to see you again soon, happy New Year everyone!