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ADVENT CALENDAR – Buy Second Hand

There are many reasons to buy second-hand items, including:

– Cost savings: Second-hand items can be just as good as new but at a fraction of the price.
– Unique items: Second-hand stores offer a wide selection of items, including one-of-a-kind vintage pieces or little-known brands.
– Support local communities: Many second-hand stores are small, locally-owned businesses that contribute to the local economy.
– Sustainability: Buying second-hand helps keep clothes out of landfills and reduces harmful emissions.
– Express individuality: Second-hand clothing can be mixed and matched to create a unique style.
– Rediscover trends: Second-hand shopping can help you explore fashion trends from different eras.
– Support a good cause: Buying second-hand can help raise money for worthwhile causes.

In Wellingborough we have lots of great places to buy anything from pre-loved toys and entertainment, to antique furniture and vintage clothes, here are some of them:

Ace Reuse, Recycling Centre, 63 Park Rd

YMCA Shop, 260 Northampton Rd

RSPCA Retro Rooms & Boutique, 1 Silver St

British Heart Foundation, 9 Market St

The Salvation Army, 28A Market St

CeX, Unit 9, Swansgate Shopping Centre

Old & Quirky Antique Shop, 22 Silver St

Mercy in Action, 5 Grafton Cl

The Air Ambulance Charity Discount Store, 15 Market St

YMCA Wellingborough Charity Shop 54-55 Cheese Lane

Barnardo’s, 106 Gold St

Daylight Shop, 2 Cambridge St

British Red Cross shop, 25 Silver St

Wilfords Auctioneers, 74-76 Midland Rd

Wellingborough Eco Group also has Wellingborough Swap Shop at ECO HUB, Glamis Hall, where you can bring in your items you no longer need to swap them for items you want. Everything is also available for a small donation to the group and it now includes a school uniform bank and a new toy section for the children too.

Start saving money and reducing your impact on the environment, there are so many benefits to shopping second hand. You’ll be taking a stand against the damaging impact of fast fashion, while hunting down unique treasures that show off your distinctive personal style. Do visit your local vintage, antique, recycling, swap and charity shops or auctioneers, and choose a fairer way to shop.

ADVENT CALENDAR – Grow Your Own

Today’s Green Tips Advent Calendar Window opens to Grow Your Own. Growing your own vegetables isn’t just a good way to save money, it’s also a great way to cut down your carbon footprint and be environmentally friendly. Plus you will know where your food has come from and it tastes better!

Don’t have any outside space?

Windowsill boxes are a great way to brighten up your view, filter the air coming into your home and offer plenty of space for herbs and small vegetable patches.

Grow together:

Allotments are a great place to grow vegetables, plus there’s the benefit of having people around that might be able to give you some tips. We do this together at our Community Allotment, where you can join in for free on most Mondays 10-2. Join our Facebook Group to find out more ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/communityallotment ) or have a look at our website https://wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk/eco/community-allotment/

For beginners:

In partnership with Wellingborough Community Action Partnership and Glamis Hall, we have two free courses for you in the New Year. How to Grow Fruit and Vegetables, and How to Set Up An Allotment. The latter will be on Saturday 1st February and Saturday 1st March at Ladywell Allotments and we will transform an empty plot into a usable growing space. Tickets available soon at ticketsource.co.uk/glamishall

Need seeds:

There are lots of places to get seeds, but at Northampton Seedy Saturday and at Wellingborough Swap Shop you can swap seeds or get them for pennies. Sharing seeds not only saves you money but also saves on packaging and transportation.

More Green Tips on tomorrow’s Advent Calendar, please do send us yours too!

ADVENT CALENDAR – Share Green Tips

We are doing our advent calendar again, but this year we are doing it with your ‘Green Tips’.

We were at Wellingborough Twinkle on Saturday 30th November, where we added your green tips to a Christmas Tree on our stall. Lots of people popped in to see us before the town’s lights got switched on to give us their Green Tips, and you can as well, send us your green tips via email or social media. We also want to hear from local businesses, schools and community organisations too.

Our Advent Calendar is usually of local businesses and community organisations, looking at those who offer eco-friendly services and those who are making a difference in Wellingborough! It was a way for us to find out what’s on offer, so that we could make Wellingborough Eco Map, and to support local businesses and community organisations that were struggling during and after covid. If you offer an eco-friendly service or are a community organisation, you can still send us your story and a logo and we will add you to our map!

So please do send us your green tips for our advent calendar this year. If you can, we will add your tip to our Advent Calendar. Email info@wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk, message us via messenger or call/text/WhatsApp 07311 705705.

Our Advent Calendar will be updated with a new window opening every day until Christmas Eve. The window will be linked to our blog with an article all about what your Green Tip is, and then shared across our social media outlets; and by the way, it starts this today…

Litter Pick The Town Centre this Saturday!

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

Join us for this Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up, it takes place this Saturday (30th November) in The Town Centre just before Wellingborough Twinkle. Our Recycling Station will be set up from 9:30am near the Christmas Tree on Market Street for litter picking between 10 and 12.

This location has been chosen because we want to make our town look great for everyone who is attending the Twinkle, and because we also have a stall at the big Christmas Lights switch on, where there will be festive games and more.

To help us and keep us safe, we have litter pickers, hi-vis vests and safety equipment including road signs, so everything is provided but please bring your own gloves if you can. Tea and coffee will also be available for free!

Do join us to make this area tidier, let’s make our Town Centre really Twinkle, see you on Saturday morning!

LITTER PICKING LONDON ROAD CEMETERY this Saturday!

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

This Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on this Saturday (26th October) at London Road Cemetery and along The Walks, for a spooky Halloween litter pick! We will be setting up our Recycling Station at the entrance to cemetery on The Walks from 9:30, for litter picking between 10 and 12. We will be tidying up this and the surrounding area.

Join us for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up!

This location has been chosen because we have have had reports that the cemetery and The Walks are heavily littered. We have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to some messy people there’s a lot to do. It could be cold, so free refreshments including tea and coffee will be available.

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 and do dress up if you can. Join in, bring your friends and family, ALL WELCOME!

Litter Picking Castlefields this Saturday

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

This Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on this Saturday (28th September) at Castlefields Park and along The Embankment, where it all started five years ago! We will be setting up our Recycling Station at the Irthlingborough Road entrance to Castlefields Park from 9:30, for litter picking between 10 and 12. We will be tidying up the park and the surrounding area.

Join us for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up!

This location has been chosen because we started our group by litter picking on The Embankment five years ago, but that’s flooded so we will combine tidying up Castlefields too. We have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to being busy over the holidays there’s a lot to do. It could be cold, so free refreshments including tea and coffee will be available.

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. Join in, bring your friends and family, ALL WELCOME!

Litter Picking Croyland Gardens this Saturday!

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

This Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on this Saturday (31st August) on Croyland Gardens. We will be setting up our Recycling Station on Morrisons Car Park from 9:30, for litter picking between 10 and 12. We will be tidying up the gardens and the surrounding area.

Join us for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up!

This location has been chosen because we haven’t tidied this area for a while. We have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to being busy over the holidays there’s a lot to do. It could be hot, so free refreshments including cold bottles of water will be available. Here is a map to Morrisons car park:

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. Join in, bring your friends and family, ALL WELCOME!

Litter Picking Queensway Park this Saturday!

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

This Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on this Saturday (27th July) on Queensway Park between Queensway and A509. We will be setting up our Recycling Station on the grass on the park behind ECO HUB and Glamis Hall from 9:30, for litter picking between 10 and 12. We will be tidying up the park and the surrounding area.

Join us for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up!

This location has been chosen because we are also at Glamis Hall for their Family Festival, which also starts at 10am. We have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to some messy people there’s a lot to do. It could be hot, so free refreshments including cold bottles of water will be available.

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. Join in, bring your friends and family, ALL WELCOME!

Litter Picking Brickhill Road and Park this Saturday!

Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

This Month’s Two Hour Tidy Up takes place on this Saturday (29th June) on the park between Brickhill Road and Hardwick Road. We will be setting up our Recycling Station on the grass on the park opposite St Mark’s Church from 9:30, for litter picking between 10 and 12. We will be tidying up the park and the surrounding area.

Join us for our monthly Two Hour Tidy Up!

This location has been chosen by Freddie because this area is looking neglected. Wellie Wombles have tidied up this area before, but unfortunately due to some messy people there’s a lot to do. It could be hot, so free refreshments including cold bottles of water will be available.

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. Join in, bring your friends and family, ALL WELCOME!

MAMO TATO Ćwiczmy w lato!

Kółko i Krzyżyk ma ogromną przyjemność zaprosić Państwa na wydarzenie sportowe jakiego jeszcze w Wellingborough nie było!

Nasz sportowy Event odbędzie się w Glamis Hall w Wellingborough 15-go czerwca od godziny 13.00 do godziny 16.00. MAMO TATO Ćwiczmy w lato!

– to wspaniałe wydarzenie sportowe w którym absolutnie każdy będzie mógł wziąć udział, niezależnie od wieku, formy czy predyspozycji. Zapraszamy więc Was wszystkich!

Rodziny, przyjaciół, znajomych, sąsiadów! Zarówno tych małych jak i tych dużych! Konkurencje sportowe będą odbywały się pod czujnym okiem specjalisty – trenera personalnego Pawła Palenika.

Ćwiczenia będą wykonywane w akompaniamencie dźwięków które zagra dla was DJSPEEDTv. Niesamowity Robert Jankowski poprowadzi nasz event. Zawody odbędą się w trzech turach: Pierwsza tura godz. 13.00 Druga tura godz. 14.00 Trzecia tura godz. 15.00

Prosimy wybrać godzinę na udział w zawodach

Bilet w cenie 1f od osoby

Zapisy przyjmujemy pod linkiem

Bilet zostanie wysłany na podany przez was email

Opłata startowa w wysokości 1£ zostanie w całości wykorzystana na rozwój grupy Kółko i Krzyżyk oraz koszty organizacyjne tego eventu. Kółko i Krzyżyk to polska grupa działająca w Wellingborough. Należy do Wellingborough Eco Group. Integruje polska społeczność w celu rozwijania pasji, talentów dzieci i dorosłych. Rozgrzewke taneczna przed konkurencjami poprowadzi 1,2,3 Dance.

Na Każdego kto podejmie sportowe wyzwanie czekać będzie kolorowy Smoothie od Eat Feat Catering.

Dla dzieci będą przygotowane atrakcje balonowe.

Ponadto, będziecie mogli zakupić polskie Zapiekanki od Good Polish Food, smakołyki, lemoniadę przygotowane przez Vorwerk Thermomix TM6, watę cukrowa Fluffy Sweets oraz pyszne ciasta by uzupełnić spalone kalorie.

Dodatkowo będziecie mogli zakupić bursztynowa biżuterię od Amber Lady – Marlena Kotzknecht.

Magdalena Bednarowicz- doradca ubezpieczeniowy, odpowie na pytania oraz przeprowadzi ankietę o preferencjach ubezpieczeniowych, a wśród ankietowanych rozlosuje nagrody dla dzieci.

Thomas Photo Services uwieczni wasze sportowe zmagania.

Event współfinansowany przez North Northamptonshire Council

Dziękujemy sponsorom: Restauracja Gospoda

Eat Fit Catering

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Zapraszamy do wspólnej SPORTOWEJ zabawy ! Gwarantujemy wyśmienite i niezapomniane emocje