Author Archives: TrowbridgeEco

Our Repair Café team are going to be at this community event. We’ll be demonstrating how we can save textile items from landfill by mending them. Pop along to see us and to join in with other family-friendly activities. Full details can be found by clicking on the image and following the link.

We’re having a stall on the Weavers Market on the 16th May. Do drop by to find out more about who we are and what we do! We’ll also have some seedlings and a seed-sowing activity on the go.

Saturday June 13th sees the return of the Repair Café. Bring along your items in need of TLC. From lamps to torn pockets, electrical/mechanical/IT, sewing and bicycle maintenance, we’ll take a look. Drinks and cakes on offer if you just want to swing by and see how it works. 10 – 2 in the GuideContinue reading “Summer Repair Café 13th June”

Fantastic turnout! 20 people teamed up to make the streets of Trowbridge more clean and tidy. We did a “starburst” from Bradford Road and collected 5 bags of rubbish and 4 bags of recycling. Thank you everyone!

Thinking of having a party? Prevent disposable partyware ending up in landfill and borrow one of our Party Packs instead! Enough for up to 30 people, they are FREE and come with a choice of tablecloth and bunting. For more information, click on the picture above and follow the link.

1st Sunday of the month 11am – 1pm – GROW at the Gloucester Road Allotments. Come and help tend the community raised beds. 2nd Saturday of the month 10am – 12pm – Go Wild in Trowbridge Park. Meet by the Polebarn Road entrance and help us maintain our space for nature. All welcome and equipmentContinue reading “Regular Events”

Head over to our What’s on page… If you would like to join in with any of these activities (click on heading above to see link to dates), please just turn up on the day or email trowbridgeeco@gmail.com to find out more info. The more the merrier!

On Sat 29th we opened our doors once again to the good people of Trowbridge carrying their items in need of repair! Our brilliant team of fixers repaired 25 out of 30 items and were able to offer advice on home-repairs for other items that weren’t repairable on the day. We mended bikes, radios, clothingContinue reading “Winter Repair Café”

TECo has to date supplied the local community with over 150 blue hearts to encourage people to create or preserve a “wild” area to encourage wildlife. It is part of a national scheme – to find out more head to https://bluecampaignhub.com/ . They say “Bring your local area to life with the BLUE campaign. WeContinue reading “Blue Heart Campaign”

Our team of menders were hard at it again on Sat 28th June. Bikes, clothing, lamps and radios to name but a few items that were saved from landfill. Fix of the day was the metal detector! Our next cafe will be on Sat 27th September.