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The Repair Cafe returned on July 22nd and despite the weather we had a great turn out. Over 30 individuals brought items including a camping chair, a type writer, a lawn mower lead, irons and kettles and a vintage model train. Laptops were mended and photos retrieved, lots of bikes were serviced and the sewingContinue reading “Repair cafe success”

The GROW raised beds project has been running for a while now at the Gloucester Road Allotments. Click here (you may need to expand by clicking on the title above to see the active link) to find out more about what goes on there in this short film that was kindly made for us byContinue reading “Welcome to GROW”

Over the past couple of weeks TECo has been out and about to talk to young people about what we do and to find out how they are caring for the environment. Lots of fun activities and great ideas from the youngsters at St John’s Primary School and Trowbridge Future Youth Seymour Juniors. Inspiring thatContinue reading “Trowbridge youth”

There are lots of exciting things flourishing in the wild area of the park and you only have to sit still for a few minutes in the patch to hear the buzzing of bees and see lots of insects. However, as the project evolves, we do need some help to continue to manage the areaContinue reading “Go Wild in Trowbridge park”

We’d like to send a huge thanks to Eden Saunders for making this fabulous promotional film for us to share our Repair Café! https://www.edensaundersproductions.co.uk/ We are always looking to build on our Repair Team and we are particularly looking for new people for our July café to join our sewing and bike repair teams. IfContinue reading “Trowbridge Repair Café needs you!”

TECo was pleased to be a part of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s family-friendly event about nature and living sustainably on the 20th May. We had lots of interest at the stall and it was great to hear what people are doing to be nature-friendly in their own patch – we were able to add many moreContinue reading “Country Comes to Town”

Whatever your thoughts on the Coronation, it’s always a good idea to have more plants and flowers, right? TECo members joined in with other local organisations in designing and planting the big planters in Fore Street. We look forward to seeing them all grow and bloom over the coming months! Here’s a video from ourContinue reading “Highgrove on the High Street”

TECo were very pleased to receive a Green Award recently from Trowbridge Town Council as part of their annual awards scheme. The TC said it was awarded for ” a contribution toward enhancing the town’s ‘green’ credentials, whether through recycling/litter campaigns or initiatives or improvements of green areas within the town’. Pictured are TECo membersContinue reading “Green Award”

The April Repair Cafe was according to the numbers our best yet! Total items brought to us was 59. 53 of which were successfully repaired, which is a 90% success rate! To find out more about what goes on at a Repair Cafe, have a look at this video created by our friends at the Town Hall. https://fb.watch/kjyfaJX02w/Continue reading “April Repair Cafe success”