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Would you like to help us make Trowbridge an even nicer place to live? We have space for all ages, abilities and interests from litter picking to behind the scenes admin, from digging to repairing, from campaigning to running activities. There’s something for everyone. If you would like more information, please drop us a lineContinue reading “Volunteer with us!”

The seed library in the town library is now nicely stocked up thanks to those who ran and attended an event during half term. We even made it into the Wiltshire Times (expand the story by clicking on the title to see the link). If you would like any new seeds or have some toContinue reading “Seed swap social”

A big Thank you to A F Harris Tree Services for this wonderful donation of wood chips for our Go Wild patch! We will be using these to protect our precious hedge whips planted by volunteers a few weeks ago, and hopefully go some way to holding back the vigorous and never ending war withContinue reading “Go Wild news”

If you are interested in this and feel able to contrbute any time towards this project, the team would be very grateful. “Bath & West Community Energy Programme paid a £1,800 grant in January 2023 to Climate Friendly Bradford for a Trowle-Trowbridge Greenway feasibility study by CFBoA and Trowbridge ECO. Project leader Andrew Nicolson agreed toContinue reading “Trowle-Trowbridge Greenway”

The AGM took place on Sun 29th October and it was was great to see some new people. For full details of what was discussed and to see ideas for activities for the coming year, please see the minutes under the About menu.

On Saturday 14th October we held a Seed Swap event at Trowbridge Library. It was lovely to meet new people and give and receive packets of seeds. Children particularly enjoyed extracting sunflower seeds from a sunflower head! The Seed Library can be found in the town library and we are always grateful for flower andContinue reading “Seed Swap”

Moving to a new venue didn’t put anyone off and September saw another successful repair cafe at with over 40 items being saved from landfill. The event had a lovely community feel and we even made it into the Wiltshire Times (click on photo to see link). The next Repair Cafe is on Saturday 25thContinue reading “September Repair Cafe”

We are delighted to report 2 successful funding applications this month! We are please to report £100 has been received from MMS Community Fund as a general contribution towards our work, including our community allotment, Go Wild areas, Repair Café, and litter picks. Our wonderful Repair Café is the grateful recipient of further funding thisContinue reading “Fundraising Success!”

In June, TECo member Jen James surveyed an area at the end of Brook Road to investigate the effects of No Mow May. Read on to find out more about the positive results! On a Saturday morning in June TECO surveyed an unmown area at the end of Brook Road, which had been left toContinue reading “Wildflower survey”

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”