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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”

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”