Working parties are free, of course. We welcome your blood, sweat and tears. Tools are provided. Guided walks are £1 per person. Illustrated talks: Members £2.50, Non-members £3, Children £1.50.
Our goal is to promote and encourage a culture change towards a litter-free community by attracting support from the general public, appropriate agencies, bodies and resources.
For more information, visit our website, email or call Christine on 01454 414703.
Litter Busters - picking up on more than just litter.
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Our onsite chapel and reception rooms will be yours for the day to hold whatever kind of service you wish; traditional, ecological, religious or humanist, and our experienced team will be on hand to help you arrange every detail and guide you through this difficult time.
We offer a full 24 hour funeral directing service and can help you to arrange a funeral at your local church or crematorium as well as at Memorial Woodlands itself.
If you are arranging a funeral now or making plans for the future, please do come to see our beautiful grounds for yourself and learn about our range of services, funeral plans and woodland memorials. We’ll give you all the time, support and advice you need.
Memorial Woodlands Woodland Cemetery: Earthcott Green, Alveston, Bristol BS35 3TA
Memorial Woodlands Westbury office: 18 High Street, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3DU
Call free on 0800 612 2158 or click below.
The website below is run by residents who are concerned with the impact that the proposed redevelopment will have on Oldbury and the Severn Vale.
They have variety of personal views, but share one main concern: that the redevelopment will go ahead without people really understanding what is at stake until it is too late.
Oldbury's primary objective is to generate and sell electricity, while maintaining a safe and secure working environment. Work is also underway to ensure a seamless transition to the defuelling phase and the start of decommissioning.
We have regular social events such as skittles evenings, quiz nights, barbecues and the like, and there is always a Christmas dinner.
However, we are more than just a walking club. The Ramblers is a registered charity and one of its aims is to campaign to keep the footpath network open.
Please visit our website below for details of our walks.
SG Futurenergy’s helpline is manned by expert advisors that give free, impartial advice and help identifying the most suitable renewable technology for your home. They will also provide a list of reliable local installers.
For more information, call 01594 544119, Mondays to Fridays, 9am until 5pm.
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Meetings are held at The Chantry 7.30-10.00pm on the third Wednesday of each month.
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The garden features a pergola, solar-powered water feature, interesting display of rocks and fossils from Aust Cliff and windchimes, amongst other things. It involves local groups, including the disabled and local schools, as well as the wider community.
The garden, which can be made fully secure, is open everyday during daylight hours. If you have an event that you would like to hold in the garden, please contact us. For more info download our brochure or visit our website.
Download our leaflet (PDF, 743k)
Upper Bath Road, Thornbury, behind new apartments in Market Square
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Box Walk, Tortworth, Gloucestershire, GL12 8HF
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Fax: 01454 261705
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7.30pm, in members' living rooms and gardens
Propagation of strawberries.
This group meets on the second Thursday of each month. Join the list for receiving locations by sending a blank e-mail to the address below.
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7.30pm, Hanover Room, The Chantry
The full meeting starts at 8pm with the admin section starting at 7.30 - everyone welcome to either part.
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9am-1pm, St Mary Centre, Thornbury
Thornbury's Farmers' Markets are every first and third Thursday of the month. Come and enjoy fresh local produce.
7.30pm (doors open 7pm), Falfield Village Hall
What will farming be like in the future when energy prices are high and climate change pressures mean that farmers will have to reduce their farm’s carbon footprint as well as farm sustainably?
The way that we, as consumers, support farmers in making the changes needed will be crucial. Find out more about how we can improve our food security and help our local food growers to meet the challenges ahead.
Admission Free. After the film there will be a chance to discuss the issues with former organic farmer and current Soil Association Inspector, Jerry Harding. This is the last in the monthly series of talks and films looking at our future prospects in a changing world.
www.sustainablethornbury.org
Monday April 20 - Sunday May 3, Wyevale Garden Centre, Milbury Heath, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8QH
Staff at Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre are challenging children to create weird and wonderful creatures and people from potatoes.
Paul Hodges, Manager of the garden centre, explained: “The competition is part of our Grow Your Own Potatoes Event, which runs from Saturday, March 20 until Sunday, March 28.
“It is a fun idea and we hope as many youngsters as possible enter. We will have the models on display in the garden centre and will ask customers to vote for their favourites via a ballot box.
“Although we don’t have any hard and fast rules we are looking for models of famous people such as politicians and pop stars.”
To help inspire youngsters to enter the competition, Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre will be running free potato modelling workshops on Friday, March 19 from 9am until 12noon. Children can drop in at any time and must be accompanied by an adult.
Children aged from four to 11 can enter the competition and entry forms are available from Wyevale Thornbury Garden Centre. Forms can also be completed in-store when models are handed in to be displayed or during the workshop.
Paul added: “The rules are very simple. There are two age categories: four to seven-years-old and eight to 11-years-old. Any shape/size potato can be entered and any other products can be used to enhance the appearance of the potato.”
The first prize-winners in each age category will receive a certificate and a £5 gift voucher to spend at the garden centre. Each winner’s school will receive a WCF Phoenix bag of seed potatoes, a Burgon & Ball triple pack round potato planter and a Miracle-Gro Organic Choice potato and vegetable gro-sac to fill the potato planters.
For further details, please call the garden centre, which is located in Milbury Heath, on 01454 412247 or click below.
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10am-2pm, Castle Street and The Plain, Thornbury
Come and indulge in a celebration of food in Thornbury. Castle Street is being closed off to allow local food suppliers and caterers to display their products and services. There'll be plenty to see, try and buy.
This event is being organised by the Thornbury Chamber of Commerce, and has been arranged in conjunction with the Thornbury Arts Festival.
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7.15pm, Filton Golf Clubhouse, Golf Course Lane, Filton BS34 7QS
Dress code: no denim please. Food will be served at 7.15pm, followed by the quiz. Please pre-order your food. Food £5.50, Quiz entry £1.50. Teams of up to four players can be formed on the night.
For further information call Helen 01454 202181 or Heather 01454 632134.
1-5pm (including bring and share lunch), Stuart Room, The Chantry
A workshop to plan the details of the EcoFair. Please bring some lunch to share.
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2-4pm, Community Orchard opposite The Anchor pub in Gloucester Road, Thornbury
A pruning day to learn and practise pruning of fruit trees.
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7.30pm, Coach Hall, The Chantry
Some members of Sustainable Thornbury have been working with others for some time towards setting up a local food scheme in Thornbury. It will start off as a vegetable box scheme, and may grow into whatever the members want. For the moment the scheme will be called Thornbury CSA. It is expecting to start producing boxes this summer, 2010.
The idea is called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The farmers and consumers work closely together; the farmer gets a guaranteed market for the crop while the consumers know how the food was grown and pay a modest price for local food.
www.sustainablethornbury.org
1pm, venue TBA
Oldbury Power Station will be holding its quarterly Site Stakeholder Group.
Current reports on the site’s activities from the Site Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and Environment Agency, will be discussed.
This is an open meeting which members of the public are welcome to attend.
For further information please contact Eirian Vaughan Lewis, Communication Support Officer, Oldbury Power Station on 01454 893836 or via email below.
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7.30pm, Hanover Room, The Chantry
The full meeting starts at 8pm with the admin section starting at 7.30 - everyone welcome to either part.
www.sustainablethornbury.org
