The Community Food Growing Project team have worked hard over the last year and now have 3 sites around Llanfyllin – behind the Public Institute, at Y Dolydd and in Brook Street. Growing spaces have been mulched with compost and are ready for more members to get involved. The main gardening time is 10 -12…
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brace membership campaign
As we start to look forward to meeting up again, running events and expanding projects we need a reliable way to contact our our members, especially those in the local community who want to get more involved. We have created a membership database using mailchimp and it would be great if you could follow the…
Share-energy feedback
The recording of the Share-Energy Talk held back in December can be found on this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VpPncpoj_zINc-HWlO58MGbvlzmAJSke/view
Let’s Talk Crap! – recording
For those who were unable to attend. Link to the Recording from 10th March- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WN6vK1cuqtaInKbt2bUzXT5Ovj6XrZ7A/view?fbclid=IwAR0fgUd11UzbKGkJtKJNuXQdRxhQpd8n_fbp9lo2uaDXus8eWrcv6UrrgIk An online talk about the environmental and social benefits of recycling human excreta to land. University of Leeds PhD Researcher Katie Allen will discuss the role poo can play in reversing soil degradation, improving crop yields and mitigating climate change.The…
Community energy talk Wednesday December 9th 7.30pm
https://tinyurl.com/y6hosll3 Online talk by David Green of Sharenergy. Could we as a community get together to generate energy and income for the town?Dave will explain how Sharenergy works to make a contribution to green energy production.We’ll be online earlier for anyone who’d like a natter before the talk.
Open Food Network feedback
The webinar hosted by Nick Wier was a great success with familiar and new faces joining us to find out how we might be able to set up a scheme to link local producers with local customers. The session was recorded and can be found on the link below. (Nick was having problems with bandwidth,…
TALK: A home grown solution to selling local produce?
Join us at BRACE for an online talk by Nick Weir of the Open Food Network on Wednesday, November 11th at 7.30pm. Zoom link https://bit.ly/34DUmMu If you’re a farmer, grower, market stall holder, owner of one of our excellent town shops – this is for you.If you eat – this is also for you. As…
Special General meeting – 7pm 28th Oct
A sincere thanks to all members of the BRACE WhatsApp Group, our Facebook and Website followers for your support and encouragement as BRACE has evolved from a conversation between people concerned about climate change and conservation to become an organisation that is now an established part of our community. We have started some great initiatives…
Repair Cafe – help required
The next Llanfyllin Repair Cafe is on 1st Feb and after the huge success of the previous event we would appreciate more help in the Cafe part and also some homemade cakes or savoury snacks for visitors and helpers. We start setting up at 10 am, doors open at 12, clearing away is from 3-4pm. Lunch…
the biggest little farm – 31st jan
On 31st Jan the Llanfyllin Film Club are screening the very recent film– THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM Rated as a soul feeding environmental documentary, a testament to the immense complexity of nature, this film follows two dreamers and a dog on an odyssey to bring harmony to both their lives and the land. When the…