Join us to tend the Alibi Garden every Thursday morning. This is an opportunity to get together with members of your local community in a friendly and supportive environment and to develop your gardening skills through the seasons. We have 6 large planters that are fully accessible to anyone with mobility issues, a polytunnel (also […]
We're open every Friday between 3pm and 6pm at our workshop on Chuley Road. Check our website for details on how to find us, to book your item in for repair, what we can (and can't) repair and much more: ashburtonrepaircafe.org.uk.
Bring your broken items and our skilled volunteers will do their best to mend them. Enjoy a cuppa and cake whilst you wait. Happening the THIRD Saturday of every month (except December). No charge, but donations welcome.
All welcome to help with the 'light touch' maintenance of Uffculme's Wildlife Pond. Tasks suitable for all abilities, including monitoring and recording our flora, fauna and fungi finds in and around this lovely 'wild for wildlife' pond and surrounds. We're also keeping a stretch of the main road in central Uffculme lightly maintained so that […]
What are roles that trees play in artists’ practice? Why trees? How do artists interpret the provocation, “If Trees Could Talk”? Joe Webster is known for his fine art graffiti landscapes – and the monumental mural in Newton Abbot Town Centre. He is actively seeking to put voices of communities in artworks. Gordon Field is […]
SisterWood is holding a free Community Day: The Sun Shines On ☀️for girls and young women, and we'd appreciate you sharing it through your organisations, networks, family and friends. This day is open to past SisterWood participants, and girls who are curious about SisterWood are really welcome too. Together we'll help shape its future. We'll […]
What are mechanisms of the arts that enable and accelerate change? Why does it work? What are the political arguments for arts-led processes? Catherine West, one of two UK artists in “The Creative Instigators Handbook” is the founder of Significant Seams, and has led numerous community-engaged art projects. She has worked at two international arts […]
Residents across Cullompton are being invited to help shape a greener future for the town as the new Cullompton Green Group launches next month. The group is being set up by Carla Crofts, Community Builder for Involve Mid Devon charity, and has been made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The […]
Bring along your broken bits to St Andrew's Church Hall - and we'll see what we can do. We'll take a look at household items including, tools for sharpening, crockery for gluing, electrical items, clocks - the list's almost endless! Check our website for details...you can book items in as well at https://ashburtonrepaircafe.org.uk/book-item-in/ Want to […]
'Creative health' and 'Green social prescribing' are popular buzzwords, but capacity and funding are limited. Can we change the reality? What should we be asking?
How are creatives changing our relationship to the environment through commerce? How are they making space in our economy for their work and messages? Rachel and Matt Hayes are the architect founders of Folia Architects, an award-winning practice focussed on sustainable design and certified Passivhaus buildings. They emphasise natural materials and timber construction in bespoke […]
Stories have framed how we see forests for millennia. Are our modern myths, coloured now by political interests and the commercial interests of both industry and NGOs the right stories for a changing, challenging and unknowable future? Sir Harry Studholme manages the Perridge Forest near Exeter. The forest was the joint winner in the All-England […]