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Nappies don’t need to cost the earth

The Washable Nappy Company 50 Tower Road West, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex

Washable Nappy Demo. Information session on how to use modern cloth nappies, how much money you save and the difference between different brands and styles. Disposable nappies are a single use plastic and each baby will use between 4000 - 6000 nappies. Switching to washable nappies is actually very easy and will save parents £100s. Juliet has been running her company for 12 years and has a wealth of experience.

FREE - booking essential

The Big Weave: Weaving mats from plastic bags

Y Centre St Pauls Road, St Leonards on Sea

Regular workshop held by The Art Shack every Tuesday evening. Weaving mats for the homeless - supporting Surviving the Streets UK. No booking required, just turn up!

FREE

Upcycling crafts and bee hotel workshop

Ore Community Centre 455 Old London Road, Hastings

Join Hastings Visions and The Man Shed for some creative fun in the Hastings Visions Art Studio upstairs at the Ore Community Centre. You will have the opportunity to make small sculptures from beach combed and found objects, necklaces / bracelets from wrapped and bound scrap fabric, reclaimed wooden bee hotels. Most materials will be provided but please bring your own beach finds. Free parking and the community cafe will open until 3pm. We will also be running workshops on The Stade at the SOS...Continue Reading "Upcycling crafts and bee hotel workshop" →

FREE

Open access bicycle workshop

The Old Lifeguard Stores, on the Lower Promenade, in front of Warrior Square.

A free to access, volunteer run, weekly community bicycle workshop. We provide access to skills, advice, spare parts and tools. We help people who can’t afford to go to a bike shop, fix, build and maintain their bikes and we encourage a DIY skill sharing culture for those who wish to learn and contribute. Every Wednesday evening 6-8 PM, The Old Lifeguard Stores, on the Lower Promenade, in front of Warrior Square. If Queen Victoria is behind you, come down the steps and we’re there.

Wax Wrap Workshop

Wonderfill 35 King's Rd, St Leonards, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Make your own reusable wax food wraps using soy and beeswax An informal, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to make your own plastic-free reusable wax food wrap using sustainably-sourced materials including upcycled cotton, beeswax and vegan-friendly soy wax. All tools and materials will be provided; enough to make one large and one small wrap each. Light refreshments will be served. Booking required, £15: Space will be limited so booking is essential. Please see Wonderfill website for details.

£15

Have Fun Recycling with Textiles

St Nicholas Centre 66 London Road, St Leonards on Sea

A FREE workshop to learn how to use materials to make lovely items for your home. Using materials learn how to make items such as cushions for around your home. Have fun, be creative and meet others. No previous experience needed, open to all abilities. To book please contact Michelle on 01424 423683 ext 33 or email mhooper@fsncharity.co.uk

FREE

Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood

Robsack -Meet outside One stop - 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea. One Stop, 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood" →

FREE

Rewild Communities in Hollington

Hollington woodland (Tile barn wood) Hollington Skate Park, Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards on sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities in Hollington" →

FREE

Soil, society, sustenance, solutions – Supper event with Tristram Stuart, Craig Sams and Pea Pod Veg.

Home Ground Kitchen Gotham Alley, Hastings, East Sussex

We're really pleased to announce this special event with key speakers discussing issues around sustainable food production, food waste, food sovereignty and soil health. Speakers will be addressing the question of what can we do to support the planet as well as feed a global population. Meet the Speakers: Craig Sams, Founder of Green And Blacks Chocolate and co-founder and Executive Chairman of Carbon Gold Ltd, a carbon sequestration business based on the use of biochar as a soil improver. Tristram Stuart, Food Waste campaigner, founder...Continue Reading "Soil, society, sustenance, solutions – Supper event with Tristram Stuart, Craig Sams and Pea Pod Veg." →

£15

Tetrapaks, oat milk, treading lightly and stamping feet

OPEN 19 Grand Parade, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Making oat milk: how to keep your carbon footprint light. A 90 minute workshop and discussion. Includes a demonstration of how to make oat milk and a group discussion about tetrapaks and how to deal with them now they aren't being recycled. All are welcome! This event is FREE but donations to support OPEN are encouraged

FREE