Exploring Climate Change through Art In collaboration with Green and Healthy Frome, OpenStoryTellers have brought together four local creative facilitators to work alongside a collective of talented artists with learning disabilities. Together they express their … Read more...
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Frome Food Network’s Canteen shows Frome’s appetite for delicious, responsibly sourced and affordable food
Celebrating Environmenstrual Week with discount codes for plastic-free period products
Are you tired of contributing to plastic waste every month with your period products, or are you caring for someone who menstruates and seeking more eco-friendly alternatives? You’re in luck! The demand for sustainable period … Read more...
Sustainable Fashion Week 2024 in Frome
Sustainable Fashion Week Ignites Passion for Clothing Repair in Frome. For the second consecutive year, continuing our mission to inspire a shift away from fast fashion. With record numbers in attendance, Everyone Needs Pockets hosted 17 … Read more...
Sewing the Seeds of Sustainable Fashion: how a Somerset town is re-growing its textile heritage
Written by Owen King A project inviting people to grow a square metre of flax is exploring the relationships between ourselves, nature and clothing. Photo credited to: Valentina Culley-Foster: photo@vculleyfoster.com Mobile: +447510126858 Website: www.vculleyfoster.com In this job, … Read more...
Save money and get tips this autumn with the Fairer Warmth tool
Frome Town Council’s Healthy Homes team are inviting Frome residents to sign up to Fairer Warmth, an online tool designed to help people save energy, access local and national grant funding for home improvements and … Read more...
Coming Up: Plastic Free Period Events
Join Us at plastic Free. Period events on the 24th & 25th September
Art Materials Give and Take a Run-away Success
Our wonderful local artists have been working with Future Shed to co-ordinate an art materials give and take project. Reusing what we already have is really important for our planet – and donating makes us feel good! … Read more...
The Plastic Problem in Period Products
Did you know that your tampons contain endocrine-disrupting phthalates and are likely to be contaminated with nanoplastics and harmful chemicals such as PFAS, arsenic and lead? The skin in and around the vagina absorbs chemicals … Read more...
Come along to the next Community Retrofit Talk: Understanding You Home, in Frome Town Hall on Tuesday 23rd July at 7.30pm – 9pm.
Retrofit: Understanding your home is the next in a series of Frome Community Retrofit talks, hosted by Community Retrofit Lead Sally Richards. The free event will explore how you can make your home more efficient in terms of energy … Read more...