Our next orchard working party will be on Saturday 13th July 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the orchard with another arranged for Tuesday 6th August 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.
The main focus for the next few working parties is to keep nettles and brambles from areas already cleared.
How to find us: head up Keens Lane, cross at the railway crossing into Donkey Lane. The orchard is on the right hand side. Tools and safety equipment supplied. Bring a cup for refreshments.
If you'd like to find out more about how you can join or support this project, contact me via the listed options below or come along to the meeting or working parties and have a chat with us.
Friday, 12 July 2019
Thursday, 11 July 2019
Repair Cafe
What an excellent event our Repair Café on the 29th June turned out to be. We had 9 fixers and a host of facilitators all ready to help with whatever came in to surprise us. We had radios, amp, TV, chainsaw, toys, lamps, slow cooker, food mixer, trousers, a coffee machine and a brooch to name just some of the items. Of the 28 items that came through the door, we were able to fix 17, give advice on 5 and unfortunately could not fix 6. Some of the items even went home with the fixers to fix in their own time, that’s dedication for you!
We have now run 3 Repair Cafés and are delighted with the level of support and interest from our fellow villagers. This means that we are confident that regular Repair Cafés will continue.
For those who aren't aware, Greening Chinnor are part of the Community Action Group Project Oxfordshire (CAG Oxfordshire) who are funded and supported by Oxfordshire County Council (OCC). There are over 65 community action groups like us in the network and as part of this network, last year we signed up for the Oxfordshire Repair Cafe Project.
We are pleased to say that OCC and the "CAG project" won two national recycling awards for the Repair Café Oxfordshire project which was recognised by the judges for bringing together communities and positive action to reduce waste. More on this award can be found on the OCC website.
If you wondered if anything was done with the information on items coming through our Repair Cafés, then you will be interested to know that information on all the items brought in and the outcome (fixed, not fixed, advice given) is logged and then fed into two databases, CAG Oxfordshire (which in turn is fed into Oxfordshire County Council) and the "Restart Project’s" national database. This is of particular interest as the data collected at Repair Cafes and Restart Parties is very valuable, as it allows community repair groups to quantify their environmental impact and it helps "The Restart Project" document, over time, key barriers to repairables.
Our thanks to everone who has been involved in the Chinnor Repair Cafes and enabled this project to be so successful.
Our next Repair Café will be held on Saturday 23rd November at Chinnor Village Hall.
We have now run 3 Repair Cafés and are delighted with the level of support and interest from our fellow villagers. This means that we are confident that regular Repair Cafés will continue.
For those who aren't aware, Greening Chinnor are part of the Community Action Group Project Oxfordshire (CAG Oxfordshire) who are funded and supported by Oxfordshire County Council (OCC). There are over 65 community action groups like us in the network and as part of this network, last year we signed up for the Oxfordshire Repair Cafe Project.
We are pleased to say that OCC and the "CAG project" won two national recycling awards for the Repair Café Oxfordshire project which was recognised by the judges for bringing together communities and positive action to reduce waste. More on this award can be found on the OCC website.
If you wondered if anything was done with the information on items coming through our Repair Cafés, then you will be interested to know that information on all the items brought in and the outcome (fixed, not fixed, advice given) is logged and then fed into two databases, CAG Oxfordshire (which in turn is fed into Oxfordshire County Council) and the "Restart Project’s" national database. This is of particular interest as the data collected at Repair Cafes and Restart Parties is very valuable, as it allows community repair groups to quantify their environmental impact and it helps "The Restart Project" document, over time, key barriers to repairables.
Our thanks to everone who has been involved in the Chinnor Repair Cafes and enabled this project to be so successful.
Our next Repair Café will be held on Saturday 23rd November at Chinnor Village Hall.
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Repair Cafe 29th June 2019 - Booking Form
Plans are now being finalised for our latest Repair Cafe in Chinnor. We will be open from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and will accept items up to 12:00 pm (to give the fixers a chance to fix things). Check out our FAQs page to see the sort of items we accept.
If you would like to let us know what you indend to bring, our Booking Form can be found here. It is a short form but it will give us an expectation of what will be coming in.
Please note that we cannot guarantee a time slot or that we will be able to fix your item.
If you would like to let us know what you indend to bring, our Booking Form can be found here. It is a short form but it will give us an expectation of what will be coming in.
Please note that we cannot guarantee a time slot or that we will be able to fix your item.
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