Wellingborough Eco Group was set up to help protect
and improve our borough’s environment and care for
nature, to reduce, reuse, repair and recycle items that
would otherwise end up in landfill, and to help local
people reduce their carbon footprints.
Our base is at Eco Hub, Glamis Hall, Wellingborough NN8 3RU.
We started as a community group in 2019, and with a
growing demand for our services, we became a
Community Interest Company in December 2024.
The group is open to everyone and aims to collaborate
with local councillors, businesses and other community
organisations. Our current projects include:
Repair Café which is held once a month where people
can bring along all sorts of broken items and our
volunteer repairers will do their best to fix them.
Swap Shops held twice a week where people can bring
clothes or household items they don’t want, to swap for
other things they need. Alternatively they can give a
small donation for items they want.
Litter Picking Events on the last Saturday of the month
where we clear up a different area each time. We also
work with Wellie Wombles.
Sew Social, a sewing and crafts group which meets
once a week to work on their own or collaborative
projects.
Food Sharers held twice a week (usually at the same
times as Swap Shop) where people can take food,
rescued from local supermarkets, for free or a small
donation if they can afford it.
School Uniform Bank where anyone can donate
outgrown school uniforms for others to take.
Happy Café, which usually takes place the same time as
Swap Shop and Food Sharers, where anyone can come
along for a chat and get a hot drink and a meal.
Replay Games, which takes place one evening a week
where anyone can meet to play board games or old
computer games.
Tree Planting in the parks around Wellingborough, which
is organised during the winter months in conjunction
with North Northants Council.
Tiny Forests, which we have worked on jointly with other
organisations. This is a Japanese method of creating a
small native woodland very quickly. It can be used for
educational purposes, as well as to enhance the
environment and sequester carbon dioxide.
Community Allotment which holds working parties once
a week to allow anyone to learn to grow vegetables and
other plants and which also incorporates a small tree
nursery.
Green Drinks once a month, in a local pub, to socialise
and discuss environmental issues.
Nature Rangers group which collaborates with other
organisations to help to give plants, trees, birds, insects
and animals a chance to thrive by restoring habitats and
by caring for our wild creatures.
These are our current projects, but where we can, we try
to take any opportunities to protect our local
environment and help the community, so our activities
will change and expand over time.
