Scrapstore 'Refresh' EVERY WEDNESDAY
2023-11-01 13:30 - 16:30, 2023-12-06 13:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Chilterns Shopping Centre, Unit 8, Chilterns Shopping Centre, Frogmoor, High Wycombe, HP13 5ES, United Kingdom
Refresh Wycombe is a wonderful scrap store based in the Chiltern Shopping Centre, right here in the heart of High Wycombe. Our aim is to encourage you to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Create. We have a huge selection of surplus and unwanted stock all donated by local businesses and individuals. You may be a crafter, a teacher, an artist or a maker. We have fantastic fabrics, textiles, haberdashery items, cards, papers, foils, and shelves full of materials just waiting for you to give it a second life and use it on your next project. We are open to everyone, so come and visit us every Saturday between 10am and 4pm and Wednesday between 1:30pm and 4:30pm. We’re just next door to Primark inside the Chiltern Shopping Centre.

Please follow us on Social Media to get all the latest news.
Facebook – Refreshwycombe
Instagram – @refreshwycombe
Website – www.refreshwycombe.org

Wycombe FoE Monthly Meeting
2023-11-01 19:30 - 21:00
Format of meeting (Zoom and/or Physical location).
Agenda will be published a few days beforehand on our Home page – www.wycombefoe.org.uk.
Non-members please email us at wycombefoe@yahoo.co.uk for a Zoom invitation.
We welcome new input and faces, so let’s hear from you.

Chiltern Rangers Conservation MOST THURSDAYS
2023-11-02 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-07 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-04 10:00 - 13:00 | Wycombe Lido Swimming pool, The Rye , HighWycombe, United Kingdom
Most Thursdays the Chiltern Rangers run a volunteer conservation group which is open to all.
Come along and meet the group at Wycombe Rye Lido Car Park and keep fit while helping to take care of your local environment at woodlands.
Tools, gloves and hot drinks are provided. Please wear stout footwear and appropriate clothing suitable for outdoors activities and the weather. If you would like to get involved then please contact them – info@chilternrangers.co.uk
Check their website for details and more events.

Scrapstore 'Refresh' EVERY SATURDAY
2023-11-04 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-06 10:00 - 16:00

Prevention of environmental exploitation in armed conflict
2023-11-06
Worldwide, every 6th of November.

'Wycombe Environment' group meeting EVERY MONDAY
2023-11-06 18:30 - 19:00
Wycombe Environment (WE) is part of the Environment and Climate Change sub-group of the High Wycombe Community Board – itself part of Buckinghamshire County Council. WE is not a forum for discussion, but for action, to cut carbon and boost biodiversity.
On most Mondays, the group meets weekly for half an hour by Zoom on Mondays at 6.30 pm. If you would like to join, please email hwcb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk, with ‘WE’ in the subject line.
It was setup 10th Feb 2021.

Anniversary of Low Carbon Chilterns Cooperative (2011)
2023-11-07
LCCC is a ‘bone fide cooperative’, registered by the FSA as IPS No. 31454R on 7 November 2011. We are a member owned and run, not-for-profit, community organisation helping the community to save energy and generate its own clean power.

Wycombe Repair Café
2023-11-11 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Church Street, Church Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2DE, United Kingdom
Wycombe Repair Café is run by volunteers and organised by Wycombe Environment community group. The Repair Café is located in All Saints Parish Church in the centre of High Wycombe. Bring your broken household items (mechanical, textile or small electrical) and we may be able to repair it. Either way, there will be no charge (except if a new part is required), although any donations will be very welcome.
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, in High Wycombe.
(note also that there are other Repair Cafes nearby, eg in Marlow and Hazlemere)

Smart Energy Show
2023-11-18 09:30 - 16:30 | Court Garden, Marlow, Marlow
Residents in Buckinghamshire and neighbouring counties can get informed, involved and inspired about greener home energy by attending the Smart Energy Show in Marlow on 18 November.
The unique, free-entry educational exhibition will enable visitors to meet companies and independent experts who can advise on and deliver smart energy solutions.
There has never been a more important time to look at smarter energy to cut bills, improve comfort and help fight climate change.
Households can potentially save hundreds of pounds a year, have a more comfortable home, and greater peace of mind.

Fisheries Day
2023-11-21
World Fisheries day is celebrated every year throughout the world by the fisherfolk communities. Fishing communities worldwide celebrate this day through rallies, workshops, public meetings, cultural programs, dramas, exhibition, music show, and demonstrations to highlight the importance of maintaining the world’s fisheries.
www.gdrc.org/doyourbit/21_11-fisheries-day.html
Worldwide Event (every 21 November).

Buy Nothing Day
2023-11-24 | A WorldWide Event
It’s a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. The rules are simple, for 24 hours you will detox from shopping and anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!
Every fourth Friday in November, worldwide.
www.buynothingday.co.uk

Tree week
2023-11-25 - 2023-12-03
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest tree celebration annually launching the start of the winter tree planting season. It is a great chance for communities to do something positive for their local treescape. Each year, The Tree Council’s member organisations such as voluntary bodies and local authorities, up to 200 schools and community groups, our 8,000 Tree Wardens and many others, support the initiative by setting up fun, worthwhile and accessible events, inspiring upward of a quarter of a million people to get their hands dirty and together plant around a million trees.
UK, 4th Saturday in November, to Sunday in a week.

OTHER ECO GROUPS & EVENTS
2023-12-01, 2024-01-01
Click links below…
List of environmental events in the Wycombe area
This is a more detailed listing of individual events. It is a pinned post on the Facebook page of Wycombe Env Centre.
List of environmental organisations in the Wycombe area
Another way to find out re events. Click on the link to the organisation’s website and search for ‘what’s on’, events or similar.

Soil day
2023-12-05
To focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources.
Worldwide, every 5th December.

Wycombe FoE Xmas Gathering !
2023-12-06 19:30 - 21:00
This one is a Face to face gathering, not Zoom. Non virtual mince pies will be available. New faces welcome…
Agenda will be published a few days beforehand on our Home page – www.wycombefoe.org.uk.
Non-members please email us at wycombefoe@yahoo.co.uk for a Zoom invitation.
We welcome new input and faces, so let’s hear from you.

Refresh scrapstore closed due to Xmas
2023-12-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-12-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-03 08:00 - 17:00

Steve Morton remembrance day
2023-12-23 08:00 - 17:00
Steve Morton passed away on 23rd December 2022.
He was a committed environmentalist and hardworking WFoE coordinator. He left a large gap in the local eco community and is sorely missed.

No scrapstore due to Xmas
2023-12-27 08:00 - 17:00

No scrapstore due to Xmas/Newyear
2023-12-30 08:00 - 17:00

Wycombe FoE Monthly (POSTPONED till 10th!)
2024-01-03 19:30 - 21:00

Flackwell Heath Repair Cafe
2024-01-06 10:00 - 12:00
Flackwell Heath Repair Cafe is held at the Flackwell Heath Community Centre.

Email Pauline at info@fhrepaircafe.co.uk to book your place.

First Saturday of every month.
