Join Dewi Morris alongside the River Cain for some living willow bank repairing. Using simple techniques, we will build a woven willow fence behind which we will squeeze living willow sprout parcels. Meet at Llanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring lunch and come prepared for outdoor elements. If you’d like to come along,…
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Hedgerow planting – Wednesday 1st February
Hedges and Edges: Join Dewi Morris to help plant new hedgerow plants in a restored hedge line on a farm above Llanfyllin. Meet at Llanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring lunch and come prepared for the outdoor elements. If you’d like to come along, please email volunteering@severnriverstrust.com to register.
Woodland planting – Wednesday 18th January
Join Dewi Morris for a woodland planting session. Learning about setting out a young woodland on the ground so that as the trees grow, they nurture the slow growing trees and provide food and shelter and glades to support a thriving population of local wildlife. Meet at Llanfyllin spar car park at 10.15am. Please bring…
🌳 Food Forest Design Workshop
Dolydd Gobaith will be hosting an all-day food forest design workshop on Sunday 29th January. Read on for more details.
BRACE AGM 2022
The BRACE Annual General Meeting will take place at The Cross Keys, Llanfyllin, on Thursday 27th October 2022. The meeting starts at 7pm. The agenda is as shown below. As required by our Constitution, members of the present Steering Committee will retire at the AGM although they may, and we hope will, be seeking re-election….
Can the 20 min community concept work in rural communities?
As many of you will know, BRACE has been helping PACE to carry out research locally into the amenities available locally, trying to identify any gaps in the facilities and services on offer. The research is an attempt to see whether the urban concept of 20-minute Neighbourhoods can be applied in a rural setting. The results are in! Join us on the 21st September on Zoom for a presentation of, and disucussion about, the findings.
An Update from the Llanfyllin Show
Thanks to everyone who came along and helped at the Llanfyllin Show this weekend. There was a steady stream of visitors, and there were some great conversations. We got some good contributions to our energy saving ideas too. More on that to follow. The vegetable basket raffle went down well, and helped us make back…
Volunteers needed for the Llanfyllin Food Fair!
BRACE will be having a stall at the Llanfyllin Food Fair on Sunday 11th September, from 10am. We’d love some volunteers to staff the stall and chat to people all about BRACE. If you’re free and able to help out for a shift – even just for an hour – that would be super helpful.
Help Dolydd Gobaith build a roundhouse
This September Dolydd Gobaith has an exciting new project coming up. They’re going to be building a roundhouse which will provide shelter for events and workshops throughout the year. They would love the community to be involved. If you’ve got any experience with construction or woodwork that would be fab, but otherwise just buckets of…
Holding positive community conversations
We will be hosting an introductory session on holding positive community conversations with Councillor Sian Cox. The event is free but places are limited, so early booking is recommended.