Good Friday, 1–4pm Cae Bodfach mini festival co-hosted by The Severn Rivers Trust and BRACE celebrating life in the valley past and present. Live jazz, blues and country from local band Beresford, Williams and Foote, seedling swap/sale, workshops on willow weaving and bird boxing making, stalls showcasing local charities BRACE, Dolydd Gobaith, Dolen Ffermio and…
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Have your say on upcoming meetings
Now that spring is springing and Covid restrictions have eased, we’re hoping to start organising regular BRACE meetings once a fortnight. This should give everyone more of an opportunity to find out what’s happening, get involved in projects, and start organising new activities. Hopefully we can also start bringing in outside speakers to improve everyone’s…
Recent workshops
BRACE is very grateful to the Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) for funding that enabled a series of recent workshops for members of BRACE and the wider community. Workshops have included making jams and chutneys, propagating plants, growing winter and perennial crops, and pruning fruit trees (helping to maintain the Cae Bodfach orchard in…
Upcoming Workshops
4 Workshops Before Christmas As part of the funding we received from PAVO we are running 4 more free beginners workshops before Christmas (with more after!) Please email a66diana@gmail.com to book a place. There are 10 places on each workshop so book early to avoid disappointment (some already have places taken). Propagation Friday 12th November,…
Global Day For Climate Justice
The BRACE gathering for the Global Day of Climate Justice was a great success, with a large number of people gathering in Llanfyllin market square to talk about the issues, listen to music, and send their own messages to our political leaders. Here are a few photos from the event: As part of the day…
Global Day for Climate Justice
Join us! As communities around the world unite to send a message to global leaders meeting at the Conference of The Parties (COP26) to safeguard our planet, there will be a gathering in Llanfyllin. On Saturday 6th November from 10:30, local groups including Brace and Dolen Ffermio are coming together on Market Square. Our aim…
A Successful Return for the Repair Café
OSBORDERS Repair Café returned to the Public Institute in Llanfyllin for a packed afternoon of fixing last month. After an 18 month hiatus, fixperts were delighted to gather together and share their love of saving treasured objects from the scrapheap. BRACE volunteers ran a bookings-only system to reduce numbers in the hall and put up…
The First of New Training Workshops
Community gardeners enjoyed learning about seed saving during their first workshop funded by Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations. The £2,898 award from PAVO allows BRACE to run training sessions for garden volunteers on subjects ranging from propagation to beekeeping to food preparation. Horticulturist Alison Alexander shared knowledge gained at the Milennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place…
BRACE AGM 2021
The BRACE Annual General Meeting will take place at The Cross Keys, Llanfyllin, on Thursday 28th October 2021. 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….
Community energy talk Wednesday December 9th 7.30pm
https://tinyurl.com/y6hosll3 Online talk by David Green of Sharenergy. Could we as a community get together to generate energy and income for the town?Dave will explain how Sharenergy works to make a contribution to green energy production.We’ll be online earlier for anyone who’d like a natter before the talk.