In response to some very early verge cutting, BRACE members sent the following email to Powys County Council asking them to look into the timing and frequency of verge cutting across the county.
Category: News and Information
BRACE receives an £8,000 grant from Cae Post
BRACE has been awarded a grant of £8,000 by Cae Post, a recycling charity which is distributing its funds prior to closure. A large portion of the fund will be earmarked to create a Library of Things, which is a lending library for tools and equipment to save people having to buy objects that they…
Severn Rivers Trust update
The latest update from the Severn Rivers Trust is packed with lots of useful information and events. It’s definitely worth a look. Click the link below to have a read!
Powys Localities Fund – Future Designs Report
Using funds from the UK Community Renewal Fund, Arts Connection have brought together members of the local community to get a clearer understanding of what’s working locally, what barriers exist, and what the community needs. Aiming to create more awareness of the opportunities that exist locally, their Future Designs report set out to create an action plan for improving things for the future.
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….
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…
Future Ready Homes
Calling all homeowners! Severn Wye Energy Agency is providing free retrofit advice as part of a new pilot scheme to accelerate retrofits called Future Ready Homes.
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…
A week of panic & uncertainty
We have known for years that our complex interconnected global community, with just in time delivery and lean stocking is vulnerable to significant disruption. As we continue to witness climate breakdown it has felt important for us to focus on developing a stronger local-food economy with more diversity and shorter supply lines. The Covid virus…