Saturday 18th June, 12–3pm at the Public Institute, Llanfyllin. Email osbordersrepaircafe@gmail.com to book in your item.
Category: Projects
SmartRivers Training Course
Date and time May 25th & 26th 2022, 10am – 4pm Location Llanfyllin’s Public Institute Details There are 12 places available and all equipment will be provided Contact Please contact Dewi Morris: dewi.morris@severnriverstrust.com / 07540 113189 What is SMART Rivers? Nature’s nursery the River Cain is under stress Salmon & trout are extremely vulnerable in their early freshwater…
Repair Cafe Comes Back to Llanfyllin
The Repair Cafe comes back to Llanfyllin! Saturday 23rd April at the Public Institute. 12–3pm. Bookings only so do hurry to book in your treasured possessions by 18th April by emailing osbordersrepaircafe@gmail.com! We typically mend: mechanical, electrical, electronic and wooden objects; bikes, furniture, glass and ceramics, musical instruments, IT hardware and software and vintage valve…
Cae Bodfach Good Friday Mini Festival
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…
The Cain Valley River Group joins BRACE
If you were able to make it to the last general meeting, then you’ll already know that the Cain Valley River Group has decided to become part of BRACE. We’ll be joining forces over the next few months so that the River Group can benefit from BRACE volunteers and focus on the core activities along…
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…
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…
New Grant from Keep Wales Tidy
BRACE volunteers are looking forward to a busy planting season after being awarded a food growing planting kit. The sizeable collection of plants and materials includes 200 native bulbs, 29 flowering and fruiting shrubs, raised beds, vegetable plugs, wildflower seeds, five native fruit trees, and a compost bin. BRACE is one of the first organisations…
Community Garden: One Year On
It’s a little over a year on from the last update on the community garden, and the site is now bursting with life and providing a varied harvest of fresh, tasty, organic produce. Along with the promise of edible goodies, the garden now offers a wonderful aesthetic yield, with an abundance of greenery and the…
Community Food Growing
The Community Food Growing Project team have worked hard over the last year and now have 3 sites around Llanfyllin – behind the Public Institute, at Y Dolydd and in Brook Street. Growing spaces have been mulched with compost and are ready for more members to get involved. The main gardening time is 10 -12…