New reality
Has it dawned on you yet? The world we took for granted no longer exists and is not coming back. The virus is not an anomaly in an otherwise healthy world it is the signal of the collapse of the globalized neo-liberal free market dream. It always was a fragile system, it doesn’t matter which…
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…
Llanfyllin institute garden wins national gardens scheme award
Its an underused space behind the institute building that previously they paid to have strimmed and trimmed year to keep it tidy. Now it is on its way to being a focal point for community growing for the Tanat & Cain valley community and is paying its own rent back to the institute instead of…
Share energy
Community owned and run energy schemes offer huge advantages, not least a chance for communities to invest in energy schemes that will enable sustainable ethical investment into infrastructure that we will all benefit from. It also decentralizes the planning a implementation of energy schemes, all good in terms of increasing resilience.
Horticulture project
BRACE horticulture are creating a headquarters for community growing in Llanfyllin
Repair Cafe – help required
The next Llanfyllin Repair Cafe is on 1st Feb and after the huge success of the previous event we would appreciate more help in the Cafe part and also some homemade cakes or savoury snacks for visitors and helpers. We start setting up at 10 am, doors open at 12, clearing away is from 3-4pm. Lunch…
Agenda item for next meeting
Constitution: We hope the group is ready to agree on our constitution. This will help define the group, allow us to move forward and to apply for funding. The garden group met with PAVO officer George Stroud today who can advise us on how to develop our constitution as we evolve and to help us…
What next for BRACE?
BRACE llanfyllin has been active for one year already, what have we achieved?