Please fix our throw away economy!
Our Repair Cafe lead volunteer, Maddie Howe, with our MP Emma Reynolds at a Repair Cafe in Parliament, along with 100 other Repair Cafes from across the UK, calling for a ‘right to repair’.
Craft Club on Fridays!
Craft Club starting up! Every Friday afternoon from 2-4 in our Refresh shop in Church Street.
Free Bunny Ear and Easter Chick workshops
Free Bunny Ears and Easter Chick workshops - Eden Shopping Centre 21st March 11-3 and in Refresh Shop at 16 Church Street on Thursday 2nd and 9th April 12.30-3.30
No-news news
News - or rather no-news
Its what you all want to know - where are we moving to?
We still aren’t saying until the lease is signed, but we do know that if we sign the lease, we’ll be moving before Christmas…
Sust-brain-ability
The US not for profit re-make has identified five steps we can all take to shift to an eco-friendly approach to buying fashion.
Batwings and Spiders!
Halloween children’s craft activities: batwings and spiders!
Following on from the success of the CraftJam in the spring, and Crafty Fridays over the summer, we hosted a special Halloween chldrens’s craft event in half term.
4,000 bulbs planted!
4,000 bulbs in the ground!
With just 14 people for less than 4 hours over 2 days. Amazing how little it takes to make a big difference!
Come and join the team
So many ways to join in at Refresh. If you like ‘playing shop’, you’ll be welcome! But there are lots of other opportunities too!
Climate Fresk Workshop - not to be missed
We are really lucky to be hosting a Climate Fresk part of the international Fresk movement. It’s on Saturday 27th September, 10-1 next door to the Refresh shop in the Chiltern Shopping Centre. What’s more, the tickets are much cheaper than you would normally pay!
Parties aren’t just for the summer!
We took our first step in setting up a Library of Things in the summer, and called it a summer party pack. But of course, parties are not confined to the summer!
Terrific Tuesdays and Crafty Fridays
Terrific Tuesdays and Crafty Fridays - a terrifically crafty partnership between Refresh, All Saints Church and BNU, throughout the school holidays that inspired children to craft, (and quietly introduce the idea that re-using left over materials is also good for the planet).
Climate Fresk Workshop
Your opportunity to get to grips with the science and build an action plan for yourself and your community
Repair Cafe is four years old!
Since the second Saturday in August in 2021 a group of volunteers that know how to repair things have met at All Saints Church in the middle of Wycombe, and seen nearly 700 items, from an industrial floor cleaner, through a WW1 poppy, to a 70 year old teddy, with lots of ordinary things in between!