Author: Harriet James

Donations invited – unwanted clothing, fabrics and textiles. Friday 27th September – Friday 1st November

We are excited to announce a Sustainable Fashion Event, set to take place in early 2025. We are seeking donations of no-longer wanted clothes, textiles, and fabrics from the public. Donated materials and items will be upcycled and repurposed for the event or redistributed locally.  Sustainable Warminster invites the public to donate unwanted clothing of all ages and genders, fabrics, and textiles – which can be dropped off at Warminster Library on Fridays over the next six-weeks: 3-4pm from Friday 27th September until Friday 1st November 2024.

For more about Sustainable Fashion: https://sustainablewarminster.co.uk/sustainable-fashion-event-2025/

Energy Advice Tea Party – Saturday 26th October 2024

Warm homes, lower energy bills. Free advice on how to keep your home warm, save energy and get help with bills.

All welcome! Free entry. Warminster Civic Centre, 2-4pm.

Refreshments and a warm welcome – cakes and drinks.

Half-term children’s craft activities with Arty Pants Art Club – giant energy mural and lightbulb door hangers!

Cycloneworks traffic lights cycling competition for adults and children.

Who can pedal hard enough to get the green light?

Quizzes

Friendly, professional Energy Advisors on hand to answer your questions

Warm & Safe Wiltshire, Centre for Sustainable Energy, Wessex Water, SSE Electricity Networks, Wiltshire Energy, Cranborne Chase Dark Sky Reserve, National Energy Action, Warminster Foodbank, Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy

Warminster Neighbourhood Plan

The Neighbourhood Plan gives people who live here and who know Warminster best, a voice and an opportunity to proactively shape a future vision for your town, to guide future development, and meet local needs and aspirations. Neighbourhood plans contain policies and proposals that will be used in decisions on planning applications. 

The plan is being reviewed. You will have a chance to comment on a draft plan later in 2024. https://www.warminsterplan.com/

https://www.warminsterplan.com/post/neighbourhood-plan-update-apr-24

Toad Patrol

The Smallbrook toads have finished breeding and are heading away from their ponds.

These are the numbers the toad patrol recorded this Spring:

If you normally use Smallbrook Road as a short cut between Plants Green/ Gipsy Lane and Upper/Lower Marsh Road, please try to avoid doing so after dark, as up to 20% of the toads we find have been killed by passing cars, even though it’s now a 30mph road.

And keep an eye out for the Toad Patrollers who help the toads to cross safely!

https://www.facebook.com/Warminstertoadpatrol

Warminster Town Council are requesting that Wiltshire Council Highways assess temporary closure of Smallbrook Road starting next year, for a month each spring.

We always welcome new toad patrol volunteers, so if you are interested please contact warminstertoadpatrol@gmail.com

A large pregnant female toad