Following the successful launch of the Repair Cafe Sandbach over the last few months, news is spreading beyond the borders of Sandbach of this environmental initiative aimed at reducing items going to landfill. Sandbach Partnership were recently approached by BBC Radio Stoke about the initiative. Project Lead, Helen Dorney took the opportunity for a live interview with Lee Blakeman.
Saturday 28th October saw the return of Spooky Saturday to the famous cobbles operated by Sandbach Partnership. Hundreds of people flocked to this spooktacular event which took place between 3pm and 6pm on the cobbles and in St Mary’s Church Hall. Featuring a range of activities and entertainment for all the family, residents of Sandbach were treated to street theatre by Saxon Players together with a backdrop of music and fancy dress. Free activities were available for all to enjoy including face painting,
Date: Saturday 18th November Time: 11am until 2pm Location: New Horizons (part of Unity Methodist Church), Crewe Road, Sandbach CW11 3RT Our volunteer fixers are looking forward to welcoming you to the next Repair Café Sandbach. We hope to continue every 3rd Saturday of the month at alternate venues between Wheelock and St Peters’ Church Hall, Elworth. Both locations have ample parking and good disabled access. Repair Cafés are all about repairing things. You bring your broken items from home and our Fixers, who are
Saturday 28th October saw the return of Spooky Saturday to the famous cobbles operated by Sandbach Partnership. Hundreds of people flocked to this spooktacular event which took place between 3pm and 6pm on the cobbles and in St Mary’s Church Hall. Featuring a range of activities and entertainment for all the family, residents of Sandbach were treated to street theatre by Saxon Players together with a backdrop of music and fancy dress. Free activities were available for all to enjoy including face painting,
Sandbach Partnership held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 19th October. As part of the meeting the Partnership adopted a new constitution which provides for an expansion of the management team amongst other updates. The minutes are available on the meetings tab. Venue: St Peters Church Hall, Elworth For more information please contact info@sandbachpartnership.co.uk
Date: Saturday 16th September Time: 11am until 2pm Location: New Horizons (part of Unity Methodist Church) Crewe Road, Wheelock, CW11 3RT The first Sandbach Repair Café took place on Saturday 16th September from 11am to 2pm at New Horizons, Unity Methodist Church, Wheelock, Sandbach. We hope to continue every 3rd Saturday of the month at alternate venues between Wheelock and St Peters’ Church Hall, Elworth. Both locations have ample parking and good disabled access. Repair Cafés are all about repairing things. You bring your broken
Sandbach Partnership is looking to bring to Sandbach its first Repair Café! UK households generated 222.2 million tonnes of total waste in 2018 (source: Gov.uk). With a focus on waste reduction, we hope that we can have a small impact with this proposed new initiative, whilst also sharing skills and enhancing community cohesion right here in Sandbach. The Repair Café Sandbach will be affiliated with Repair Café Wales (as there is no organisation for England), where Sandbach has already been listed as
Date: Saturday 21st October Time: 11am until 2pm Location: St Peter’s Church Hall, Elworth, Sandbach Our volunteer fixers are looking forward to welcoming you to the next Repair Café Sandbach. We hope to continue every 3rd Saturday of the month at alternate venues between Wheelock and St Peters’ Church Hall, Elworth. Both locations have ample parking and good disabled access. Repair Cafés are all about repairing things. You bring your broken items from home and our Fixers, who are unpaid local volunteers, will try and
Repair Café Sandbach are seeking volunteer fixers to support their efforts to reduce the number of items going to landfill and to save people money. You don’t need to be a professional fixer to get involved; all you need is to be confident, competent and happy to give your time to make a positive difference to the environment, and to your local community. Venues are currently being sourced for Repair Café Sandbach events and are aimed to take place on the
To mark His Majesty The King’s Coronation thousands of organisations across the country got together to give us all the chance to help out in our own local communities. We co-ordinated a 3 hour Big Help Out volunteering event for all local residents. Despite the rainy bank holiday weather, over 60 people turned out to voluntarily improve our town. The OPPORTUNITY: spring planting and spruce up of the local train station pick weeds and/or litter at the Scotch Common area in the town centre paint