MCS has launched its ‘Get A Heat Pump’ website. It’s free to use and offers completely independent guidance. You’ll find information, tools and guidance to help you learn about heat pumps, choose the right type, estimate costs, understand the installation process, and more.
See – https://www.getaheatpump.org.uk/
The Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling cherished items that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
Help us freshen up our style, our walls, our Hub!
What are we doing over Christmas? We think it’s time for a fresh look for the new year! We’ll be busy refining ‘the walls’ in the Hub. And we need your help and your great ideas!
Come and help be part of it! We’re closing on Christmas Eve, then after Christmas we’re opening our doors for our teams of helpers to put “the new look” on the walls:
Want to find out more? Come in and talk to us or email the Eco Action Team with your details. Let’s have a chat!
The Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling cherished items that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
The Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling cherished items that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
Cookham Footprint is hosting a SMART ENERGY SHOW on Saturday 23rd November from 13:00 – 16:30 at Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Moor Hall Cookham SL6 9HQ!!
Peter Gibbs, meteorologist and broadcaster, will start the talks at 1.30pm explaining his enthusiasm for these technologies, and what his motivation was for installing them.
There will be short talks covering topics such as Solar Panels (pvs) and batteries, Air Source Heat pumps, Zero Emission Boilers as well as talks by WildCookham on how we can encourage wildlife into our gardens.
Need more convincing? Become inspired and informed on the exciting technologies available for home energy. Have an opportunity to speak to genuine accredited installers of Solar Panels, Batteries, Air Source Heat Pumps and Zero Emission Boilers. There will also be a national insulation company, who can advise on government grants. All companies come with recommendations from villagers, and most are themselves local.
Cookhams Footprint (part of the Climate Community in Windsor & Maidenhead) is a community energy group encouraging villagers to insulate and ultimately move away from gas. Volunteers visit Cookham homes offering free thermal imaging, explaining EPCs and how to improve their insulation.
The team includes a professional retrofit Surveyor advising on all aspects of energy & homes. He’s given many well-attended talks on Air Source Heat Pumps and how to go carbon neutral. People really appreciated an informal chat from someone with his enthusiasm and expertise.
Also there, Draughtbusters, whom many of you know is a volunteer group who will fix the draughts in your home for FREE, so you should feel warmer and reduce carbon emissions. A trained local resident will come and survey your property and undertake basic draughtproofing.
More information please visit: cookhamsfootprint.co.uk and smartenergyshow.co.uk
We’re delighted to be welcoming Filling Good Cooperative Group into our ECO Action Hub in the very near future – watch this space!! Here’s more info from our partners Filling Good:
BIG NEWS: We’re excited to announce that we are temporarily moving to the Eco Hub in Maidenhead! We’re partnering with this wonderful group while our shop gets fixed up after the recent flooding.
NEW STOCK ALERT: Come and grab your favourites this SATURDAY only! We’ve got a fresh supply of: 
Organic arborio rice, 
White & wholewheat fusilli …and many more items waiting for you to refill and reduce waste! 
Opening Hours: After Saturday 2nd, Filling Good will be TEMPORARILY CLOSED for about a week as we make the move. We’ll keep you posted on reopening!
Volunteers Needed: We will need help to make the move! If you’re not already a volunteer and would like to pitch in, please message us at shopping@fillinggood.co.uk.
If you wish to donate, you can do so at the bio on insta or through the Donation Link on Facebook: https://gofund.me/f32ed7ff We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support and generosity! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
#SaveFillingGood#Fundraising#ZeroWasteHeroes#CommunityLove#Maidenhead
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The Repair Café gives people’s broken or worn-out possessions a new lease of life! See people like yourself rebuilding, repairing and recycling cherished items that might otherwise be thrown away. Open again in our ECO-Action Hub.
Please register here if you wish to bring something for repair to reserve your time-slot: Or feel free to email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.
We open from 10:00 to 15:00. Repair skills available at this next event include:
– small electrical items (excludes microwaves and large items)
– laptops/computers, phone repairs (except screen repairs)
– IT assistance(e.g. anti-virus, software updates)
– glass repairs, book binding, fixing picture frames
– basic woodwork, small furniture items
– sewing and mending, textiles repairs
We aim to fix anything, our volunteers love to solve problems!
Look out for our future dates in 2024!
In these turbulent times, join us and experience the power of coming together to explore how we can act in service of all life on Earth – with a workshop that helps in “Exploring the ‘Spiral’ of The Work That Reconnects”
We are living through crazy, uncertain times. Everywhere we turn, we see evidence of the Great Unraveling of our society and our world: armed conflicts, global climate change, poverty, systemic racism, mass species extinctions, and the collapse of familiar institutions and support structures.
To remain conscious and engaged in these times can be heartbreaking, and the fear, grief, anger, and helplessness we feel can often seem unbearable – because it’s not just our personal pain we’re experiencing, it’s also the collective pain of all life on Earth.
Join us in this workshop as we explore together ‘The Spiral’ of The Work That Reconnects, a body of work created by deep ecologist, activist and beloved elder, Joanna Macy.
Over the 4 hours we’ll create space to tap into the deep well of our gratitude, resourcing ourselves so that we can turn to honour our pain for our world, and speak honestly of the unravelling we are experiencing in our communities and living systems.
In confronting these sorrows we’ll connect to the depths of our caring, recognise and appreciate our radical interconnectedness with all peoples and species, and understand that our flourishing is collective.
We’ll emerge energised, more able to go forth with newfound clarity about our role in The Great Turning, and with greater conviction and courage to join together to act in service of all life on Earth.
PLEASE BRING: To ensure you can enjoy the workshop, please wear comfortable clothing, and consider bringing a layer you can pop on if you get cold. Bring a refillable water bottle to keep hydrated. Bring a packed lunch/something to eat in the lunch break. The ECO Hub has a cafe, so you can also bring a refillable cup for hot drinks.
PAYMENT: We have set a donation option to reduce your ticket fee cost. The donation amount is £20, so please enter that amount to purchase your ticket. Any tickets booked below the indicated donation amount will be refunded immediately. If ordering more than one ticket please adjust accordingly e.g. 2 tickets @ £40, 3 tickets @ £60 etc. You will only receive 1 ticket in this case but we can see how many you have purchased by the amount you have paid.
EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Please click here for all booking information
Want some great ideas for how to make your Christmas Celebrations even better for our planet? How to reduce packaging, wrap responsibly, give gifts that don’t cost the earth?
Come to the ECO Action Hub Saturday 30th November between 11:00 – 14:00. We’ve got a team that are ready to help you, if you’re celebrating Christmas or any other festivals too!
Take away some fresh ideas on how to be greener at Christmas, with real examples of presents that are friendly to the environment and will save you money! See you there!!!