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ECO Action Celebrates Three Years — And Launches a New Chapter

More than 70 residents, volunteers, partners, councillors, and supporters came together to celebrate ECO Action’s 3rd Anniversary in a positive and inspiring event marking both the organisation’s achievements so far and the launch of its next chapter.

The celebration combined music, conversation, and presentations with opportunities for guests to connect with local groups, initiatives, and volunteers helping to build a greener, healthier future across Windsor & Maidenhead.

The event also introduced ECO Action’s new strategy, which sees the organisation move beyond a single physical Hub and instead focus on reaching more people through communities, libraries, local events, partnerships, and neighbourhood initiatives such as Love Our Street.

Guests heard from local MP Josh Reynolds, who spoke about the growing importance of local action in tackling climate and environmental challenges. He highlighted his support for the cross-party National Emergency Briefing call, urging Government to provide the public with clear, science-led information on climate and nature risks.

Josh also spoke about his ongoing work challenging sewage pollution in local rivers and emphasised the importance of community pressure in driving change. As he told attendees: “Pressure works. Show up, make the case, refuse to go away, and things do shift.”

Although unable to attend in person, broadcaster and environmental campaigner Peter Gibbs sent a supportive message praising the role the ECO Action Hub has played in helping residents access trusted advice, practical support, and local expertise.

Peter said: “To do ‘the right thing’, people need reliable advice… which is why something like the ECO Action Hub is so important.” He also highlighted the importance of supporting nature locally, including making gardens more wildlife-friendly across the borough.

Three years on from its launch, the message from the event was clear: ECO Action’s next phase is not about slowing down — it is about growing outward into the community and inspiring even more people to take practical local action.

“Where your money goes shapes the future.”

What if your pension, savings or bank account were quietly funding fossil fuels, pollution or deforestation — without you even realising it?

Ethical finance is moving rapidly into the mainstream, with more people now asking where their money is invested and whether it aligns with the future they want to see.

Money is never neutral. Read our upcoming ECO Matters Article here to discover how your small financial choices can help shape a greener future.

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash1

🎉 ECO Action Turns 3

We’re turning three—and it’s a moment of both celebration and transition.

Join Us for the last time in the Hub to Celebrate & Shape What’s Next … on Saturday May 16th.

In the past three years, ECO Action has grown into a vibrant community, helping people across Windsor & Maidenhead taking actions for a greener, healthier future. Together, we’ve built momentum, partnerships, and practical local action.

Now, we’re evolving. This event marks:

  • 🌱 Our 3rd anniversary
  • 🏡 The closing of our physical Hub
  • 🚀 The launch of our next chapter

🌍 Why This Event Matters

We’re moving from a single location to reaching more people, in more places, in more ways. Come to the party in our Hub at The Nicholson Centre and:

  • Hear about our new 2026+ strategy
  • Discover how we’ll work through communities, libraries, and local initiatives
  • Explore simple ways to get involved
  • Meet others who care about making a difference locally

👉 Whether you’ve been with us from the start or are just curious, this is for you.

🎯 What We’re Aiming To Do

This isn’t just a celebration—it’s a call to action. We want to:

  • Inspire more people to take small, meaningful steps
  • Invite new volunteers to get involved
  • Share practical initiatives like Love Our Street
  • Build stronger connections across local groups and partners

🗓️ Event Highlights

From 10:00am: 🥂 Welcome with drinks & cake as you arrive and live music 🎶

Special Guests: Including Peter Gibbs (Radio 4), Josh Reynolds (MP), RBWM Mayor Sian Martin, Karen Davies (Lead Cllr for Sustainability).

10:30 – 11:00: 🎤 Short talks celebrating what we’ve achieved, what’s changing—and why, and our vision for the future

11:00 – 1:00: 🤝 Explore & connect with our teams:

  • The new ECO Action strategy
  • Community and partner stalls
  • “Love Our Street” pilot opportunities
  • Status on the RBWM’s plans and updates
  • The Climate Emergency Coalition (CEC) group
  • ☕ Informal conversations, ideas, and collaboration

🌟 Looking Ahead

Our next chapter is about:

  • Working within local libraries instead of a single Hub
  • Taking action out into communities and events
  • Growing initiatives like Love Our Street
  • Offering deeper engagement opportunities for those who want to do more

💚 Come Celebrate With Us

This is a chance to reflect on what we’ve achieved together, meet like-minded people and be part of what comes next: Let’s celebrate—and inspire even more people to do a bit more for our planet.

AI, Sustainability & Community Values

A Two-Page Thought Leadership Perspective from ECO Action

Technology, Responsibility & Opportunity

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded into modern society. From communications and web design to research, administration and creative work, AI tools are increasingly shaping how organisations operate.

For values-led organisations like ECO Action, this raises important questions around ethics, sustainability, authenticity and responsibility.

That’s a conversation worth having. We’ve thought about these issues and have agreed an approach … you can read more about what we’ve decided here.

Repair Cafe Saturday 9th May

Bring your treasured broken possessions to our Repair Cafe and give them new life! See our team rebuilding, repairing and recycling things that might otherwise be thrown away.

Register here to bring something for repair and reserve your time-slot.
Or email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.

Open from 10:00 to 1:00. Repair skills available 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!

Do you know about the “People’s Emergency Briefing”?

Maidenhead residents are invited to attend a community screening 

Last November, over a thousand people attended an event in Central Hall, Westminster, entitled The National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature. Senior figures attending were drawn from many walks of life – e.g. business, faith, politics, civil service, academia and the arts – and there were many famous faces in the audience including actress Jennifer Saunders, business guru Deborah Meaden and chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Despite this remarkable turnout, the event was given scant coverage in most parts of the media – not just in the national press but, surprisingly, also BBC News and ITV News.

The event was opened by the naturalist Chris Packham – a very familiar face for viewers of BBC nature programmes – together with Professor Mike Berners-Lee, author of “There is no Planet B” amongst other bestselling books.

The aim of the event was to pull together and present the latest data about climate change and related issues, for decision-makers in law, policy, science, business and other important fields.

Presenters included specialists in emissions, health, food security, meteorology and nature-based solutions, all with a mission to review the evidence base and present thinking about the action needed in the short and medium term to avoid the negative – and accumulating – risks of climate change.

Here in the UK, it’s tempting to think that climate change will only really have major effects on far-flung parts of the world – some Pacific islands which will lose their coastal areas or even be submerged. But this event made it clear that the UK – and Europe – is far from insulated against those negative effects, and will in fact be exposed to a whole range of damaging consequences. As we are learning, these include a change in sea levels, increased risk of flooding, and unexpected extreme weather events, with the consequent effect on other parts of the ecosystem such as crop damage, wildfires and biodiversity loss.

The meeting focused on the real risks which those phenomena are likely to present in the future and – perhaps more importantly – what we can all do to offset the risks and minimise the damage caused.

The evidence presented has been gathered together and turned into a 45-minute film, which will be screened at Norden Farm at 10.30am on Saturday April 18th – tomorrow. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Joshua Reynolds MP and Councillor Karen Davies, the Royal Borough’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Biodiversity. 

Tickets cost £5 and are available from Norden Farm Box Office.

Repair Cafe Saturday 11th April

Bring your treasured broken possessions to our Repair Cafe and give them new life! See our team rebuilding, repairing and recycling things that might otherwise be thrown away.

Register here to bring something for repair and reserve your time-slot.
Or email the Repair Café team on repair.maidenhead@gmail.com.

Open from 10:00 to 13:00. Repair skills available 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!

🌱 VOLUNTEERS COORDINATOR ROLE

Dear Volunteers and Supporters.

Our wonderful Volunteers Coordinator, Harpreet, is moving on to an exciting new role (great news for her!) — which means we’re now looking for someone to take on this hugely important role within ECO Action.

As you know, everything we do depends on volunteers. And as we evolve — especially with changes to how we run our Hub — supporting, connecting and growing our volunteer community is more important than ever.

This role sits right at the heart of ECO Action. It’s about welcoming new people, helping them find their place, and keeping our volunteer community active, informed and connected.

We’ll make sure there’s a smooth handover from Harpreet, so you’ll be well supported stepping in.

If you enjoy connecting people, organising things, and being part of a friendly, purpose-driven team — this could be a great fit.

👉 Interested?

We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you into our team!!

🎉 ECO Action Turns 3

Join Us to Celebrate & Shape What’s Next on Saturday May 16th

We’re turning three—and it’s a moment of both celebration and transition.

In the past three years, ECO Action has grown into a vibrant community, helping people across Windsor & Maidenhead taking actions for a greener, healthier future. Together, we’ve built momentum, partnerships, and practical local action.

Now, we’re evolving. This event marks:

  • 🌱 Our 3rd anniversary
  • 🏡 The closing of our physical Hub
  • 🚀 The launch of our next chapter

🌍 Why This Event Matters

We’re moving from a single location to reaching more people, in more places, in more ways. Come to the party in our Hub at The Nicholson Centre and:

  • Hear about our new 2026+ strategy
  • Discover how we’ll work through communities, libraries, and local initiatives
  • Explore simple ways to get involved
  • Meet others who care about making a difference locally

👉 Whether you’ve been with us from the start or are just curious, this is for you.

🎯 What We’re Aiming To Do

This isn’t just a celebration—it’s a call to action. We want to:

  • Inspire more people to take small, meaningful steps
  • Invite new volunteers to get involved
  • Share practical initiatives like Love Our Street
  • Build stronger connections across local groups and partners

🗓️ Event Highlights

From 10:00am: 🥂 Welcome with drinks & cake as you arrive and live music 🎶

Special Guests: Including Peter Gibbs (Radio 4), Josh Reynolds (MP), RBWM Mayor Sian Martin, Karen Davies (Lead Cllr for Sustainability).

10:30 – 11:00: 🎤 Short talks celebrating what we’ve achieved, what’s changing—and why, and our vision for the future

11:00 – 1:00: 🤝 Explore & connect with our teams:

  • The new ECO Action strategy
  • Community and partner stalls
  • “Love Our Street” pilot opportunities
  • Status on the RBWM’s plans and updates
  • The Climate Emergency Coalition (CEC) group
  • ☕ Informal conversations, ideas, and collaboration

🌟 Looking Ahead

Our next chapter is about:

  • Working within local libraries instead of a single Hub
  • Taking action out into communities and events
  • Growing initiatives like Love Our Street
  • Offering deeper engagement opportunities for those who want to do more

💚 Come Celebrate With Us

This is a chance to reflect on what we’ve achieved together, meet like-minded people and be part of what comes next: Let’s celebrate—and inspire even more people to do a bit more for our planet.

Eco Question Time & Peoples Emergency Briefing Film

Norden Farm Saturday 18th APRIL 10:30 to 12:30

What to expect

Based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster, as covered by ITV, C4, & the Times. Followed by a short open discussion about what we can do and what it means locally.

  • A powerful 45-minute “level-setting” film featuring Chris Packham, Mike Berners-Lee, Deborah Meaden, surprise guests, and a wide range of other Brits.
  • Clear, evidence-based insights from leading UK experts with a shared understanding of the challenges — and the solutions

Join the conversation

Come along, watch the film, and be part of a constructive, solutions-focused discussion about what we can do next — as individuals and as a community.

After the screening, there will be a live Q&A discussion with Joshua Reynolds MP and Cllr Karen Davies. This is your chance to ask questions and join the discussion.

When and Where?

  • Saturday 18 April from 10:30 – 12:30.
  • Film runs for approximately 45 minutes
  • Followed by an open Q&A discussion.

What next?

* £4.70 donation to ECO Action and 30p cover charge to Norden Farm

Last Thought

The film is only being shown at in-person screenings, not online. Bring a friend or neighbour. Please book your seat asap. Click the QR Code for more information on the film and the Briefing.