Let’s Keep Wells Beautiful
with Sustainability Events
You’ll find a list of local events here.
If you have organised a local event like a litter pick, a local food market, a climate justice march or anything that shows your love for our planet home just drop us the info at sustwells@gmail.com and we’ll get it published here.
Click on an event below for more details
Repair Saturday at The Library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Ancient Trees, Modern Responsibility
Join us on Monday 27th April, 7.00–8.30pm, for an inspiring evening celebrating veteran trees and our natural environment.
Hear from a range of knowledgeable guest speakers, including Tanya Smith from the Tor Hill Lane Project, who will share insights from recent veteran tree surveys, and Simon Gaddes from the Civic Society, who will outline plans to help protect the natural heritage of Wells. We’ll also be joined by Matt Witt (tothetrees.co.uk), who will explore the wider importance of trees and why they matter to us all.
Discover more about the remarkable trees in and around Wells, learn how they can be protected, and find out how you can get involved in caring for our local environment.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
The People’s Emergency Briefing Screening
Come and see the 45 minute film that is taking the country by storm ! Find out what those who know consider to be the likely impacts on our communities of Climate Change … and join the conversation about what we can do.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Repair Saturday at The Library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Repair Saturday at The Library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Repair Saturday at The Library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Successful Seed Sowing !
It’s a chance to sow some seeds with Propagator Extraordinaire Jane Sweetman. Find out how to sow seeds well ! We’ll be outside The Lawrence Centre and there will be refreshments on hand. If the weather gets a wee bit frisky we’ll be sowing indoors. Seeds, compost and containers will be provided … but of course you can bring along your own if you prefer. No charge but donations gratefully received !
March Act To Adapt Get Together
Join Tamsin Southby from Dampsmart who is talking about why some homes are more expensive to heat, and Jo Stephenson, from Bishop’s Palace Community garden, and Steve and Lily from Root Connections providing tips on how to grow vegetables in your garden.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Repair Saturday at The Library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
January Act To Adapt Get Together
Join guest speakers when we’ll be looking at a section of the Act To Adapt Plan for Wells all about why making space for a pond is such a good idea.
Freecycle Cancelled
It is set up like a car boot sale but no money changes hands – everything is given away free and this helps unwanted things get reused not trashed.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Dodd Room at The Portway Annexe for an evening making a sustainable, compostable Christmas Wreath.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Dodd Room at The Portway Annexe for an evening making a sustainable, compostable Christmas Wreath.
Make and Mend Christmas Gift Fair
Don’t miss handcrafted gifts from local makers - we’re holding our first Christmas Craft Fair at The Portway Annexe on Saturday 6th December.
Freecycle
It is set up like a car boot sale but no money changes hands – everything is given away free and this helps unwanted things get reused not trashed.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
November Act To Adapt Get Together
Join Buffy Fletcher from Westbury Trees and Kate when we’ll be looking at a section of the Act To Adapt Plan for Wells all about how we can better care for our trees
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
October Act To Adapt - POSTPONED - NEXT GET TOGETHER MONDAY 24th NOVEMBER
We’ll be looking at a section of the Act To Adapt Plan for Wells all about how we can better care for our trees
Repair Saturday at the library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
WEN Eco Week +
A dedicated initiative spanning 10 days, aimed at elevating awareness, promoting sustainable practices, and celebrating community efforts towards environmental preservation
Freecycle
It is set up like a car boot sale but no money changes hands – everything is given away free and this helps unwanted things get reused not trashed.
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
Repair Saturday at the library
See if our repairers can fix your broken stuff at the Wells library - sorry, there is no café at this event.
Make and Mend
Come along to the Portway Annexe for a monthly meet-up to share or learn how to upcycle, repurpose, repair and revive your clothing or other textiles.
July Gathering - Film Night
The film’s producers write:
“Weaving together indiginous voices across generations and communities the documentary uses storytelling as a conduit for ancestral wisdom”
Come and join us
Wells Repair Café
Come along for a cuppa and cake and see if our repairers can fix your broken item.