Kindness Festival
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-12 | Throughout Frome, Frome

Popup Scrapstore
2023-03-11 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Youth and Community Centre, Vallis Road, Frome, BA11 3EF
For more information or to donate scrap contact
becky@thepodcharity.org.uk
Tel: 07546 781615

Loop Community Compost Sale
2023-03-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Victoria Park, Frome, BA11 1EY
Loop say:
After months of crafting the next batch of Living compost, we are now ready to release billions on beneficial micro-organisms into Frome’s Earth microbiome.
We are offering 10L buckets for £10 (1L = £1). You can reserve by telling us how many buckets you need at info@loopfrome.org. You can either collect from Compost HQ at Victoria park on the 26th of March (3-5pm), or we are offering a zero carbon delivery in the meantime, at the cost of £5.
If you haven’t reserved we will be operating on a first come first served basis. A Pay it Forwards scheme will be on offer. Also, bring your own bucket to get £1 off!

Sustainable Frome April meeting
2023-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
A general planning meeting, open to all.
Join us at the Good Heart for shared food from 7pm. The meeting will start at 7.30pm

Sustainable Frome May meeting: Green and Healthy Frome update
2023-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Green and Healthy Frome – Future Plans – Action, Opportunities and Benefits
Green and Healthy Frome aims to help the people of Frome live green and healthy lives. After a two year trial they now have a substantial grant from the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund to carry the project forward.
At this month’s meeting, project manager and Future Shed Lead Sue Palmer, Resilience Manager Nikki Brain, and others from the GHF team, will share the plans that have been funded and the opportunities for groups, projects and people to get involved and benefit from the programme.
Join us at the Good Heart for shared food from 7pm. The meeting will start at 7.30pm

DIRT! The Movie
2023-06-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Town Hall, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB
Sustainable Frome present DIRT! The Movie.
Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis the film brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.
But more than the film and the lessons that it teaches, DIRT! The Movie is a call to action. “When humans arrived 2 million years ago, everything changed for dirt. And from that moment on, the fate of dirt and humans has been intimately linked.”
How can you affect that relationship for the better?
Refreshments available.
>> Book your free ticket here >>
Part of Great Big Green Week 2023.

Great Big Green Summer Meet Up in Victoria Park
2023-06-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Victoria Park, Frome, BA11 1EY
As part of Great Big Green Week and together with Green & Healthy Frome we’re hosting a Great Big Green Summer Meet-up in Victoria Park.
This will be a chance to get together and celebrate all the wonderful green and sustainable initiatives happening in Frome, find out what everyone is up to and make new connections. The emphasis will be on socialising and sharing, rather than a structured meeting.
Join us for a bring-your-own picnic with a free vegan ice cream for everyone who books a free ticket.
The new community café at Victoria Park will also stay open this evening for refreshments.
There will be a gazebo and tables set up for anyone wanting to bring leaflets or display materials to share information about their projects.
Book your free place (and your free vegan ice cream!) here.

From One Footprint: Charity Fundraiser for the Pachamama Alliance
2023-06-29 18:00 - 21:30 | The Awesome Studio, Station Approach, Frome, BA11 1RE, United Kingdom
Exploring what happens when we take steps towards what we care about. Can one footprint imprint on our collective consciousness?
Includes the film premiere in Frome of Walking on Thin Ice and food from the delicious Lungi Babas. Eat together, learn together!
If you can’t make the event please consider donating to this important charity, the Pachamama Alliance, that works with indigenous tribes, climate justice, protection of the Amazon and raising global consciousness. https://www.justgiving.com/page/madeleine-breathing-amazon

Timings (approx)
18.00 Doors Open
18.15 Film premiere and discussion – Jenny Shackleford
19.00 Community meal (included with ticket) from Lungi Babas and Talk – Katherine Needles
19.45 Film and talk – Kelly Roberts
20.30 Talk & discussion – Madeleine Mauwer

Ticket by Donation – all talks and food included – suggestion £9-£21 depending on what you feel able to afford >> Get tickets here >>
Opportunity to purchase artwork from Katherine Needles.

Sustainable Frome July get-together and AGM
2023-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Our usual monthly get-together plus our AGM
7pm for shared food, 7.30 for meeting.
You can order food from Good Heart before 6pm, or bring your own.

Frome's action on climate & biodiversity
2023-07-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Frome Town Football Club, Berkley Road, Frome, BA11 2EH
In 2019 Frome declared a climate emergency and held public events to create a town action plan.
Come and find out how we are doing as a community, the projects that are already happening and how we can speed up our progress to becoming a greener, healthier and more resilient town.
Free light vegan supper included.
>> Book your free ticket

Sustainable Frome Picnic, August 2023
2023-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Rodden Meadow, Frome
Picnic in Rodden Meadow, at the town end near Willow Vale, from 7pm
All welcome — Bring food to share if you can

Sustainable Frome September meeting
2023-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Planning Meeting
Various organisers and representatives from Green and Healthy Frome will be attending to discuss Sustainable Frome’s role as a coordinating hub for all sustainability / green / climate activities / campaigns / groups in Frome to make sure there is no duplication or wasted efforts. How can Sustainable Frome best fulfil that role?
Join us at the Good Heart for shared food* from 7pm. The meeting will start at 7.30pm
*You can either bring food to share OR contact Namdi in advance to order your curry – 07908 139244.

Sustainable Frome October meeting
2023-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Details coming soon …
Join us at the Good Heart for shared food from 7pm. The meeting will start at 7.30pm

The Recent Independent History of Frome
2023-10-17 19:00 | Welsh Mill Hub, Park Hill Drive, Frome, BA11 2LE
Do you want to know more about the recent ‘independent history’ of Frome?
Would you like to hear directly from some of the people who have helped build the foundations for this town being an inspiring place to live?
Then this is your chance to join the dots between then and now. Maybe you’ve recently moved to Frome and want to learn about what has gone before. Or maybe you just want to hear a story or two again.
Come to this informal evening chat with some of those who helped change Frome’s Green, Political and Artistic offerings over the last 30 years.
Annabelle Macfadyen, Peter Macfadyen, Katy Duke, Cordelia Rowlatt, Chris Smaje & Sheila Gore will set the scene and share how it started, and what happened. The chat will be facilitated by Future Shed Lead Sue Palmer, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Limited number of tickets available — Book your place HERE

Pumpkin Day, Harvest Swap and Food Festival
2023-10-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome, BA11 1BE
Part harvest swap, part hyperlocal food market, and part eating festival, the event will be full of inspiration around how climate and health can be used in food and in growing.
There will be workshops, talks, kids’ activities, community groups and a communal eating experience in the Cheese & Grain cafe, featuring a 10-mile menu.
Frome Field 2 Fork, Frome Food Network and Future Shed Frome (Green and Healthy Partnership) are working in partnership on this year’s Pumpkin Day.
Entry by donation: £3 adults. Free for kids, OAPS, low-waged and students
If you would like a stall please contact Caroline Wajsblum on 07857437608 asap, as space is limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis

Sustainable Frome November meeting
2023-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom

Frome FM radio show
2023-11-13 20:00 - 21:00 | frome.fm
The edition will hear about the framework for a new town council strategy and a town-wide explorations of Donut economics ; biodiversity and Wild about Frome; and more

Listen on 96.6FM around Frome, or online at frome.fm online, or on your smart speaker.
Broadcast on the 2nd Monday of every month, with previous shows available on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/playlists/sustainable-frome-fm/

The Life Cycle: exploring biodiversity on Kate Rawles’ 8,000 mile bike ride
2023-11-26 19:30 - 21:30
‘For me, the question has become not so much what to do as how to be’
Former university lecturer turned eco-adventurer, Kate Rawles, cycled the length of South America on a bamboo bike she built herself. En route she explored biodiversity: what it is, what’s happening to it and why losing it amounts to as great a threat as climate change. Join us to hear about the brilliant and brave activists Kate met; the highs and lows of the journey; and above all, what we can do.
Tickets: £6 in advance here, or £8 on the door

Big Green Festive Meet Up
2023-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Town Hall, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB
A festive invitation from Green & Healthy Frome and Sustainable Frome
to our community to celebrate all the great work from 2023.
Let’s come together for a green festive meet-up! After a busy 2023 where Frome’s community has once again outdone itself when it comes to actions to create a greener and healthier future admirably tackled in the face of some mighty local and global challenges, this meeting will offer a chance to relax and celebrate all of the achievements of the past 12 months. And of course, there will be mince pies!
The list of the year’s achievements by voluntary groups and individuals in Frome is certainly long – from reducing food waste, to starting new community gardens, the launch of Transition Streets in Frome, another incredibly successful Great Big Green Week, a plethora of inspiring events to support Sustainable Fashion Week, a smashing Pumpkin Day and becoming a certified Bee Friendly Town. And to make sure 2024 can live up to this, this will be a chance to informally start discussing what comes next.
Make sure to arrive by 7pm to enjoy free food from Lungi Babas.
Please make sure you are booked on before the 24th November otherwise we cannot guarantee there will be food for you too!
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-green-festive-meet-up-tickets-745975752557

Sustainable Frome December meeting - cancelled
2023-12-07 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Our usual December meeting is replaced by the Big Green Meet up on Tuesday 5th December

Frome FM radio show
2023-12-11 20:00 - 21:00 | frome.fm
Listen on 96.6FM around Frome, or online at frome.fm online, or on your smart speaker.
Broadcast on the 2nd Monday of every month, with previous shows available on

Tech Amnesty -- Donate your unused equipment
2024-01-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Town Hall, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB
Frome Town Council are hosting a tech amnesty with Somerset CIC Donate IT at Frome Town Hall on Sunday 28th January from 10am to 1pm. Donate IT collect, refurbish and redistribute phones, laptops, tablets and other digital devices to people who need them.
Anyone with devices to donate can bring them to the drop-off point in the town hall car park to hand to Donate IT volunteers.

Sustainable Frome Febuary meeting -- Film showing: Imprint
2024-02-01 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
Join us at the Good Heart to watch the film Imprint.
What can one person do? What can a group of people do? What do we want to leave behind? In the film “Imprint” we visit 13 projects in 13 different places where committed groups work for a vibrant future. A personal and poetic depiction of what it means to be fully human in the age of the Anthropocene. A co-production between Campfire Stories and the Swedish Transition Network. Watch the trailer here
Join us from 7pm for shared food; meeting and film from7.30pm

Potato Day and Seed Swap 2024
2024-02-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome, BA11 1BE
The Cheese and Grain will be packed with wonderful stalls with seed potatoes, seeds, plants, local community groups and growing projects, plus the community seed swap.
Plus a series of FREE talks and workshops: details and booking here.
Entry is £3 for adults (kids free)

Sustainable Frome March meeting: TALK, GROW, THRIVE Frome
2024-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
TALK, GROW, THRIVE Frome — A Health and Wellbeing Programme
Tanya Slater is coming to share with us her plans to create a health and wellbeing programme to reduce stress/anxiety and depression for individuals, families and communities in Frome that is inclusive and free/low cost to access. A beautifully simple programme that will bring the community together by teaching the Human Givens, Needs Model of Wellbeing. To understand what their human needs are and how to effectively communicate to others what they need at any given moment. The project is called TALK, GROW, THRIVE Frome. The vision is a community wide language of wellbeing that aims to reduce health inequalities and empower individuals to take ownership of their own health and wellbeing while having less impact on our planet and saving money too.
Join us for a fun and interactive conversation and introduction to our own Human Given Needs.
Join us at the Good Heart for shared food from 7pm. The meeting will start at 7.30pm

Sustainable Frome April meeting
2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom

Sustainable Frome May meeting
2024-05-02 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom

Sustainable Frome June meeting
2024-06-06 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom

Sustainable Frome July meeting
2024-07-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom

Sustainable Frome August meeting
2024-08-01 19:00 - 21:00 | The Good Heart, 7 Palmer Street, Frome, BA11 1DS, United Kingdom
