Ludlow 21

The Ludlow 21 AGM will take place at 7pm on Thursday 17th October at Ludlow Brewery. All welcome. The formal business of the AGM will include a report on this year’s Green Festival and the activities of all the Ludlow 21 Groups, and will be followed by an opportunity to network and find out how you can become more involved in any of the groups or set up your own.

To download documents for the AGM including agenda, group reports, minutes from last year’s AGM, accounts and treasurer’s report, and a nomination form for election to the Board, please see below:

The Climate and Nature Bill is due to get its first reading in Parliament on 16th October. Find out how you can help here: https://www.zerohour.uk/yeswecan/

This October offers a unique opportunity to visit beautiful ‘green’
homes around Ludlow and across Shropshire and Herefordshire.

Run by local charity Marches Energy Agency, Green Open Homes is a free
event where people open their doors to show you how to save money and
carbon, and have a cosier home. Learn about insulation, heat pumps,
solar panels and batteries from people like you – with no salesmen!

No need to book, just turn up during the times and dates listed. To find
homes near Ludlow, use the postcode search at
https://www.greenopenhomes.net/

Green Drinks started over 20 years ago as part of an international initiative heading into the Millennium and raising awareness of the need for environmental change.  Many towns held Green Drink evenings/meetings regularly, including Ludlow which has met on the 21^st of every month.

Since the pandemic, however, attendance has fallen and we would like your views on whether there is support for Green Drinks to continue in Ludlow and if so, in what ways.

We would like your views! Please take a few minutes to answer the questions in our survey by following the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XGRT8JM

The Ludlow 21 AGM will take place on Thursday 19th October at Ludlow Brewery, starting at 7pm.

All welcome.

This will be a chance to find out about the work of Ludlow 21 and its family of groups over the last year, plans for the future, and how you can get involved.

All papers relating to the AGM can be downloaded here:

The formal business of the AGM will be followed by a ‘Green Power Hour’ where other local groups will give short talks about their work relating to environment and sustainability. Speakers include:

Ludlow Bathing Water Group

Friends of Mortimer Forest

Save The Meadow CIC

Friends of Gallows Bank

Shropshire Wildlife Trust Ludlow Branch

Further speakers TBC

Ludlow Green Festival on Sunday 9th July will feature a Big Swap and Giveaway run by our friends at South Shropshire Climate Action. Bring along your toys, books, games, DVDs, CDs, clothes and household items to swap for free or take for a pay-as-you-can donation.

There’s something for everyone at this Sunday’s Green Festival. Live music, inspiring speakers, delicious local food and drink, open allotments, face painting, a big swap, foraging walks, energy advice, over 40 stalls of local eco-friendly traders and organisations, and a whole host of free family activities. Come on down and join the fun! Sunday 9th July 10am – 4pm Castle Square, Ludlow.

To see the full schedule visit the Green Festival Website

The ever-popular Ludlow Green Festival returns this year on Sunday, July 9th in
Castle Square. The theme of this festival is the ‘Worldwide Web of Life’ which
indicates that everything in life is somehow connected and reliant on each other.
Therefore, the overall aim of the day is to highlight the importance of everybody
reconnecting with nature. The consequences of years of not doing right by the
planet are now too obvious to ignore. Living a greener life is no longer an
eccentric fad: it is an absolute necessity.

The Green Festival brings together a great range of people keen to share their
expertise and passion for living a more sustainable life. We invite you to come
along and meet them, listen to them, discuss ideas, take part in activities – be
inspired.

On the day there will be many free activities for families, including a challenge
where children will be able to design their own natural habitat; there will also be
advice from home repair enthusiasts; you can go on foraging walks; listen to
short talks on a range of subjects; children can join workshops to paint animal
profiles and to weave art using natural materials; you can also bring along things
to swap; and you’ll have the opportunity to meet representatives of many
different local groups who are dedicated to promoting and protecting the web of
life in their own areas.

They will also be a live music stage, with six different bands throughout the day.
Like all the other activities, they will be free to enjoy.
As always there will also be a great range of locally produced food and drink,
including a Ludlow Brewery bar. Add to that the presence of dozens of stalls
selling a huge range of sustainable ware, it promises to be a great day out. Come
along and join us on Sunday, 9th July between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.