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13 October

The Naturesave Trust offers grant for charities involved in recycling and repair

Meet the social enterprises helping to fix products, people and communities

Oct 13, 2020
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The Naturesave Trust funds a wide variety of projects covering renewable energy, nature conservation, sustainable food and social welfare. Another key area of funding is recycling and repair, in this update we highlight some of the recent funding projects undertaken by the Trust. We think repair cafes are beautiful things and we want to see

12 October

Recycling and repair for runners

The Naturesave Trust has recently supported a social enterprise dedicated to reducing the amount of running gear that ends up in landfill. ReRun is a Community Interest Company founded and run by Dan Lawson, Team GB 24 hour Ultra runner along with his wife Charlotte and daughters Lilly and Ruby. Their aim at prolonging the

5 October

Naturesave Trust grant helps Masbro Community Centre run on sunshine

Help the Masbro Community Centre Run on Sunshine

The Masbro Centre, run by the charity Urban Partnership Group, is a community centre in the heart of Hammersmith & Fulham. The centre provides services for the whole community from a children’s centre, to parenting support, a youth club, adult education and a programme of activities for elders, as well as providing space for arts

16 September

Grant to assist expansion for wood recycling social enterprise

The Naturesave Trust has provided a grant to support a social enterprise that offers a wood recycling service and employment opportunities for people with mental health issues as well as physical and learning difficulties. RAW’s Wood Recycling service offers a professional waste wood collection and recycling service to developers, housebuilders and local authorities. In the

16 September

Naturesave Trust provides funding for Now! Charity Wealden Reuse Project

Providing transport to help community-driven social enterprise provide reuse services in East Sussex

The Naturesave Trust has committed support to the Now! Charity as we increase our environmentally sustainable reuse activities in 2020. Now!’s flagship household reuse arm, Furniture Now! has been established for 25 years with the Wealden District set for an increase in their collection service for unwanted furniture and electricals, providing a spike in additional

16 September

The Naturesave Trust funds Repair Cafe Wales expansion

Helping Repair Cafe Wales open three new cafes

The Naturesave Trust, has recognised the success of Repair Café Wales in providing leadership on the practicalities of running repair cafes. The Community Interest Company celebrated the opening of its 27th café in Monmouth in February 2020. Repair Café Wales was chosen by the Trust as an exemplar of sustainable community work that specifically promotes and facilitates environmental improvement and ‘green’ issues. The grant will go

14 September

What can we do in response to David Attenborough's Extinction: The Facts

After Extinction: The Facts, we need Survival: The Actions

For those immersed in the plight of our climate and our environment, David Attenborough’s Extinction: The Facts documentary will probably be reinforcing unfortunate truths you already grapple with. For others, it may have been a moment of stark realisation that we have a serious crisis on our hands. One thing that must have united all

17 August

We can cut aviation emissions but it requires employers to act

At Naturesave we reward our staff with extra paid holiday, as an incentive to travel overland, instead of flying off on their holidays. It’s a big deal for any employer to give away extra holiday, so why do we do it? Firstly, it is important to understand the issue with flying. Flying is a considerable contributor

23 June