Rowlands Gill – Reduce, Repair, Re-use

Sat 1st June 24

10AM – 2PM

Our popular festival of all things sharing, swapping and repairing is coming up very soon now. Free entry, but we love donations!

Sat June 1st – 10am – 2pm

Strathmore Rd Methodist Church, Rowlands Gill, NE39 1HX

Please bring cash for all stalls , we do not have a card reader. Also bring your own bags.

Come and bring your unwanted things and find something you want instead on our Give and Take table,
Bring your broken treasures to be repaired with Fix It Café and the church clothing repair team,
Basic bike repair workshop and service – Recyke y Bike 10-12 then church vols 12.30 – 2.00 p.m. Come and learn some skills.
Donate your unwanted bikes to Recyke y Bike – bring them any time during the event.
Derwent Valley Car Club for info about access to their great fleet of electric cars
Gibside Community Farm to find out about local organic veg
Outdoor Children’s activities and indoor seed planting
Slide show on green issues
TWiG stall and seed swap
Tombola
Exagen Solar Farm to tell you about local plans.

Refreshments by the church volunteers, based on fair trade, foraged and surplus food. Pay as you Feel. Tea and cakes until 11.30 a.m. Soup and roll after 11.30 a.m. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options.

We rely on volunteers to run these events – helping on the door, on the tombola and Give and Take tables, general support in setting up and taking down. We’d love to hear from you, even if you can only give an hour or so.
We also welcome volunteers to help with the repairs so if that’s something you’re keen to do, let us know.

Let us know if you are interested to join on our facebook page for the event.

All offers and enquiries to info@transitionwestgateshead.org please.

Thank you