Events

BIFFA Site Visit As Part of Eco Open Houses

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We are so pleased that we have now been able to reschedule the site tour of the Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant at Warnham as part of our Eco Open Houses event.

The tour offers you the chance to learn what really happens to all that black bag rubbish! West Sussex have some of the most state-of-the-art waste & recycling plants and processes in the UK, which help to dramatically reduce the volume of waste going to landfill in our county. Some of us took this tour a few years ago and found it really interesting and informative!

The tour will take place on Monday 21st February 2022 at 10am-12pm.

Places are very limited, so if you would like to register for your FREE place, please do so asap via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visit-to-biffa-site-warnham-as-part-of-eco-open-houses-tickets-217701490017

Winter Solstice Celebration – 21st Dec

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On Tuesday 21st December, on the beach in front of Coast Café from 5.30pm-7.30pm we will be having a Winter Solstice Celebration!

Come and join us round the fire, bring acoustic instruments, wood for the fire and celebrate the turn of the year and the returning of the light with us. Coast Café will be open for warming drinks, hot soup and bread – and cake of course!

A new Worthing Morris side, Worthing Larks** will be dancing for about 20 minutes from around 6.30pm, audience participation included too!

This event is always very weather dependent and the Morris can’t dance if it’s wet, so please bear that in mind. Coast will be open, whatever it’s like and we will be there and hopefully have a fire (we’ve done fires when it’s been raining hard in the past so that shouldn’t stop us!) but we may not do anything on the beach if it’s raining really hard. Naturally, this event is subject to current Covid guidelines (as are all our events).

**Worthing Larks – “Worthing’s very own Morris Side and one of the newest on the South coast, following our break from another local Side in 2020. A mixed morris team for members over the age of 13, enthusiastically performing a selection of Cotswold, Border and our very own Broadwater dances to traditional folk instruments.”

Plastic Free Worthing December Beach Clean

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Take part in Plastic Free Worthing’s December beach clean on Sunday 12th December, 10am – 12pm at Steyne Gardens. Dress in any Christmas themed adornment please!.

Supported by our A&W Council Rangers who will sort and collect any waste we gather and our Local Geocache Group will be joining us. Thanks also to the support from Level 1 for joining us with our new logged Hi Viz jackets so you can’t miss us. See you there!

TTW Repair Café – Book Now For January

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We normally hold our repair cafes on the last Saturday of each month. This month it falls on Christmas Day so we won’t be open this month and our volunteers will be having a meal together instead and a well deserved break. We shall return next year on Saturday 29th January 10am-4pm at the Quaker/Friends Meeting House and on the last Saturday of every month after that.

As usual our amazing team of volunteers will be on hand to share their skills and help you to repair your clothes, toys, bicycles, laptops, small household electrical/electronic items, small items of furniture and knife/scissor sharpening. And don’t forget that we also have lots of refills available in return for suggested donations. Such as household cleaning products, shampoo, conditioner, face and body washes, hand lotion and more! Full list here: https://www.ttworthing.org/repair-cafe/#cafe-refill-service

So keep the date in your diary and reserve your slot now via:
https://www.ttworthing.org/repair-cafe/#repair-booking-form

Any questions, or if you would like to join our team of repairers, please do email us at:
[email protected]

Worthing’s Sustainability Market – Nov 21st

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Come and say hello to TTW at what will be the second Worthing Sustainability Market.

We really enjoyed last month’s event. The atmosphere was friendly and buzzing and it was inspiring to see so many local producers, makers and community groups together and displaying their great work. It’s all under cover too so, whatever the weather, TTW will be there.

We will be selling books and plants for donations, sharing info on all our projects and hopefully encouraging you to get involved too!

The market will take place on Sunday 21st November at 9.30am-2pm in Freedom Works car park, opposite the Assembly Halls, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, BN11 1HJ.

We hope to see you there.

 

TTW Repair Café – Book Now For November!

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Book your slot now for our final Repair Café session of the year on Saturday 27th November 10am -1pm & 1.45 -4pm.

Electrical, computer and household repairs are always very popular but this month we are specifically focussing on sharing the skills of our amazing sewing team. They can show you how to use a sewing machine or overlocker, how to knit (very useful skill to have with Winter fast approaching!) or crochet, they can repair soft toys, add zips, mend tears, holes and rips and restyle or upcycle your clothes. Their talents are endless!

Any questions, or if you would like to join our team of repairers, please do email us at: [email protected]

Book online here: https://www.ttworthing.org/repair-cafe/#repair-booking-form

 

Refills @ The Repair Café

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Please remember that we have a load of refills available each month at the Repair Café. Come along at any time between 10am and 3.30pm this Saturday (30th Oct) or Saturday 27th November, with your empty bottles and fill them up in exchange for suggested donations (noted next to the products) – to help with TTW’s running costs. You will find them in the kitchen at Quaker Meeting House, 34 Mill Road, Worthing, BN11 5DR.

We have white vinegar (great for cleaning stuff) and all purpose cleaning fluid (both 50p litre). Then (all 40p for 100ml) – shampoo, conditioner; for the face – cream and wash; for the hands – lotion and wash, and also we have 2 types of body wash.
Full list here

Refills kindly donated to us by Jean Raleigh

Worthing’s Sustainability Market

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Worthing’s first of its kind, Sustainability Market will be held on Sunday 10th October, 9.30-2pm at the Freedom Works car park – opposite the Assembly Halls, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, BN11 1HJ

Let’s make a difference – no waste, no plastic, a great opportunity to start changing the way we shop. The Velo Coffee Bus which will be there to provide refreshments, is electric and uses fully compostable cups or bring your own (even better!). Come and enjoy buying from small scale local producers and artisan makers, and chatting to TTW.

 

2040 Film Night At Worthing Dome

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Join TTW or Transition Town Shoreham to see the inspirational documentary film ‘2040’ at the Dome Cinema in Worthing.

There are two screenings of the film:

Monday 13th September at 8.30pm. This is a *’private’ viewing tickets can only be reserved by emailing [email protected]
*everyone welcome! 41 tickets maximum so reserved on first come basis
Price: suggested donation £5

Monday 20th September at 6pm. Public viewing with TTW. Tickets can be purchased via the Worthing Dome website

2040 – Directed by Damon Gameau
93mins | rated (PG)
2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW. Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary footage with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter and the planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-rTQ443akE

Site Tour of Ford Recycling Plant

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Join us for a FREE site visit to Ford Recycling Plant on Monday 11th October 10am – 12pm. A great chance to see what happens to the waste that ends up in your bin!

West Sussex have some of the most state-of-the-art waste & recycling plants and processes in the whole of the UK. This website https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention/what-happens-to-your-waste/ offers information on what happens to residents’ recycling and we are sure you will find a visit to the site at Ford really interesting.

This site visit was due to take place in April of last year for our big Eco Open Houses event, which had to be postponed due to the first lockdown, so we are especially thrilled to be able to finally present this event.

For more details and to book your FREE ticket, please do visit our Eventbrite listing:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ford-recycling-plant-site-visit-tickets-167960190451