Friday 19 January 2024: Swifts-in-South-Brent initiative: Meeting on the initiative to install nest boxes for Swifts in South Brent at 2pm in the Hub at the at the Old School Community Centre. Having flown at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour, on an amazing 3,400-mile journey from Africa, these beautiful birds arrive home…
Saturday 27 January 2024: Orchard Wassail from 5-6pm in the ‘Apple-a-day’ Orchard at South Brent Health Centre, in Plymouth Road, South Brent, TQ10 9HT. Join SSB’s ‘4Bs’ group for a Traditional Orchard Wassail. Come and help the musicians bless the apple trees and scare off the evil spirits with traditional songs and loud noises to…
Thursday 1 February 2024: (rearranged from 7 December) Two talks organised by Brent Birders at 7:30pm in the Old School Community Centre. ‘The Joys of sexing’ .... Peafowl and Goosander, by Lesley Austin and Peter Reay And, after a break for refreshments: ‘Come fly with me´…. the extraordinary travels of…
Saturday 10 February 2024: The South Brent Seed Swap & Gardener's Social Café from 11am-3pm Presented by the Seed Swap Collective supported by Sustainable South Brent in the HUB in the Old School Community Centre. Bring, swap, share & discover new seeds for a small donation. Gardeners’ Question Time from 1pm – bring your questions.…
Wednesdays 14 February; 13 March; 10 April; 15 May 2024: Energy Advice Drop-In Sessions from 9.30am-12noon in The Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Worried about the rising cost of energy? Struggling to Heat your home? Not sure where to get good advice? Drop in and find out about: Reducing your energy bills; Grants…
Friday 16 February 2024: SSB Fim Night in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre. Doors open at 7.30; film starts at 8pm. ‘Woman at War’ (2018) is an Icelandic-Ukrainian film written, produced and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, and starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir. “Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes…
Thursday 29 February 2024: Clothes Swap: 7-9pm in the Old School Community Centre. Bring some; Take some! Get together to exchange good quality clothing. Bring along clothes (in good condition) you don’t need any more and swap them for pre-loved clothes that are new to you! Free event – donations welcome to cover room hire.…
Monday 11 March 2024: South Devon Primary Q&As in South Brent Village Hall from 6-8pm, where you can question the Green, Labour, and Lib Dem candidates, and then vote on a single candidate, who would be best placed to represent the shared interests of the progressive majority in the South Devon parliamentary constituency (formerly Totnes…
Wednesdays 14 February; 13 March; 10 April; 15 May 2024: Energy Advice Drop-In Sessions from 9.30am-12noon in The Hub at the Old School Community Centre. Free impartial advice from Mark Skinner of South Dartmoor Community Energy. Worried about the rising cost of energy? Struggling to Heat your home? Not sure where to get good advice?…
Thursday 14 March 2024: House Martins, Swifts and Swallows in Devon at 7.30pm in the Village Hall: What can we do to help them thrive? An evening with renowned TV naturalist, ecologist, artist and speaker, John Walters and Jerry Horn of Dawlish Swifts. Join them as they share their knowledge about House Martins, Swifts and…