LOCAL organisation Loop:Frome has recently gifted a composter to the Frome Medical Centre compost creation station.
This brings the total number of composters now being used at the building to three and provides more opportunity for the organisations working at the site to further reduce food waste and put the compost to good use instead.
Co-founder and director at Loop, Ben Still, said, “We’re thrilled to be able to gift Frome Medical Centre a third composter, adding to the brilliant work they’re already doing. These guys have been trailblazers in managing food waste on site, creating gorgeous compost and nutrient-rich vegetables for their staff.”
Community sustainability lead at Frome Medical Practice, Charlotte Carson, said, “We already had two composters at the medical centre, but between the team at the practice, the cafe and the other organisations working in the building, they were pretty much full to capacity.
“We calculated the benefits of composting our food waste from the two existing composters and found we saved over 1,600kg of food waste going to general waste, which is a cost saving of at least £895 and emission savings of up to 13,000kg per year. So we are really grateful for the third composter, which will significantly increase our composting potential, whilst reducing our impact on landfill. We’ve also had our compost tested and it’s been found to be full of beneficial microbes, so our staff wellbeing garden is benefiting from our home made compost too!”
Loop:Frome is working to build a regeneration network within Frome, uniting with others to repurpose, reuse and reprocess what many would consider waste in order to provide useful new raw materials and reduce impact on the planet. Part of that work involves the development of new compost creation stations across Frome, the most recent of which has been installed at the Broadway Community Gardens. Loop:Frome also collects food waste from businesses in Frome and creates nutrient-rich compost from this, which is then sold locally. The next Community Compost Sale will be held at Victoria Park on Sunday 14th April at midday.
Find out more about Loop:Frome at: https://www.loopfrome.org/
![Town-wide programme brings month of social activities in May
A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
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A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
Pictured: l-r Jenny Hartnoll and Ginny Adams")
