www.ourgreenfest.co.uk
GreenFest
After a Covid-enforced break, we are delighted to announce that GF 2022 will be back, bigger and even better, on Saturday 10th September, 2022.
This will be a day of joining together to learn more about the environmental issues we face and how we can, as individuals and communities, find a more sustainable path. Together, we can and do make a difference.
We are still planning but . . . it will be an all day event. It will be free. It will be big. Plan to be there for the whole day if you can. Enjoy. 
For more information contact
Gwenan Paul 01635 200863
Avril Mason 01635 201307
Pamela Betts 01635 202263
Pamelabetts2010@gmail.com
Lunch Club is back!
We are delighted to welcome back the 'Lunch Clubbers' who meet for conversation and food at 12 noon on Wednesdays. Knitting Twiddlemuffs to help those living with dementia is optional!
A hot home-made dish of the day, e.g. shepherd's pie, is £5.75 as is a filled jacket potato or a filled ciabatta. Home-made soup with bread is £4.75.  Everyone is welcome. 

Supporting Ukraine
A huge thank you to our customers who bought a Friendship Cake Kit in order to support people in Ukraine.

​Thanks to your generosity we have today sent £300 to help those in need.
Jubilee Celebrations
On Sunday 5 June the village is gathering over lunch time in the courtyard near the rear of the shop, outside the new barns. We have savoury and sweet boxes that can be pre-ordered at least one week in advance:
Savoury box, £10: 4 mini quiches, 4 mini sausage rolls, 4 Scotch egg wedges
Sweet box, £10: 4 mini brownies, 4 mini lemon drizzle cakes and 4 mini Victoria sponge squares
Sign up in the shop, or phone through your order on 01635 202642, and please pay at the time of ordering. The boxes can be collected in the morning or during the event if pre-arranged.
Community is at the heart of our shop. Projects are run by volunteers who give freely of their time and energy.​

Candlelit Market

Saturday 20 November
To all who helped organise and prepare for the event . . . 
to all who worked so hard during (and after) the event . . .
to those who did the lighting (Paul, Ashley and Version 2 Lights) . . .
to all the amazing stallholders . . .  
to our lovely musicians . . .
and of course to the huge number of people who came, 
a huge thank you. 
BREAKING NEWS: we are running the Candlelit Market again on Saturday 19th November. Contact Lesley on hncshop@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested in having a stall.

Other Shop Markets

Part of our philosophy is to support local businesses and traders, and we love it when they join us for our very popular markets. We were lucky in 2021 as the sun shone for our Summer Market and people were delighted to be out and about (albeit still taking care) following nearly two years of lockdown.

Click below to see lots of pictures of all our events. 

The Shop Orchard

The shop orchard was planted in December 2020, thanks to over 80 volunteers, aged 2 to 80.  The trees are growing well under the tender loving care of Vanessa and her team of helpers, and we look forward to the first fruit.

If you would like to join us, please email hncsorchard@yahoo.co.uk - we would love to hear from you.

GreenFest

GreenFest is back! 10 September, 2022 - it will be all day, it will be big, there will be lots for children to do and LOADS for you to see, to hear, to learn - and to enjoy.

Run primarily by volunteers from the Shop, GreenFest is a day of joining together to learn more about the environmental issues we face and how we can, as individuals and communities, find a more sustainable path. We focus on what we can do and with so many can-doers in one place, spanning all generations, it's impossible to ignore that together, we can and do make a difference.

Toy Swap Shop

As part of our drive to live more sustainably, we run a toy swap shop where good-quality unwanted toys, for any age, can be brought to the shop to be exchanged, or bought at bargain prices. Any profits are used to support children's charities and our local playgroup, Chuckles.

Workshops

We run workshops for adults and/or children. e.g. our build your own reusable wooden Christmas tree. Yes, Covid put paid to our plans over the last couple of years, but watch this space as we get back into gear with workshops such as 'Make your own soap for Mother's Day'. 

Ecobricking

SORRY, BUT FOR NOW WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ECOBRICKS AS WE HAVE A HUGE SURPLUS - ALL OUR PLANS FOR 2020 AND 2021 WERE OF COURSE PUT ON HOLD.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RUN AN ECOBRICK PROJECT, WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT . . . 
​Ecobricking is filling plastic bottles so full with plastic that they act as bricks. The bricks are then used as building blocks to create eco-friendly structures. To date, our ecobricking project has sequestered almost 560kg of single-use plastic (over 1500 bottles) from our environment.
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In 2019 we were proud to build Sammy the Snake, an eco-bench, at Hampstead Norreys Primary School (especially as he appeared on ITV and local news). To our knowledge, he is the country's first major structure built with ecobricks. And during lockdown, some of the ecobricks were used to create what we think is the country's first nature eco-pond.