Sustainable CalneDo you have a bike that needs some repairs or adjustments to get it back on the road? As part of our mission to help people get bikes back into use we have a professional bike repairer available at the Recreation Ground on Saturday 1st August 2026.
You’re invited to attend a free screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing film on the risks to British life and the UK economy from ongoing damage to nature and to our climate.
Location: St Mary the Virgin Church SN11 0HU
Date: Thursday 24th September
Time: 7pm
The film is being shown in hundreds of communities all over the UK. It features footage from last November’s National Emergency Briefing at Westminster, which brought together leading UK experts in climate science, food security, health, economics, national security and nature. It presents a clear, measured and non-partisan overview of how the climate and nature crisis is affecting everyday life in Britain, and what the evidence says about risks and responses.
The purpose of the film is to support informed democratic discussion and ensure that public institutions, businesses and communities share a common understanding of the scale and urgency of the challenge – and the economic opportunities that flow from responding at pace.
Following the 50-minute film, we will host a 45-minute discussion focused on what this means for communities in our area – including resilience and forward planning. You’re also invited to sign the petition asking that the Government stage a televised emergency briefing, the essential first step towards the WW2-scale response now required.
For more information see the National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
Please note that although this film has a 12A rating, the Climate Psychology Alliance guidance suggests that it is suitable for people aged over 16.
Sustainable Calne will be running a repair café at Calne Town Hall on Saturday 2nd May 2026 from 10:30am to 2:30pm
Let Sustainable Calne help you repair or reuse items, saving money and the planet!
Our event is to help get items that need some repairs back into use. We know not everyone has the machinery, tools or knowledge to do their own repairs so we hope this will help!
Thanks to Calne Town Council for use of the town hall.
Winter is fast approaching, but your children are growing even faster! Before heading to the shops, take part in our clothes swap. Switch your clean, gently used, outgrown clothes for something that fits.
Coats – Sweaters – Snowsuits – Gloves – Hats – Welly Boots
September 22nd – 29th drop off your clean, gently used children’s (ages 0 – 12) winter clothes to Calne Library.
Sunday 5th October 11am – 2pm come to the Tesco Showroom to find something for your kids to wear. All items will be free.
You may bring items to swap on the day – please make sure they are clean and ready to swap, otherwise we will not be able to share them with others.
You do not need to donate to take an item away, nor do you need to take an item in order to donate!
Please note that we can’t guarantee that you will find something that fits your child – it depends on what is donated! Anything left over will be donated to charity or recycled as appropriate.
If you have any questions or have a large quantity of items to donate, please get in touch with us at contact@sustainablecalne.org.uk
Do you have a bike that needs some repairs or adjustments to get it back on the road? As part of our mission to help people get bikes back into use we have a professional bike repairer available at the Pocket Park this Thursday 21st August 2025.
Sustainable Calne will be running a repair café at Calne Town Hall on Saturday 10th May 2025 from 10:30am to 2:30pm
Let Sustainable Calne help you repair or reuse items, saving money and the planet!
Our event is to help get items that need some repairs back into use. We know not everyone has the machinery, tools or knowledge to do their own repairs so we hope this will help!
Cost: Free, except for the cost of any new cables or if replacement inner tubes are needed
Punctures, gear adjustments and replacement brake or gear cables. Please make sure the bike is fairly clean so we don’t get mud all over the floor!
Cost: Free (PAT testing)
KFR will be at the event and can advise on donating or buying second hand white goods and furniture. They will also be offering free Portable Appliance Tests (PAT) which community groups and others may find useful.
Cost: Free
The hem on your favourite tee shirt has come undone?
Lost a button from a jacket?
Seam come unsewn or another simple repair needed? Bring them along.
Cost: Free
Calne Men’s Shed have made wooden decorations which you can paint while you are at the event and use as plant sticks or to decorate your garden. These are made from scrap wood.
Do you have some unwanted tools (of all types but not gardening tools) that could be refurbished and sent to Africa? Please check what is needed by visiting the Tools for Self-Reliance website. We can only accept things that are listed.
Bring your spare seedlings.
If you don’t have your own, please take some for a donation. This will go to Oxfam as part of their plant swap fundraising.
Enjoy a cuppa and homemade cake while you’re there. Bring one of our flyers with your contact details on to enter our free raffle for a hamper of eco-goodies.
Bremzero will be running a weekend of workshops exploring our responses to the state of the world, and inspiring hope and action.
When: June 6th to 8th 2025
Where: Bremhill Village Hall SN11 9LD (Friday at 19:30)
Ratford Retreat Centre, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 9JX (Saturday and Sunday)
Our first event of the year is a talk about Heat Pumps. Bean Beanland of the Heat Pump Association, who has recently done a series of podcasts with Evan Davis of R4, will join us for a talk and Q & A session.
We plan to follow this up with a talk from a local installer.
We’ve added slides from the talk and other resources about heat pumps, so you can catch up if you missed this excellent talk.
You have probably noticed the reduced number of insects this summer. Our environment and food supplies depend on insects to pollinate plants. Come along and find out why this really matters and what we can do to help.
This event is run in association with Friends of the Marden Valley
Hear a first hand account from Kenya at this special event in partnership with Calne Fairtrade.
Date: Wednesday 11th September at 7pm
Place: Calne Library
Cost: Free
Speaker: Patrick Kaberia Muthaura a farmer from Kenya.
We often think about Climate Change as affecting the future but many parts of the world are already experiencing the effects. Patrick will tell us about some of the problems farmers are already facing. Please come along to hear our visiting speaker and encourage other interested groups or individuals.