This website is always under development! Knighton Community Woodlands Group (KCWG) is currently taking over this site from Teme Valley Environment Group (TVEG). Most of the information about KCWG is still to be found here.
KCWG is a group of volunteers who manage woodlands for the benefit of wildlife and our members. We come together once a week to share and learn skills at our woodland Task Days, during which we manage woodland sustainably, allowing our members access to affordable woodland products such as firewood and timber. We also carry out plant, bird and moth biodiversity surveys of the woodlands we work in and make local, sustainable charcoal of exceptional quality.
KCWG is a separately constituted organisation that grew from Teme Valley Environment Group, who have generously always hosted our web presence.
News from Teme Valley Environment Group (TVEG)
There are no litter picks planned until September 25th due to the rapidly growing vegetation
Powys County Council are now recycling Tetrapaks. Put them in your RED box ! About time
LOOK OUT FOR OUR STALL AT THE KNUCKLAS FETE ON 30th JULY
The Teme Valley Environment Group (TVEG) is based in and around Knighton, Powys. We are an open group and welcome people of all ages and abilities who are concerned about local sustainability and the environment. Our current concerns include local food production, reduction in the use of plastics, renewable energy supply via our partnership with Knighton Community Woodlands Group and other environmental projects including regular litter picking, developing sign up to to free water refill schemes and support to other local single issue campaigns. We support and have cross membership with other local groups such as Wales in Bloom, and the sustainable food group
Please join us
:-email Lawrie Stevens on info@tveg.org.uk
:-phone Anne Mary Davies on 01547 528833
Be part of a creative and inspiring movement. Or just turn up at one of our open meetings and we’ll be pleased to see you!
There is no fee to join.
You can
a) join in to any of the projects that are already running
b) you can set up your own project
c) you can just receive emails about what we are doing
SUMMARY OF TVEG ACTIVITIES
Edible Knighton needs volunteers to tend the fruit and nut trees and herb beds around Knighton. For details or to volunteer contact Sheila Clarke at: sheila_clarke@hotmail.com or phone 01547 520019. Go to the ‘Edible Knighton’ page for more information . This scheme supports Wales in Bloom
Litter Pick. The kit is available for any local group to borrow free of charge. Contact Sheila Clarke at sheila_clarke@hotmail.com.or phone 01547 520019. Go to the ‘Tidy Towns’ page for the details of planned litter picks
Community Allotment – Go to the ‘Allotments’ page for more information
Project Plastic A campaign to raise awareness on damage casued by plastic and to change organisations and individuals behaviours. Money has been raised to support the Knighton Carnival to have less plastic usage. For further information contact Nicola Colston nicky.colston@gmail.com and go to the ‘Project Plastic’ page
Crisp bag collection to reduce waste to landfill (Powys do not recycle bags) around Knighton. For further information contact Nicola Colston nicky.colston@gmail.com
Knighton Railway station garden This is maintained and developed by volunteers of the group. For further infomation contact Sheila Clarke sheila_clarke@hotmail.com or phone 01547 520019. There is no separate page on this activity. The work group meet on the last Monday of the month at 10 am at the Railway Station. Just turn up! This scheme supports Wales in Bloom
Refill scheme TVEG supports the development of this scheme which encourages shop owners to provide free tap water for customers own non plastic bottles For further information go to the ‘Project Plastic’ page
Support Sustainable Food Knighton. For further information go to the ‘Sustainable Food’ page
MEETINGS:
The Teme Valley Environment Group hold general meetings on an as needed basis. You can be involved in joining activities and projects without attending general meetings. Sub groups/meetings concentrating on specific projects will also be held from time to time in response to need. For full details see the ‘Meetings’ page.
The last Annual General meeting was held on 9th May 2022
CONSTITUTION
Read TVEG’s Constitution. Find it on the’ Constitution’ page.