NEWS AND EVENTS
Find out what we've been up to lately and what's coming up...
UPCOMING EVENTS
REPAIR CAFE
The next Repair Cafe will be held in St Giles Church Uley
2 - 4pm Sunday 12th July
Come and see us at our next repair cafe. Bring along your broken item(s) and our volunteer team will do their best to repair it/them, while you enjoy a cup of tea, coffee, slice of cake, biscuit, and a sociable chat with friends!
We have repaired or renovated all sorts of items over the years: Furniture, tools, Christmas decorations, clothes, bikes, toys etc! So bring anything along and we'll see what we can do. We frequently mend textiles, furniture, and other assorted items. Tool sharpening is popular, Chainsaw chains, also jewellery cleaning, electronics, and spectacles usually.
WORK PARTIES
CUCAN and UTM run work parties through the year
See the calendar on the right, and get in touch if you would like to join a Work Party .
Recent Work Parties
2 April, 16 April, 7 May, 28 May, 18 June: Building Compost Bays for Coaley Recreation Ground 10am - 12
22 March: Millennium Green Bank Brushcut & rake, & baseline survey
10am - 1230
1 March 2 - 4.30pm:
Rowden Copse Clear encroaching scrub around saplings
28 February,10am - 12:30 :
Cam Long Down Plug-plant more Violets, & transplant
Hawthorn saplings
Latest News
MAY & JUNE 2026
Work progresses on the new compost area on Coaley Rec
Work began in January (see here) to create the new compost area at Coaley Recreation Ground as part of it's exciting regeneration (See https://www.coaleyrec.co.uk/home for more info about the project). More information on the compost here. After some Thursday morning sessions it is taking shape.
APRIL 2026
Another successful Repair Cafe, in Coaley Village Hall!
The following items were repaired successfully:
- GENERAL REPAIRS
- a steam mop repaired and working again
- a Kenwood Chef repaired and working again
- a lawn mower got going
- two glass pieces cut to fit photo frames
- SHARPENING
- Lawn shears x1, Secateurs x2, Axes x 2, Saws x 3
Another interesting and sociable session, first time for glass cutting !
Thank you to the 4 volunteer repairers of the day.
JANUARY 2026
Another successful Repair Cafe at a new location!
The Repair Cafe visited a new location this time - we were at Nympsfield Village Hall! The following items were repaired successfully:
- JEWELLERY
- 2 items deep cleaned with a sonic cleaner
- GENERAL REPAIRS
- a toaster mechanism repaired
- a steaming basket repaired
- a brass table lamp repaired
- TEXTILES
- a cardigan, a dungerees pocket, and a coat zip stitch-mended
- SHARPENING
- Garden loppers x2, Secateurs x5, Axe x 2, Hoe x 1, Hedge-trimmer x 1
A JVC camera was beyond our capability, but advice given on what could be done.
Items mended at Repair Cafes during the past three years have included:
a bicycle, strimmer, coffee machine, walking stick handle, garden mower, food mixer, rugby jersey, jumper, blanket, cushion, coat, mirror, photo frame, ottoman, toaster, portable radio,kettle, silver neck chain, Japanese doll, chair, paper shredder, spectacles, desk, cuckoo clock, and a washing machine.
JANUARY 2026
Work begins on the new compost area on Coaley Rec
CUCAN has ben asked to take the lead on creating the new compost area at Coaley Recreation Ground as part of it's exciting regeneration (See https://www.coaleyrec.co.uk/home for more info about the project). A design was created last year and work began in January to clear the site and create the first compost bays. More information about the compost can be found here.
OCTOBER 2025
New mapping tool launched
A Nature Corridors map for Uley is developing, with an aim to encourage and include 'Wildlife Friendly Gardens' and gardeners. Check it out here
SEPTEMBER 2025
Another successful Repair Cafe!
The following items were repaired successfully during the September Repair Cafe held in Uley Village Hall:
- JEWELLERY
- Watch - battery replaced and working
- GENERAL REPAIRS
- Paper Shredder - jamming paper cleaned out, got working
- Secateurs - broken catch and spring repaired
. TEXTILES
- 3 Cushions - straps sewn on
- SHARPENING
- Garden shears x2, Secuteurs x5, Spade x1
Another satisfying session!
Thank you to the 5 volunteer repairers of the day.
JULY 2025
Sapling update
Hedge saplings planted by Uley Trees and Meadows on Uley Common in March 2025 are growing well in July.
FEBRUARY 2024
More successful tree planting in Uley
In February 2024 we planted two more copses of mixed species tree saplings, supplied by Gloucester County Council as part of their ''Plant a million tress in Gloucestershire by 2030'' project. Fifty saplings were planted on Mill Farm and another 50 at Blacknest in Owlpen Manor. The species were Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Silver Birch, and Black Alder.
