Do you play the lottery? Well with Rugby Lotto you can be in with the chance of winning up to £25K Jackpot as well as other prizes - All for £1 a ticket.
For every £1 ticket sold a percentage is given back to community groups like us to continue organising community projects such as Library of Things, Repair Cafe and The Growing 🌱 Group.
The prize draw is on Saturday 6th September - Get your tickets now!
To buy your tickets and support Rugby Eco Hub please click HERE
You may have seen on our socials that we are starting our very own nappy library. Whether you want to try them out before buy or if you want to rent them to see if they are right for you and your little one.
Packs of nappies will be available to rent out for FREE from newborn to potty training.
This will be available very soon - For more information please contact us :)
We are still on the look out for fixers that would like to join in, so if you are handy with a screwdriver, a needle or Operating Systems come join in the fun on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month!
Our Growing 🌱 Group publish a leaflet on growing your own produce. Please find their new leaflet HERE
On Saturday 6th September the Growing 🌱 Group will be meeting at The Eco Hub at 10:30AM to tidy up the garden area and then at 11AM we're meeting in the side room to plan next month's activities including:
20th September - Rugby Food Festival
4th October - Apple Pressing/ Apple Treats, The Eco Hub
15th October - Rugby in Bloom award ceremony (The Pleasance Herb Garden is nominated)
October/November - Discussion on making Rugby more food "resiliant"
- 2nd Food Preservation session
What to plant next year? - Discussion of what and where, we have opportunities to fill our planters with veg and herbs; also raised beds, around town and at other locations in the borough as well.
Build our links with other organisations and allotment associations.
A huge thank you to all volunteers that came on the two working sessions to help with the admin for Library of Things. You all did an amazing work and the place looks great!
The Library of Things have now introduced more products which you can find on our catalogue HERE.
Just some of the great items we have on offer are;
Supporting the Library of Things
If you are having a spring clean and see some items that you would like to donate please contact us!
As the Library of Things continues to grow, we would love it if more and more people start using this amazing community resource. You can help make this a reality by distributing flyers to the local community. If this is something you feel you could help with, simply come to the Hub to collect some flyers and let us the know the street(s) you are able to do. You can find the list of priority streets here.
From Thursday 5th June, we are fortunate to be able to offer Knitting Classes at Rugby Eco Hub, kindly hosted by Irina Meier. We welcome absolute beginners, rusty old-timers and unsure novices, but also experienced knitters might be interested as the 'continental knitting technique' will be shown.
To book a space, please complete this google form. Suggested donation: £3.
*We will need a minimum of 6 people for this to take place.
FreVktchn, the Eco Hub, 3pm-5pm
FreVktchn is a charity organisation that helps vulnerable people, if they need a hot meal or advise on benefits or housing, FreVktchn is there to help.
They hold their free meals in a session at The eco hub every Saturday 3pm - 5pm and is open to all that may need it,
If you, someone that you know or someone you meet in the street may need some help please make your way down to the Eco Hub and grab some delicious home cooked vegan food.
