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Planet Wimborne, Wimborne War on Waste, Wimborne Town Council and Wimborne BID want to thank everyone who sent in ideas for what should go on the Wimborne Cup. There were over 50 entries received from people who love the town. The reusable cup will be launched at this year’s Folk Festival to reduce plastic waste and litter.
It’s now over to you, the public, to help choose the final design out of three choices.
Please note change of venue to: St Michael's Middle School, Colehill Lane, Wimborne. BH21 7AB
This year the theme for 2025 International Day of Forests is celebrating forests and foods
Great British Spring Clean - Together we can make a difference and clean up the environment on our doorstep.
Earth Hour - Join us and turn off your power for an hour. Spend 60 minutes of your time doing good for the planet!
Wimborne Minster Town Council is excited to introduce a new initiative: Monthly Mayoral Walks!
These walks will be an informative journey through the history and culture of our beautiful town, led by local experts. It’s a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Wimborne Minster, meet new people, and enjoy a relaxed morning stroll.
The walks are free of charge. However, donations to the Mayor’s Fund would be greatly appreciated. This year, donations go to Planet Wimborne and The Friends of Victoria Hospital.
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up, starting at the Fair Ground Shop, in the Cornmarket and finishing at Hanham Road car park.
All ages welcome. Kit available for borrowing.
Enquiries to wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com.
Next dates:
27 April
29 June
28 September
The Wimborne Minster Folk Festival is a great event that draws huge crowds to the town to enjoy the dancing and bands. But it also produces a lot of plastic waste. To tackle this plastic waste, local environmental community groups, Planet Wimborne and Wimborne War on Waste, have teamed up with the Folk Festival organisers, Town Council, Wimborne BID and the majority of pubs in the town to launch the reusable Wimborne Cup at this year's Festival. The Wimborne Cup can then be used for any other event in the town.
Planet Wimborne, who organised the week-long Wimborne Green Festival, was keen to involve businesses in the town in celebrating the beauty and fragility of our rivers and teamed up with Wimborne BID to ask shops to create window displays. The theme of this year's Green Festival and the window displays was 'Rivers', which of course is apt, given the Rivers Allen and Stour pass through and by the town. Members of the public were encouraged to stroll around the town to admire the ingenuity of the shops and vote for their favourite window.
Like all good things, the Wimborne Green Festival 2024 has come to a close. And what a week of events we have enjoyed - we firmly believe there was something for everyone. There were some great firsts this year as well - from putting out the community flags (literally) to herald the start of the Festival; to live streaming and recording talks; to running workshops in schools.