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Green Organisations List Wirral Environmental Network - Green Organisations List Organisation Organisation About Website or Facebook Area Eco focus Type Free range eggs to shops, cafe's and Appleyby's Farm restauarants. Free range, raw milk to thte https://applebysfarm.co.uk Greasby Business Food general public Aqualogic Saving water makes absolute sense aqualogic-wc.com Wallasey Business Water http://www.amoriniantiquescentre.c Reduce waste - Armorini Antique Centre Antiques and crafts Birkenhead Business o.uk/ Furniture Waste reduction, reuse and recycling solutions Bagnall and Morris (B&M) www.bagnallandmorris.com Wirral Business Reduce waste across the UK Gather, use and share tools & skills, work on Beb Shed individual and community projects reusing Bebington Charity, Community, NGO Reduce waste https://christchurchbeb.org.uk/whats- wood on School farm which runs animal care /animal Bebington School Farm Bebington Charity, Community, NGO Food management courses https://twitter.com/FarmBebington & http://www.bebingtonhigh.com/ British Heart Foundation https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we- Reduce waste - Furniture and Electrical Quality preloved furniture and household ites do/find-bhf-near-you/birkenhead- Birkenhead Charity, Community, NGO Furniture Store furniture-electrical-store http://www.bikeshopwestkirby.co.uk Bikes and Boards Bike sales, maintenance and repairs West Kirby Business Transport / Birkenhead Cycles Bike sales, maintenance and repairs https://www.birkenheadcycles.co.uk/ Birkenhead Business Transport Learn how to ride with confidence, ride in a Birkenhead Victoria Cycle group, learn bike skills, road etiquette. Charity www.bvcc.co.uk/ Birkenhead Charity, Community, NGO Transport Club rides Beauty and wellbeing using only organic and Boss Birds www.bossbirdsparlour.oc.uk Birkenhead Business Reduce waste vegan products. Boysenberry Catering and Family run Deli stocking independent local www.boysneberrycatering.co.uk New Ferry Business Food Deli producers Refillable laundry, washing, dish-washing https://en- Blooming eco Irby Business Reduce waste supplies gb.facebook.com/bloomingeco/ Women only bike rides in your local area from www.facebook.com/BreezeNetwork Breeze Network Wirral Wirral Charity, Community, NGO Transport British Cycling Wirral Bridge Community Farm Growing organic veg, shop, café and veg box www.bridgecommunityfarms.co.uk Ellesmere Port Charity, Community, NGO Food Shop and Veg Boxes delivery. Supporting adults in the community Allotement, earth workshops, community food. Bridge Cottage Allotment Learning, health and wellbeing, community Port Sunlight Charity, Community, NGO Food engagement and creative expression. https://www.facebook.com/groups/483691748649116 Brooklet Farm Dairy Farm and Livery Brimstage Business Food https://www.brookletlivery.co.uk/ Preloved and upcycled indoor and outdoor Reduce waste - Browsers Emporium www.browsersemporium.com Hooton Business furniture, architectural salvage Furniture Green and blue www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/nat Butterfly Park An urban nature reserve Bebington Charity, Community, NGO spaces, habitat and ure-reserves/new-ferry-butterfly-park biodiversity Plastic free, vegan, cruelty free, plant filled, C Saw Hair https://www.facebook.com/csawhair Birkenhead Business Reduce waste beautiful salon July 2020 If you know of an organisation not on the list send details to [email protected] or call 0151 639 2121. Page 1 Wirral Environmental Network - Green Organisations List Gardens in Oxton. Open days for volunteering is Green and blue Callister Trust every 3rd Monday and every last Saturday of www.facebook.com/callistertrust/ Oxton Charity, Community, NGO spaces, habitat and the month. biodiversity Vegan soy candles melts diffusers. Eco collective Chemist and Co https://www.chemistandco.com/ Hoylake Business Reduce waste products. Refill store for Blooming Eco Grow, cook, taste, chillies on the Wirral down Chilli Gourmets www.chilligourmets.uk/ Heswall Business Food by the banks of the river Dee Locally made icecream and pizza. Focused on Chill Stuff www.chillystuff.co.uk Bebington Business Food Zero waste Church Farm Farm Park Thurstaston Business Food https://www.churchfarmevents.co.uk/ Shop & eat local - local produce, seasonal foods Claremont Farm www.claremontfarm.co.uk Bebington Business Food and family activities Community Action Wirral communityactionwirral.org.uk Wirral Charity, Community, NGO Reduce waste Warp It Portal /www.warp-it.co.uk/company/caw Social supermarket, clothes swap, furniture communityspiritwirral.btck.co.uk / reuse en- Community Spirit Wirral Wallasey Charity, Community, NGO Food Supporting those in desperate need. Supplying gb.facebook.com/communityspiritwir food to the homless and working families alike ral1/ www.facebook.com/consciouscleanin Climate change and Conscious Cleaning Wirral Greasby Business gwirral resiliance Free-range eggs. Hens given food which is milled Crosslea Farm on the farm itself, with grain grown on the West Kirby Business Food Wirral Cycling projects Making cycling accessible to all. cycling.org.uk Wirral Charity, Community, NGO Transport Cycling Projects - Wheels for cycling.org.uk/locations/birkenhead- Making cycling accessible to all. Birkenhead Charity, Community, NGO Transport all Birkenhead park-wheels-for-all Cycleworld Bike sales, maintenance and repairs Upton Business Transport https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycling-uk- Cycling UK (North) - Wirral Bike maintenance and ride leadership courses Arrow Park Charity, Community, NGO Transport north-wirral Organic farm offering day service for adults with disabilities and support for adults with mental Dale Farm Trust, Heswall www.dalefarmtrust.org Heswall Charity, Community, NGO Food health needs. The service provides opportunities to learn life skills through the therapeutic use of Inspiring coastal communities on the Wirral, www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/dee Dee Coastliners Flintshire & Denbighshire about the natural Regional Charity, Community, NGO Your neighbourhood coastliners heritage of the Dee Estuary Monitors wildlife of the Estuary - mainly birds Green and blue Dee Estuary Conservation via the monthly WeBS counts and the annual http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/decg.ht West Kirby Charity, Community, NGO spaces, habitat and Group WeBS Report for the Estuary. Now has the m biodiversity Mammal Society as a member so mammals will Voluntary group who work with Wirral Council Green and blue Dee Estuary Voluntary www.facebook.com/DeeEstuaryVolun to observe, protect and record the wading birds Regional Charity, Community, NGO spaces, habitat and Wardens taryWardens/ on West Kirby shore biodiversity Vegan bakery serving up unique doughnuts, https://www.facebook.com/doughma Dough Man Wirral Birkenhead Business Food cakes and drinks inspired by the 90s. inwirral Beekeeper and local honey sales - bee hives in Doug Jones Heswall Business Food Heswall and Brimstage Green and blue Dovecote Nurseries Plants grown on the Wirral Burton Business spaces, habitat and biodiversity http://www.dovecotenurseries.com/ July 2020 If you know of an organisation not on the list send details to [email protected] or call 0151 639 2121. Page 2 Wirral Environmental Network - Green Organisations List https://www.earthkindrewind.co.uk / Earth Kind Rewind Wirral based zero waste deliveries Wirral Business Reduce Waste www.facebook.com/earthkindrewind / Allotement, earth workshops, community food. Earth Moves Learning, health and wellbeing, community earthmoves.org Wallasey Charity, Community, NGO Your neighbourhood engagement and creative expression. Caring for God's Earth. Registered: Claremont Church (Wallasey). St Saviour Oxton, St Lukes ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/eco-church- Climate change and EcoChurch Wirral Charity, Community, NGO Hoylake, St Peters & Church of the Good locations/ resiliance Shepherd Heswall Permeable paving solutions made from recycled Climate change and EcoGrid Wallasey Business plastic resiliance https://ecogrid.co.uk/ Local butcher and abbatoir. All stock sourced Edge and Sons www.edgebutchers.co.uk New Ferry Business Food within 25 miles thriving, green oasis that brings together people Green and blue Edward Kemp Community from a wide variety of backgrounds to enjoy www.friendsofbirkenheadpark.org.uk Birkenhead Charity, Community, NGO spaces, habitat and Garden gardening and the opportunity to meet new /edward_kemp_garden.html biodiversity people. welcoming and inclusive space for Improving domestic energy efficiency and Energy Project Plus www.epplus.org.uk Wallasey Charity, Community, NGO Energy reducing fuel poverty. Install and manage rainwater harvesting Evridrop rainwater systems in homes and businesses to make a www.evridrop.co.uk Heswall Business Water harvesting positive difference to society. To develop, establish and sustain a Liverpool Faiths for Change - Faith and City Region wide ‘Faith & Climate’ partnership www.faiths4change.org.uk/faith-- Climate change and Wirral Charity, Community, NGO Climate Network network to principally enable members of climate-network.html resiliance different world faith communities to inform, Falkland Road Organic www.wirralenvironmentalnetwork.or Growning organic fruit and vegetables. Wallasey Charity, Community, NGO Food Gardeners (FROG) g.uk/garden.htm fareshare.org.uk/fareshare- Fareshare Fighting hunger, tackling food waste. Regional Charity, Community, NGO Food centres/merseyside Green and blue Follyfield Nurseries Plants grown on the Wirral https://www.follyfieldnurseries.com/ Willaston Business spaces, habitat and biodiversity Forgetmenot
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