When the world feels heavy – the headlines relentless, the climate crisis urgent, the pace of life dizzying – it’s never been easier to slip into a quiet kind of despair. Yet in towns like … Read more...
Frome’s Collective Power for Change
Author: Annabel Crooke
Green and Healthy Conference 2025: Exploring How Climate Action Improves Health
What if action on climate is also the best way to improve our health? That’s the central question behind the Green and Healthy Frome 2025 Conference, taking place on Monday 3rd November 2025 at Wesley … Read more...
Disabled artists put climate justice in focus with a powerful new film
For National Inclusion Week, OpenStoryTellers and Green & Healthy Frome spotlight learning-disabled voices, confronting the question: Does climate change disproportionately affect the learning disabled? A vivid new perspective A new short film created by learning-disabled … Read more...
Wild Encounters: Youth Voice at HEAL Somerset
On 27th August, eight young people from our Frome Youth Climate Action Group (we WILL be coming up with a better name very soon!) set off for an inspiring visit to HEAL Somerset. We were … Read more...
Should Councils Be Serving Up More Than Services? Frome Shows the Power of Eating Together
On a balmy summer’s evening in Frome, 222 plates of locally sourced, nutritious and delicious food were served at Canteen’s outdoor pop-up in Victoria Park. Some meals were paid in full, others subsidised, and a … Read more...
Fashion Reclaimed: Frome joins the international movement ‘Sustainable Fashion Week 2025’
Every second, a truckload of clothes is burned or buried in landfill somewhere in the world. In the UK alone, around 300,000 tonnes of textiles end up in black bins each year – most of … Read more...
222 Plates, One Community: Canteen in Victoria Park
On a warm August evening, long tables stretched out beneath the trees outside Victoria Park Cafe. With wafts of hogget shawarma and community collaboration in the air, something truly incredible was taking shape. With the … Read more...
Frome Community Bike Project is seeking two new Directors to join their Board!
This exciting opportunity to join Frome Community Bike Projects (FCBP) Board of Directors, is for not one, but two people looking to help make a difference in our community. FCBP is working hard to support … Read more...
Youth Climate Action Group Takes Charge with an Exciting New Project
Green and Healthy Frome is inspiring a new generation of climate champions to do things their way, via an empowering youth-led programme called the Frome Youth Climate Action Group. This creative initiative combines art, nature … Read more...
Canteen goes alfresco, dishing up a truly home grown potato salad in Victoria Park
This August, something special is on the menu at Canteen, Frome Food Network’s renowned pay-what-you-can community restaurant is going alfresco. Expect a delicious potato salad, made with potatoes grown by more than a hundred local … Read more...