Seedy Saturday on 6th April

We will have a stall for the Bee Cause at the Seedy Saturday seed swap event at the Brooklyn, Green Lane, Great Lever, on 6h April fron 12.00 to 4.00pm. More >

Film Showing - Queen of the Sun

We will be showing the film "Queen of the Sun - What are the bees telling us?" on Wednesday 10th April, at 7.00pm, at the Friends (Quakers) Meeting House, 50 Silverwell Street, Bolton, BL1 1PP. This film offers a profound, alternative look a the... More >

Stall at CVS event

We joined the many groups who had stalls when the CVS held their AGM at the Reebok. It was a very interesting event. More >

Apple Day Stall

We continued spreading the word about bees at Ainsdale Road Community Allotment's Apple Day celebration on Sunday 28th October. The event was great fun dispite the rain. Look on the links page to find more information about this and other... More >

Fundraising Sale

On Thursday 13th September 2012 we had a sale at the canopy in Victoria Square to raise funds for the group. The popular sales at the canopy, held by many different charities, are an opportunity for things to be reused, many of which would... More >

Bee Walk in Seven Acres Country Park

We had a Bee Walk on Saturday 8th September as part of the national Day of Action. Twenty one people enjoyed a lovely afternoon in Seven Acres Country Park. Stephen Cartwright from Lancashire Wildlife Trust very kindly led our walk and gave us a... More >

Stalls in 2012

We have been working on the Bee Cause campaign since early in 2012, starting with a stall at the Seedy Sunday seed and plant swapping event in Great Lever. In April Transition Town Bolton had our Bee Cause petition cards on their stall at the... More >

Visit to David Crausby MP

On the 3rd. June 2011 we attend David Crausby's surgery to talk to him about the amendments to the Energy Bill that Friends of the Earth is promoting. As co-chairman of the committee discussing this bill he cannot express any opinion about the... More >

Fundraising Sale

On the 30th April we held a sale of second hand goods and a tombola at the canopy in Victoria Square. This raised funds for our group's expenses. More >

Green Weeek at The University of Bolton

Bolton University's first Green Week included a Friends of the Earth stall where people were able to find out about our campaigns and sign postcards to David Cameron supporting recycling. An interesting range of organisations were there with stalls... More >

Action on Recycling, 19 March 2011

We took part in the national "Day of Action" to draw public attention to the Government's current review of its waste policy. They will be setting out their plans and goals for 2020 and Friends of the Earth want to see unrecycled waste being halved... More >

The Big Climate Connection

We visited Julie Hilling MP and Yasmin Qureshi MP as part of a mass lobby of Members of Parliament, in their constituencies, organised by Stop Climate Chaos, which took place on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th of November. We spoke to them about the UN... More >

Planting Trees on 10/10/10

Our event on Sunday 10th. Oct. was one of over 7300, in nearly every country in the world, organised for "350", the online climate campaign. It was part of their Global Work Party - a day of practical action to fight climate change and an example... More >

Summer Stalls in 2010

Once again we were at the Moses Gate Country Fair where we invited people to sign postcards to ask their MPs to vote for the Sustainable Livestock Bill. This year we are also asking Bolton Council to "Get Serious about CO2". So we asked people to... More >

Fix the Food Chain Pinata Event

In October 2009 David Crausby MP and Brian Iddon MP joined us at the Town Hall where, with a loud bang, David Crausby broke open our egg-shaped pinata releasing 125 animal-shaped cards. These had been signed at our stalls in the summer by the... More >

Fix the Food Chain Stalls

In June 2009 we had stalls on two days at the "Mediaeval Fair" in Churchgate. We were also at the Moses Gate Country Fair in July. Members of the public signed 125 postcards asking their MPs to support the campaign for sustainable farming and... More >

Marine Reserves Campaign

We've written to and visited our MPs to ask them to support this campaign to protect the eco-systems of the sea with large, scientifically based no-take zones. The Government improved their original plans but the new law will lack a firm commitment... More >