Local Initiatives

News from Castle Park Arts Centre: 

“We're starting a ReUse shop

Have you got any old, partially used or spare art supplies lying around that won't be used?  Help us with our newest green initiative!  We would like donations of the following:

Canvases: used or unused - Pencils: Drawing and colouring - Paints: Tubes, pans. small tins - Paint brushes - Pastels - Sketch books 

We will accept items in reasonable condition and at least half of the consumable product is left.  The ReUse Shop is inside the Arts Centre, on the ground floor, near the cafe. Donations and customers are both welcome!”

Sean and Molly Gilchrist have devised an app ‘Rentu’ to enable you to loan out household items to other people.

“Myself and Molly created Rentu with the aim of reducing household waste and the purchase of items that people will use once and then leave to collect dust.” Sean told us and explains more below.

Sean explains “Anybody can sign up and list things they have lying around the house easily on our mobile app/website, they can earn money from stuff that is otherwise lying around while helping someone locally save money from buying the item brand new. We like to think of it as a way to incentivise sustainability. Our mission is to reduce waste and if people can earn a small income off the side of that, they will hopefully be more motivated to do so. The idea seems to have kind of snowballed a little bit and has had great pickup across Cheshire.”