Hibernation 29th November 2011 to February 2nd 2012

The Green Centre closes for its annual hibernation period at 4.30 on Tuesday 29th November. This allows us to reflect the seasons and give our hardworking volunteers a period of rest and renewal before we open next year.

The year has been an excellent one.

Huge thanks go to all our regular volunteers; Melanie, Tony, Stuart, Rob, Kate, Lisette, David, Dan, Mary, Lisa, Chloe, Catherine, Lance, Izzy, Lyndsey, Kerrie, Romany, Laurel, Georgie, Ann, Jennie and Kitty - without them there would be no project. There are of course many others who have lent a helping hand including teams from Brighton & Hove Council Sustainabiltiy Team, Concordia, Coca Cola, The Prince's Trust and American Express. We are bound to have left someone out - we are only human after all -please accept our apologies if we have.

HUGE thanks to all our wonderful supporters who have donated all kinds of everything allowing us to reduce / re-use / recycle throughout the year. We have diverted many tonnes from landfill and raised funds to cover the running costs of the project. THANK YOU.

This year we were very lucky to receive a comprehensive set of eco-lighting to equip the whole centre thanks to a competition run by Light Foot LED which we won! We also have new shelving throughout the centre thanks to Maz Maz of Hove (currently doing fab pizzas) and a mini hob for the kitchen donated by the YMCA.

We have seen the addition of a beautiful wildlife pond in the garden thanks to the fantastic work of Kate & the gang, supported by Thurstan Crockett and the council Sustainability Team. Other additons in the garden include a rather wonderful rainwater harvesting system thanks to the East Brighon Trust, BETRE & Southern Water and a wormery courtesy of Concordia.

Looking forward to next year we have received a grant from Brighton & Hove Council towards our core costs. We have also recently received funding for 2 projects; from Children Can Do to run an Eco Club for 8 -3 year olds and from the Body Shop to create teaching resources to accompany our Eco Tour.

Once again we thank you all for your support and very much look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Volunteer Day - Saturday November 19th 2011

This will be our final Saturday volunteering day of the year. We will be working on the Colombia Gold Mine photo petition and may also do some bottle top sorting. The day begins at 10.30 and ends at 4.30. If you stay all day we will provide lunch but you must let us know by 4.30pm on Thursday 17th November - you can call the centre on 01273 687700 and leave your details. If you just want to come for a few hours then we will happily keep you supplied with tea/coffee and biscuits - just turn up :-))