Welcome to RACE
Making Ringwood Greener
Bringing people together to collectively take actions that help our environment.
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Addressing Climate Change
Including planting trees across the area, with over 50,000 planted since 2020
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Saving Textile Waste
Running sewing workshops to provide the skills for more people to repair and repurpose.
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Eco Fairs

Next ECO Fair on
Saturday 11th May 2024

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Welcome to the RACE Website

Thank you for visiting the RACE Website.

We are a registered charity based in Ringwood, Hampshire, with the aim of bringing people from the Ringwood area together to take actions that help the environment, biodiversity, and climate change.

We provide opportunities for people to take actions locally to reduce waste, learn new skills and combat climate change. So far we have

  • Encouraged the planting of over 50,000 trees since 2020 (Trees for the Future)
  • Saved over 100 tonnes of food from waste since May 2021 (Ringwood Community Fridge)
  • Saved over 60 duvet covers, 45 sheets and 30 pairs of curtains from waste through our sewing workshops (Make, Do and Mend)
  • Planted 1000s of bulbs and 100s of pollinator friendly plants through (RACE to Green)
  • Started a series of meals together to provide inspiration about vegetables (Pick to Plates)
  • Had a series of opportunities for people to connect with the environment through art
  • Run 4 Ringwood ECO Fairs
  • Run 7 clothes swaps
  • Run 3 spring seed and seedling swaps

Lots of opportunities to get involved with our new land at Crow Hill - the lovely Jack Wright Field

If you'd like to know more about what we do please do get in touch ringwoodraceagainsttime@gmail.com

Volunteering

If you have 1 or 2 hours a week to spare and would like to join our team nurturing our trees and wildflowers then please get in touch.

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Current Projects
Planting and Nurturing Trees

Planting more trees and hedges across the area and developing our Community Tree Nursery at Crow Hill
Make Do and Mend

Sharing sewing skills to help people reuse and upcycle pre-loved fabrics – a new series of workshops starts in September
Community Fridge

Saving food from waste. The Community Fridge is located in Ringwood Library and is available for anyone to use.
RACE to Green

We are planting around the town to improve habitats and space for pollinators. Starting with the area in front of the Gateway building.

Would you like to volunteer?

Interested in becoming a part of RACE? Please, feel free to email us at ringwoodraceagainsttime@gmail.com at any time or click below.

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Proud Sponsor

This website has been designed by Brown Booth, proud sponsors of the Ringwood Actions for Climate Emergency (RACE) in their journey to inspire positive change, to do right by our planet.

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