To date our Plastic Free Champions and Allies have taken out 108,252 pieces of reusable plastic out of use every year!!!
Please support these local businesses, who are doing the right thing for our environment and in doing so help you reduce your carbon footprint
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Plastic Free Champions & Allies
Our Plastic Free Champions are small, independent businesses that have eliminated at least 3 single use plastic items from their business. Our Allies are larger businesses, schools, community groups, spaces, events and organisations who have committed to reduce their single use plastic usage by signing a pledge. Please support them and in turn you will be helping reduce single use plastic and ultimately reduce you carbon footprint.
Home & Garden
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With more than 100 insurance products available, our friendly branch teams are dedicated to finding you the right policy at the right price. From home insurance to horsebox, commercial cover to kit cars; we have access to a range of insurers, who offer the full breadth of policies to cover your every specialist requirement.
Whether you need legal support for you or your business, Gardner Leader Solicitors in Newbury are here to help. You need a law firm which you can trust, which understands your priorities and delivers practical, exceptional value legal solutions. We have over 125 years of experience delivering peace of mind to our clients in Newbury.
GoGreen Financial Services provides tailored mortgage solutions, specialising in residential and buy-to-let options. We also offer advice on eco-friendly financing and comprehensive home and personal insurance, ensuring your financial well-being. Experience expert service with a commitment to the environment!
Eating In & Out
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Personal / Beauty / Clothing
Kate Dempsie Neal's Yard Remedies Independent Consultant.
Neal’s Yard Remedies health and beauty products are natural and soil association certified organic. Founded in 1981 and still family run, our products are made in our eco factory in Dorset. We sell products for all facial skin types, bath and body products, products for mother and baby and essential oils.
Arts, Crafts & Entertainment
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The Corn Exchange Trust manages three key spaces; the Corn Exchange which includes a 400 seat auditorium, a 40 seat independent cinema and thriving Café Bar; 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space for the development of large-scale outdoor performances and residencies; and Learning Centre from which they run a flourishing participation programme. Enabling local people to engage in creative activity, lies at the heart of what they do.
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Our permanent exhibition tells the story of West Berkshire. From the rocks under our feet to the stories of the people who have lived here; our early ancestors, to well known characters like Jack of Newbury to our most recent family: they have created the towns and villages, roads and canals, fields and farms, industries, pastimes and organisations that we know today.
Supporting Your Business
Helps individuals, teams & entire organisations to flourish with coaching, facilitation and leadership development that gets rid of blockers, sets egos aside & generates positive action. We also support coaches – to develop, grow & depend their skills & confidence through coach mentoring, supervision and bespoke workshops.
The Eco Extinguisher is part of a new generation of fire extinguishers – designed to promote sustainability through the total removal of CO2! British made using low-energy manufacturing & a higher percentage of recycled parts.
These units will only require simple annual maintenance - we provide full training for FREE!
A Great Place to do Business.
The 150-acre Greenham Business Park is the largest strategic employment site in the area. It is suitable for all business types with a wide range of commercial property for rent. In addition, there is significant opportunity for redevelopment and new development enabling you to design and build your perfect premises.
The Elsie Kimber Room is a small meeting room for hire with a table and chairs for up to 12 people. This room is ideal for confidential meetings and for interviews.
Charity & Good Causes
The Nature Discovery Centre is packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays. There is a network of footpaths ranging from small family-friendly walks to longer paths for the more adventurous. Surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats, there is fantastic wildlife to see all year round.
An independent charity, founded in 1984 to help local people who have been diagnosed with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. Offering practical help and information to patients and their families living in West Berkshire, and are the parent charity for the Rainbow Rooms and the Rosemary Centre at the West Berkshire Community Hospital.
We are a flourishing community of English learners, parents with young children, local residents of West Berkshire and volunteers who meet regularly to learn, spend time together and make new friends. We work in partnership with local service providers to promote togetherness, inclusion and wellbeing to help our community to thrive.
Thirtover Place, the Residential and Activity Centre for Girlguiding Royal Berkshire.
Thirtover Place has a fully equipped holiday house to accommodate 30 people, together with three camp sites accommodating between 15 and 36 campers a site, a tented village, wooden cabin, toilet/shower facilities plus camp stores and shop, set in nine acres of beautiful West Berkshire countryside.
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Schools
How To Become a Champion or Ally
If you are interested in becoming a Plastic free Champion or Plastic Free Ally, please choose one of the options below to find out more.
