Monthly Archives: March 2024

Six Inches of Soil

Slow Circular Earth present a sceeening of this documentary feature film telling the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.  Followed by Q & A and supper.

5.30pm – 9.30pm

Tickets £10.  Booking essential.

Posted on:20th March 2024

Monday Tea Club

A free event for families to cook and eat together, enjoy a healthy meal, and discover affordable, nutritious options.

4pm – 6.30pm

22 & 29 April and 13 & 20 May

Click here for more information

Posted on:12th March 2024

Monday Tea Club with Slow Circular Earth

A free event for families to cook and eat together, enjoy a healthy meal, and discover affordable, nutritious options.

4pm – 6.30pm at Wilderspin

22 & 29 April and 13 & 20 May

Learn cooking skills and help reduce food waste to care for the planet.

Have fun and make new friends.

To book – message Slow Circular Earth or text 07875 407997

 

Posted on:12th March 2024

Lifelong Learning at Barton

This newly formed group provides short educational and informative courses for everyone aged 18 year and over.

Sessions are held at Wilderspin in the Joseph Wright Hall.

Maritime Archaeology runs from 17 January until 21 February on Wednesday afternoons between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.  Tutor: Simon Tomson.  Fee: £60 (six sessions)

Contact 07442 160785 for more details.

Posted on:2nd March 2024

Slow Circular Earth’s Community Fridge

The Community fridge is a simple solution to wasting less, through the sharing of good quality food.

A community fridge is a space where everyone can share their surplus food, including donations from local businesses, producers, households and gardens.

Slow Circular Earth is working with Hubbub in collaboration with Coop and Starbucks to help provide 6.8 million meals to people who need them most and to enable local communities to give what they can and take what they need, so that nothing goes to waste.

You can get involved by:

  • Sharing or donating your surplus food
  • Volunteering your time to help support
  • Spreading the word using #CommunityFridge

The aim is to reduce food waste and promote sustainable eating habits, with regular  workshops to learn how to cook delicious, healthy, and budget-friendly meals using surplus food, and compiling a community cookbook together.

For more information and updates, please visit our website at slowcircularearth.co.uk or follow us on social media at:

https://www.facebook.com/slowcircularearthuk

https://www.instagram.com/slowcircularearthuk/

Posted on:1st March 2024

Cafe Changes

Due to rising energy and supply costs the Old School Canteen cafe has ceased trading at the Museum.

But … every cloud as they say …. and we’re pleased to be hosting Slow Circular Earth’s Zero Waste pop up cafe on Fridays between 10.30am and 1.30pm.

They’re also running a Community Fridge – so pop in on Fridays whe it’s all happening! 

Posted on:1st March 2024

Chatty Cafe

We’ve mixed things up a bit  –  combining refreshments with the school museum experience!

We think it’s pretty unique and we are grateful for the support of the Humber Museums Partnership. 

And we’re really proud our efforts have been recognised with a “Volunteers for Museum Learning” award by the Marsh Charitable Trust in conjunction with the British Museum.  Click here for more details.

Getting everyone chatting was at the heart of it – and to help get conversations going we looked through our store to find some interesting things that rarely get displayed, and have boxed them up for visitors to unpack and chat about.

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We’re busy planning our Chatty Cafe sessions for 2024 and will publish the details on the website soon.

If you’d like to know more, click on the YouTube link to watch the video about our project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgtLH1xw41U&list=PL6l5lP4YK8jSto127N0YPaTZfxQCdm0hQ&index=6

Or click here for a summary: Wilderspin Memory Cafe Project Case Study

Please get in touch by phone (01652) 635172 or email (wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com) if you, someone you know, or a group you’re involved with might like to get involved.

 

Friends & Family

Delve into a Memory Box of things from our store and unpack those childhood memories at the Chatty Table.

Michael and Josh at soft launch 16 April 2022

 

Friends & Family

If you or someone you know would enjoy a chance to come to the museum and swap stories with others about the past over “a cuppa” we’re scheduling some regular drop-in sessons.  Details are just being worked out but we’ll post them here very soon.

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Learning Together

One of our first events this summer was with residents from Beech House care home in Barton and children from Barton St. Peter’s Primary School.  They swapped stories with each other and had a great time.

If you are a carer or know of a group or someone who would love to meet and chat with youngsters please get in touch so we can arrange it.

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Show & Tell

Apart from talking about the past we’ve also got a table for crafters, collectors and hobbyists for pop-up displays, demonstrations and sales.

There’s no charge – and the table can be borrowed for a morning, afternoon, day or weekend.

Just so long as it’s a talking point!

Get in touch if you’d like to “set up your stall” in the Chatty Café – on (01652) 635172.

 

Read All About It!

Wilderspin Memory Cafe Project Case Study

Posted on:1st March 2024