Tool Library Volunteers Needed

Can you volunteer a few hours to help establish a tool library in Forres?

Forres Tool Library promises to help folk who can’t afford to access the gear that they need, without resorting to buying cheaply made products that break down quickly, and those who find their homes cluttered with gadgets that they rarely ever use but still want on occasion.

We need a few helping hands in two main roles, temporary and ongoing:

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Raise Your Voice for the Future of Forres

Transition Town Forres are reaching out to the local community for support to secure the long-term future of our home on Bogton Road and develop new and existing projects to support the local community in their economic recovery and transition to a more sustainable future.

To do this, we are applying for a Community Asset Transfer to purchase the site on which our venue and community gardens reside, from Moray Council, from whom it is currently leased, on behalf of the community.

Please fill in our survey here to offer your thoughts.

Thank you!

‘Growing Strong’

Introducing ‘Growing Strong’, TTF’s Covid-19 response.

Our volunteer gardeners are busy growing some community fruit and veggies to be distributed to the community of Forres for free later in the year!

Read all about it here: https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/transition-town-forres-rallies-covid-19-volunteer-gardeners-199342/

See our 22-minute documentary video of the project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPaO4yhFQD0

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Website Update

This site is now on new hosting after it was unavailable for several weeks while we resolved a problem with WordPress.com no longer supporting our domain name.

Expect the appearance to change quite a bit in coming weeks while we revamp the look and layout of the site and tidy up old pages. If you find any broken links, please get in touch.

For now, you can see that it is much easier to sign up to our mailing list, using the drop-down bar at the top of the page.