Bishopstoke Toy Library

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust 

Garden Organic

Beginners Guide to Gardening

Hampshire Swifts

Smart Living - Hampshire County Council

REUSE

Local Refil Shops

The Spinney 53 - Zero Waste, Refill, Zero Waste Product - Chandlers Ford

Lemon and Jinja: the UK's largest independent refill shop and café - Romsey

Bitterne Park Stores - A new shop for Bitterne Park, selling fresh fruit & veg and the finest locally-sourced food & drink - Bitterne

 

Think Second Hand

There are plenty of local charity shops in Eastleigh and one in Fair Oak (Revitalise - 41 Summerlands Rd).

You can find lots of Facebook pages either selling or giving away things for free including "I Need A Whisk (Horton Heath/Fair Oak/Bishopstoke)" and FREEBAY Bishopstoke. There are various sites online to find free items: Freecycle, Olio, Freegle and Trash Nothing.

Keep an eye out for local swap events including Wells Place – Swap events in Eastleigh. 

 

Borrow Don't Buy!

We are lucky to have lots of local places to borrow many different things, not just books.

Eastleigh Library - 1st Floor, Swan Centre, SO50 5SF

Chandler's Ford Library - Oakmount Road, SO53 2LH

Fair Oak Community Library - Campbell Way, SO50 7AX

 

Repair & Repurpose

Local Repair Cafes

Before throwing things out think if it could be mended. There are plenty of repair cafes where you can take various household items, from electicals to clothes to be repaired by volunteers.

Eastleigh Repair Cafe @ Pavilion on the Park  - Kingfisher Road, SO50 9LH

Southampton Repair Cafe - various locations

Repair Cafe Winchester - various locations

Recycle

You would be surprised how much can be recycled, and it's easy to drop these things off at local shops such as...
Boots – tablet packaging, costmetics packaging
Robert Dyas – batteries, pens
Wells Place – mobile phone, ink cartridges, aluminium cans
Specsavers – check current status for glasses recycling
Sainsbury’s Eastleigh – flexible plastics, batteries, printer cartridges, Brita cartridges
Tesco, Aldi and M&S Eastleigh – flexible plastics

The Spinney 53 – milk bottle tops & bras (Kicks Count charity)

Lemon & Jinja - corks, candles, bras, ink cartridges

Check what your council collects:
www.eastleigh.gov.uk/waste-bins-and-recycling/your-collections/recycling

Growing Windowsill Salad

A simple and fun way to start growing your own food.

Create a Pollinator Patch

Some key information to help your plant your own patch and help pollinators.

... and how to create a wildflower patch in clay soil - which is what most of us have in Bishopstoke....

Get Creative!

Download and print this fun colouring-in page, suitable for all ages! With some top tips to helps nature in your own green space.