Nailsea Methodist Church’s second community Eco Fair will bring together eighteen organisations involved in different aspects of environmental work.  The Avon Wildlife Trust, The Bumblebee Conservation Society, Bristol Ornithological Club, Bristol Naturalists' Society  Friends of Stockway North, Friends of Trendlewood Park and WWF are all involved nature conservation, in the management of local nature reserves and rewilding projects. Nailsea & District Horticultural Society will on hand to offer advice and guidance to gardeners and North Somerset Beekeepers will be able to tell you all about honey bees. North Somerset Master Composters will be offering advice about home composting.

Also coming are the Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre whose role is to collect, manage and distribute biodiversity and geodiversity data for the West of England area. The Nailsea Shedders focus is on repairing, recycling and repurposing cherished or broken items. Burnham and Weston Energy and Low Carbon Gordano will be on hand to offer advice on clean energy and energy saving.  The climate crisis will feature on the Greenpeace , Nailsea Climate Emergency Group and Christian Climate Action campaign stalls and The Green Party will also feature along with Christian group Green Christian.   Nailsea Methodist Church will also have a display telling the story of its journey to becoming a Silver Award winning Eco Congregation.

This year's Programme of talks 

·         10:30 to 11:00am                        Nailsea Climate Emergency Group – Kingsley Belton

·         11:15am to 11:45am                  Bristol Ornithological Club - Rob Martin - BOC and Watercress Farm

·         12noon to 12:30pm                    Avon Wildlife Trust – Jen Robertson

·         12:45pm to 1:15pm                    Friends of Trendlewood - Neil Ingram - Stories from Nowhere Wood

·         1:30pm to 2:00pm                      Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre - Tim Corner

·         2:15pm to 2:45pm                       Green Christian (film) - John Dorry

The 2024 Fair was popular with over one hundred and seventy visitors visiting the stalls, enjoying the free refreshments and attending the programme of six environmentally themed talks. 

Some of the feedback we received for our 2024 Eco Fair

“We want to thank you for running a brilliant day yesterday. It was so worthwhile, we were able to network with other groups and have the opportunity to engage with new people.  The layout and the organisation was really excellent. We felt well looked after throughout the day.  We received some positive feedback which is always nice to have.“

“Just want to thank you very much for putting on such an excellent event on Saturday. YACWAG volunteers really enjoyed meeting old eco warriors and our new volunteers enjoyed making new contacts. It was inspiring and uplifting. A great event and very well organised!”

Richard Lancaster, organiser of the Fair on behalf of the Church’s Eco Group, added: “This was the first time we’d tried an event of this kind and we were delighted with the positive feedback we received from both the groups taking part and the visitors. There was a very positive vibe in the hall, lots of opportunities for networking and many great conversations on the environmental challenges ahead”