Planet Wimborne, together with its community groups, delivered a number of inspiring and engaging events to celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day falls on 22nd April every year and issues a call to action for people across the world to come together to help protect our fragile planet. Planet Wimborne takes this 'Think Global, Act Local' principle to provide a great way for local people to come together and feel part of a bigger community effort.
Planet Wimborne aims to bring the community in Wimborne and surrounding areas together in response to the climate and ecological emergency.
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Bring Your Own to this year's Folk Festival to help cut plastic waste and litter
Planet Wimborne and Wimborne War on Waste have teamed up with Wimborne Folk Festival to promote the 'Bring Your Own' message at this year's festival to cut plastic waste and litter. People coming to the festival over the weekend of 6th June are being encouraged to:
Let's Make Wimborne a Hedgehog Friendly Town!
Everyone loves a hedgehog and we are lucky to have some of our prickly friends in Wimborne. Unfortunately ‘hogs have suffered a huge decline across the UK, and desperately need a bit of help! Enter Susy and Colin Varndell from Dorset Mammal Group!
Upcoming events
Friday 16th – Saturday 17th May, Hawkers Farm
Fri, May 16 - Sat, May 17 2025, All day
Wimborne Repair Café is all about fixing things. A place to bring along your items in need of repair that would otherwise be wasted.
The Repair Cafe is run by the community, for the community.
This event not only provides repair services but is also a space for people to come together for a social chat and to pass on skills.
Clothing, textiles, sewing, small electrical, toys, ceramics, jewellery, small furniture and bicycles. Our team of volunteer fixers are on hand to give your items a new lease of life.
Sat, May 17 2025, 12 - 2pm
Experimental electronica - electro-acoustic music - modular synths - tape loops - Frippertronics - sound art & installations.
With concerts by Andrew Heath, Monophonic, Akira Sileas, Rob & Veronique Palmer, Circles in Circles, Slow Clinic, Chris Sciacca, Chuter.
Free entry, with donations to Planet Wimborne. Garden + afternoon tea.
Museum of East Dorset Garden: access at the rear of the museum, by the Hilda Coles Centre (next to the public library, where the tea room is).
Sun, May 18 2025, 1:30 - 5:30pm
Walk to School week - our annual five-day walking challenge. This year’s challenge will see pupils take on The Great Space Walk, encouraging them to travel actively to school every day of the week.
Mon, May 19 - Fri, May 23 2025, All day
World Bee Day - Bee engaged – Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems
Tue, May 20 2025, All day
Solitary Bee Week - about raising awareness for the solitary bees.
With over 240 species in the UK, they make up 90% of the bee population and along with other pollinating animals are responsible for one third of all the food we eat. However, like our honeybees and bumblebees, they are under threat and need our help.
Tue, May 20 - Tue, May 27 2025, All day
Other news
Wimborne Cup design - as chosen by the public
There was a great response from the public to decide on their favourite Wimborne cup design, with 463 votes cast across the three designs. Becky Dodd of Doddy Design, who created the designs, said, “It was great to see so many people voting for their favourite cup design. I can’t wait to see people with the cup at the Folk Festival and other events around town.”
And we can now reveal the cup:
Will your favourite design appear on the new Wimborne Cup?
Planet Wimborne, Wimborne War on Waste, Wimborne Town Council and Wimborne BID want to thank everyone who sent in ideas for what should go on the Wimborne Cup. There were over 50 entries received from people who love the town. The reusable cup will be launched at this year’s Folk Festival to reduce plastic waste and litter.
It’s now over to you, the public, to help choose the final design out of three choices.
Public asked to help design the Wimborne Cup
The Wimborne Minster Folk Festival is a great event that draws huge crowds to the town to enjoy the dancing and bands. But it also produces a lot of plastic waste. To tackle this plastic waste, local environmental community groups, Planet Wimborne and Wimborne War on Waste, have teamed up with the Folk Festival organisers, Town Council, Wimborne BID and the majority of pubs in the town to launch the reusable Wimborne Cup at this year's Festival. The Wimborne Cup can then be used for any other event in the town.