October 2026
Leighton Hall Apple Day
Leighton Hall is inviting all foragers, fruit and folklore lovers to celebrate the heritage of historic orchards, apples and traditional country crafts during Apple Day. Family Fun Day Celebrating National Apple Day Sunday 18 October 2026, 10.00am – 3.00pm Cost: tbc Demonstrations, makers market, cider, juices, bakes and preserves. Have-a-go activities including basket weaving, beekeeping, apple picking tasting, pressing and campfire […]
Tour of Summerhouse Community Farm
Summerhouse Community Farm is being set up. If you haven’t yet visited the site, join us for a short tour which will include: – some background to the site, including the history and context – the vision and permaculture design which was co-designed with wide community input – a chance to see the Plot’s market garden space and hear from […]
Wave Applefest in Bare
Wave Community is hosting an Applefest in Bare on Monday 19 October, 3-5pm. Bring your surplus fruit and veg to share with your community Juice your own apples (or use the ones provided!) and bring an empty glass bottle to take some home Learn more about dehydrating fruit as a way to preserve it Bring your apples and a small […]
Apple picking at Skerton Community Centre
Skerton Community Centre are looking for some help picking the last of the fruit on their trees. The North Lancashire Gleaning Network will be there with pickers, trays and a van on Tuesday afternoon, from about 2:30pm. To join in and have some fun picking apples in the crisp autumn air, please email jay_CL@eggcup.org ___________________________ This event is part of […]
FoodFutures Quarterly Partnership Meeting
FoodFutures online quarterly partnership meetings are a great space to get an overview of everything the FoodFutures partnership is working on, and to share your food news too. This is an open meeting where all are welcome :). A typical agenda involves a welcome and check in, working group updates and space for questions, plus space to discuss something topical. […]
Building a regenerative local economy from the ground up
This workshop is for change-maker organisations and social businesses working in North Lancashire. It follows on from an initial workshop in April 2026, which began to explore how we might work collectively to support each other to create a more regenerative local economy. The themes are drawn from the outcomes of the workshop in April and were identified and collectively […]
Telling stories from your community
A citizen journalism workshop day for anyone interested in writing for community magazines Are you interested in writing magazine articles, and telling interesting stories from your local community? And are you keen to help build a local food system that is healthy, sustainable and fair? FoodFutures’ popular North Lancashire community food magazine THRIVE is hosting a day-long workshop for people […]
Apple Day at Growing With Grace
Organic farm Growing With Grace in Clapham are hosting an apple day on Saturday October 24, from 11am till 4pm. There will be lunch, conversation and live music, and you can try your hand at making apple juice (bring a bottle if you have one).
Citizen Journalism Training session
Learn how to tell stories about food and community with greater confidence in this practical workshop from THRIVE, North Lancashire’s community food magazine. These monthly sessions are led by local freelance journalist and writer Georgia Tindale. Every fourth Tuesday of the month (except in September 2026 it will be the 29/09!) 17:30-18:30 Cost: free! The Cornerstone Sulyard Street Lancaster LA1 […]
Food Champion Induction for allotment holders
Join the North Lancashire Food Champion Network to help build an active, diverse and place-based food movement. The North Lancashire Food Champion network aims to connect people across the area, support people and community groups where needed and enable them to link with different projects across the FoodFutures partnership. Whatever your passion, there are lots of ways for you to […]
Introduction to Facilitation and Sociocracy with FoodFutures.
“The revolution will be well facilitated!” Rob Hopkins. Join Anna Clayton from FoodFutures to explore tools for supporting good facilitation whilst introducing the basics of sociocracy. Sociocracy offers a decision making framework and processes that seek to support dynamic, inclusive and productive meetings that make decisions by consent. It’s based on the idea that people who work together are best […]
Allotment social with coffee and lunch
This is a very warm invite to our “Allotment Social”; an informal meet up of allotment folk over coffee and then lunch. It’s a chance to chat, meet new people and get to know each other, swap information and support each other. It’s also a chance to hear about what’s happening on other allotment sites, maybe even ones close to […]
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