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Calling all Chutney, jam and jelly makers
If you like to cook up a few preserves around now for the store cupboard, why not double your usual quantities and sell your produce from our AppleFest stall, Saturday 5 October? Find out more...
Strictly Apples – The Re-B Bake Off
Enter your apple-themed baking speciality - cake, tart, crumble, traybake, strudel or whatever – in our AppleFest 2024 baking competition. More details here...
Re-Betchworth’s AppleFest 2024 – not to be missed!!
Get the date in your diary now – Saturday 5 October 1-4.00pm at Betchworth Village Hall. An event for all the family, whether or not you’re expecting a bumper apple crop!
Try your hand at Scything
We need your help to ‘mow’ the Goulburn Green wildflower strip in the traditional way on Saturday 31 August, 10.00 – 12.30
Free home energy surveys are back
Most Betchworth households are now eligible for a free home energy survey, no strings attached, thanks to funding secured by a Surrey CC led consortium
Garden tool and knife sharpening
To coincide with AppleFest on 5 October, Adam, of Surrey Sharpeners, is setting up his mobile shop in Betchworth Village Hall parking area, starting at 9.30am
Watch this space...
The Re-B team is working up a rich menu of interesting initiatives, the bees are buzzing and we've even had some lovely late Summer days...
Betchworth Forest School 2024
We've now held our last Betchworth Forest School session for this year. Many local young children enjoyed the ‘magical secret wood’ hidden away in our village, and watched first-hand the changes over the seasons
Eco-spotlight
In what will be an occasional feature, we want to hear from local people who are doing their bit to live a more eco-friendly, sustainable lifestyle. This month, Re-b’s eco-spotlight shines on local resident, Sonia Lakshman
Community Biodiversity Park Update 
There's been a lot going on since the official launch of the Community Biodiversity Park (CBP) on 25 March at the Parish Council AGM
Not bad, could do better – the report is out...
How did we do? Surrey is 2nd in the national recycling tables, falling to 7th place in the waste tables; Mole Valley sits pretty much in the middle of the within-county tables
Could we build on the Swap Shop? 
The Forum WhatsApp members are great at sharing information on suppliers and passing on no-longer-wanted appliances on the Betchworth Swap-Shop offshoot, writes James Benn. Could we build on this?
Wildflower wander 
Rare chance to explore a stunning local nature reserve not usually open to the public - free guided walk at Surrey Wildlife Trust's Fraser Down Nature Reserve, arranged by 4Bs Community Biodiversity Park...book now
Your big green bin - what happens next?
Two Re-Betchworth groups visited the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Leatherhead, where our Mole Valley green bin contents are sorted and got the chance to see behind the scenes. Ed Winter reports...
Brilliantly simple idea...
Need someone to sort your IT problems, fix your roof, tune a piano, dig a hole, replace your cracked windscreen, do some small building work? Look no further...
55 and counting...
That’s the number of bird species spotted by keen members of the newly formed village WhatsApp Nature Group
TLC for your wild flower meadow
Claire Benn shares advice on how to help your wildflower starter patch/meadow flourish
Don’t chuck it – Fix it!!!
It's often easier than you think to repair broken items yourself. Or if you're not confident about DIY, take your broken thing(s) along to one of the local free repair centres...
Community Apple Press 
Juicing made easy, by using semi-commercial equipment to chip and press our village apples.
Re-Betchworth Wins Surrey Wildlife Trust Community Champion Award.   
It’s always nice to receive recognition and our work for nature with the Betchworth Community was acknowledged by Surrey Wildlife Trust through their new Community Champion Awards.

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