Cory Walker

Bedford’s Great Big Green Week is back

The Great Big Green Week is back in Bedford this June, with free events taking place from 7 - 14 June at Bedford Central Library, the Higgins Bedford, the Panacea Museum, the John Bunyan...

Bedfordians encouraged to take part in The Big Plastic Count this week

You could join over 100,000 people taking part in this year's The Big Plastic Count - the UK's largest survey into household plastic waste. The week begins today (11 March) but there's still time to sign...

Bedford’s Great Big Green Week to highlight urgent action needed to save the natural world

Bedfordians are invited to take part in a nationwide campaign this month to highlight the need for urgent action on climate and nature. Taking place from 10 to 18 June, the climate action...

Letters: Let’s get walking

Our future councillors need to prioritise improving our streets in their upcoming term to help people choose cleaner and healthier ways to travel. The benefits of people walking...

Campaigners ask if you’d like a plastic free Bedford?

Local campaigners are seeking views from people across Bedford Borough about how they're reducing their use of single-use plastics at home, school or at work. Plastic Free Bedford...

Locally-grown ‘flower flash’ kicks off Bedford’s Great Big Green Week in style

Bedford's Silver Faces will be given a floral make-over to kick off this year's Great Big Green Week. The 'flower flash' is just one of dozens of events being held in Bedford from...

Mental Health Mates walking group returns to Bedford

After a break during the pandemic, a mental health walking group is restarting in Bedford at the end of April. Mental Health Mates (MHM) was set up in 2016 in London by journalist and award-winning author Bryony Gordon...

Garden tours, litter picks, virtual talks and beer – all part of the Great Big Green Week in Bedford

Over 27 events will be taking place in Bedford next week as part of a nationwide campaign to highlight the need for urgent action on climate and nature. Starting this Saturday (18 September)...

Bedford Sustainability Week launches despite lockdown

Bedford's first Sustainability Week was launched 'virtually' yesterday (Monday), with the aim of sharing the environmental message, even if we are...

Mental Health Mates walks return to Bedford

In March 2017, a mental health support group launched in Bedford, joining over 20 other towns and cities throughout the UK providing peer support...

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