* Introducing Gift Miles- an article about how to have (and give) a really green Christmas
* Join the Green Team The Green Team is looking for new members (especially amongst the younger members of the congregation) and fresh ideas! If anyone would like to join us, please speak to me or email s.dalton@lineone.net. We are a very friendly group which meets about six times a year in the Parish Centre, at a time convenient for everyone. If you can offer help please contact one of the Green Team through the Parish Office
* Recycle At the back of church there is a box for recycling mobile 'phones and printer cartridges. Once we have a full box, these go to Christian Aid, for fund raising. This is much more efficient than sending off either phones or cartridges in the small plastic bags, which are often provided. Although pre-paid, the postage cost usually exceeds the value of the item for recycling. We also collect reading glasses and hearing aids for re-use in third World countries. There is a separate small box for batteries, which are disposed of safely
As an experiment, we will also accept old hearing aids (place them in the same box as reading glasses). Hearing aids are refurbished by trained prisoners at Frankland Gaol, and sent out to South America, the Indian sub-continent and Africa , for people with hearing loss.
Current Recycling Initiatives at St Chad's .Bottle Bank at the Parish Centre. It takes all colours of glass. . Old mobile phones - leave in box at back of church .Printer cartridges from computers - leave in box at the back of church. . .Used postage stamps in the large plastic jar - a source of revenue for mission charities. . A Magazine exchange takes place on the 4th Sunday in most months . Old reading glasses(Click on the link to find out how this works) are now collected in the mobile phone/computer cartridge box at the back of church
