Neighbourhood events

3 things you can do today

Re-route one journey. Pick a car journey you take regularly and try walking, cycling or taking public transport instead.

Meet your neighbours. Discover something good going on near you and get involved. You'll share your skills, meet someone new and help create stronger a community. This is a good place to start.

Plant something. Trees and plants are great for making our neighbourhoods more inviting, and they clean the air too. Silver birch trees are particularly good for reducing pollution levels. NASA did a study into great ways to clean the air and revealed English ivy, philodendrons, spider plants and golden pothos are great options for growing at home.

Join #LoveWhereYouLive Oldham

In 2016/17 it cost the UK a whopping £57 million to clear up fly-tipping. Find out what Oldham residents are doing about it.Read more

Join 'recycling penalty shootouts' at Community Football Days

This summer, join us at one of 22 'Community Football Days' across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, for a 'recycling penalty shootout'! Who said recycling couldn't be fun.Read more

Join #LoveYourForest in the Forest of Dean

The ancient Forest of Dean is one of the UK's best gems, yet each year 250 tonnes of litter has to be cleared, costing local taxpayers more than £430,000. Get involved with #LoveYourForest and help keep the forest litter-free.Read more

Take Care of Tooting

We're teaming up with Wandsworth Council to bring some of our award-winning #NeatStreets anti-littering initiatives to Tooting! Find out what's going on and what you can do to 'Take Care Of Tooting'.Read more

Recycle your coffee cup with the #SquareMileChallenge

Coffee. It's the fuel of the nation. We throw away 7 million coffee cups a day and less than 1% get recycled. Take part in the #SquareMileChallenge to recycle 1/2 million cups this month.Read more

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Be a winner - host the ultimate litter-free picnic

Picnics are a brilliant way to spend time with friends, family and enjoy the outdoors. Here are some top tips for hosting the ultimate packaging and litter-free picnic. Share a photo of yours and you could win a £50 voucher.

Love Where You Live

In one year the UK spend £57 million clearing up after fly-tipping. One community in Oldham has transformed its derelict alleyway into a beautiful space. Will yours be next? Find out how to transform your alleyway with #LoveWhereYouLive.

Join #LoveWhereYouLive Oldham

In 2016/17 it cost the UK a whopping £57 million to clear up fly-tipping. Find out what Oldham residents are doing about it.

Can community action cut fly-tipping?

For the past year Hubbub has partnered with Oldham Council exploring whether community action can cut fly-tipping. We worked in five streets to gain a greater understanding of the causes of fly-tipping and to explore solutions. Results have been mixed.

Gift A Bundle of outgrown baby clothing this Mother's Day

183 million items of outgrown baby clothing are tucked away in UK homes! In the lead up to Mother’s Day, pass them on to support families via 42 mothercare stores.

Be a part of the Community Fridge Network

Community Fridges are communal places where surplus food is shared. Find your local Community Fridge and see how you can save food and money.

How to recycle clothes too worn to wear

1/3 of clothes across the UK end up in the bin, despite the fact that stained, damaged and holey clothing can be recycled into new items, such as padding for chairs and car seats, cleaning cloths and industrial blankets - find out how.

What we do and why we do it

We're a social enterprise that works very like a creative agency for environmental issues. The best bit - all our profit goes back into our mission, because we're a charity too.

Set up a Community Fridge

The Community Fridge is a simple way of enabling communities to share good food that would otherwise go to waste, and we're looking for people set up Community Fridge's in their communities - find out what support is available to you.

Meet the team

We're a small team with huge ambitions - come and meet us.

Recycle your coffee cup with the #SquareMileChallenge

Coffee. It's the fuel of the nation. We throw away 7 million coffee cups a day and less than 1% get recycled. Take part in the #SquareMileChallenge to recycle 1/2 million cups this month.

Neat Streets

Creative ways to tackle litter using the latest thinking and designs from around the world.

We're recruiting

Are you passionate about the environment and making it relevant to the mainstream? Keep an eye out here for job vacancies.

Make, do and mend events

10 fashion event ideas. From film screenings to fashion swaps, this free e-guide has events of all shapes and sizes for you and your friends to re-vamp your wardrobes, make your clothes last longer and save money.

Neighbourhoods

Creating cleaner, greener spaces

3 things you can do today

Go a bit further - run your own campaign.

Recycle your coffee cup with the #SquareMileChallenge

Neighbourhood events

Join #LoveWhereYouLive Oldham

Join 'recycling penalty shootouts' at Community Football Days

Join #LoveYourForest in the Forest of Dean

Take Care of Tooting

Recycle your coffee cup with the #SquareMileChallenge