e50K

14/10/2026

🌿 WE’RE RECRUITING! Join the Bramble Woods team! 🌿

Do you love working with people, supporting your local community and helping good things find a new home? 💚

Our Swap Shop Coordinator role is now open!

Based at Bramble Woods, Catterick, this is a lovely opportunity to help run our community Swap Shop, encourage reuse and recycling, support volunteers and help make a positive difference to local people.

🛍️ Help run the day-to-day shop
♻️ Give donated items a new lease of life
🤝 Welcome, support and coordinate volunteers
📣 Help spread the word and engage with the community

🕒 7hrs per week
💷 £13.45 per hour
📍 Hybrid/home-based, with regular attendance at Bramble Woods, Catterick

We’re looking for someone organised, approachable and enthusiastic, who enjoys bringing people together and making things happen.

📅 Applications close on 30 October!

👉 Find out more and apply here: https://www.communities.e50k.org.uk/catterick

Please share this post with anyone who might be interested. You never know who might be the perfect fit! 💚

24/09/2026

🌷 A colourful week of flowers and food here at Bramble woods. If you fancy growing your own or getting involved download our brilliant new app! 🍅

Our Rooted programme also started this week which was so lovely with the sun shining ☀️

Come down and enjoy the site anytime 🍂

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/e50k-volunteer-impact/id6776785616

Amey e50K Swap Shop The National Lottery Community Fund

01/09/2026

📍 Are you in Lincolnshire, or know someone who’s posted there?

We’d love to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to fill in our survey, or share with a friend and help us understand what matters to the military community in Lincolnshire.

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ygsakAbRND

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01/09/2026

🎒✨ BACK TO SCHOOL CRAFT CLUB THIS THURSDAY! ✨🎒

This Thursday 11am–1pm a brilliant FREE Back to School Craft Club!

We’ll have crafts, games, free refreshments, school uniforms and plenty of opportunities to meet new people and make new connections💜

Whether you’re getting ready for the school routine again, new to the area, or just fancy a fun couple of hours - pop on by!

Everyone welcome 🧵🧶📚

Amey e50K Swap Shop

31/08/2026

🌱 Ready to branch out, try something new and find your next step? It’s time to get ROOTED!

We’re recruiting members of the community to join ROOTED.
A FREE 8-week programme where you can get stuck in, build confidence and develop skills that can help towards employment, volunteering and further opportunities.

Over the 8 weeks you will get stuck into:

🐝 Beekeeping
🌱 Creating & developing our sensory garden
🔨 Construction, DIY & practical projects
🌳 Conservation & habitat work
🐞 Natural pest control & biodiversity
🌻 Seed to harvest, gardening & maintaining community spaces
🤝 Developing and growing projects that make a real difference in our community
💡 Planning and bringing your own ideas to life
💼 CV, employability & transferable skills
🙌 Teamwork, confidence & meeting new people

No experience needed – just a willingness to have a go! We learn by doing, alongside a supportive team 💜

📍 Catterick Garrison
📅 Starts Tuesday 15 September
⏰ 9:30am–2:30pm

Whatever your next step looks like, ROOTED could be the place to start. 🌱

💚 Want to find out more? Message [email protected] for information, or register your interest with the team on site at Bramble Woods this week

29/08/2026

Yesterday was a great launch! Remember to follow e50K Swap Shop for regular updates!
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A community Swap Shop in Catterick Garrison is helping families cut the cost of getting children ready to return to school. The facility at Bramble Woods, on Smuts Road, is run by e50K CIC and [...]

27/08/2026

🎉 WE’RE EXCITED TO SHARE… 🎉

As of TOMORROW, the Bramble Woods Swap Shop is OPEN 24/7! 💛♻️

And right now, it’s packed with school uniform ready for back to school! 👕🎒

✨ Take what you need
✨ Donate what you can
✨ Swap, share & support each other

Just pop in whenever suits you. It’s your community Swap Shop! 🌿

📱 follow e50K Swap Shop for regular updates!

💚 Want to get involved? Download the e50K app or message us to find out about volunteering opportunities

Viking Police and Military Amey

25/08/2026

⚠️ SADLY DUE TO THE WEATHER FORECAST AND WARNING FOR THUNDER STORMS THIS EVENT WILL BE MOVED TO NEXT WEEK. ⛔️

🌿✏️ BACK TO SCHOOL CRAFT CLUB! 🎨🐝

As we welcome lots of new families into the Garrison, we know that starting somewhere new can feel like a big adventure, for grown-ups as well as children! 💛

So this Thursday, we’re hosting a fabulous FREE Back to School Craft Club in Bramble Woods.

🌸 Children can get creative, play games and meet new friends before joining their new schools.

☕ Grown-ups can grab a brew, have a chat and find their new people, places and opportunities within our community.

👕 Our e50K Swap Shop will also be open, with school uniforms and supplies available completely FREE, or for a swap or a small donation if you can.

Whether you’ve just arrived, you’ve been here for years, or you simply fancy getting out and meeting some lovely people, everyone is welcome.

Amey

20/08/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Chloe, our new Volunteer Manager, to the team!

Chloe will be on site every Thursday, so please come along, say hello and get to know her!

She’ll be there to meet, support and work alongside our fantastic volunteers and team, so don’t be shy — pop in and say hi!

We’re really excited to have you with us, Chloe. Welcome to the team!

18/08/2026

We are having a busy summer with all our friends in Bramble Woods 🌳

Everything is thriving. The e50K Swap Shop is amazing!

🐝 And just look at bee50K! 🐝

We had a wonderful morning with the Bees 🐝 both Hives are looking great. We had some volunteers that have not been in with Bees before…. They throughly enjoyed the hands on session🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱🌷🌱

If you want to get involved send us a DM or download our new app which is now available on android and Apple 🍏