Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise

23/05/2026

Stafford Library 🍃

As part of Green Libraries Month we are hosting a event until 4pm today at Stafford Libary! Carol is delivering a Grow Your Own - how to get started and how to enjoy gifts from your garden!

17/05/2026

Wildlife at the Castle 🦉

Join CARE for a great wildlife at the castle open day where among lots of great food, animals and stalls, we are selling plants to raise money for the refurbishment of herb gardens at the castle!

07/05/2026

Stafford Tune Up Event!

Brads at the The Post House from 10am - 1pm today for a work & health event hosted by the DWP & sponsored by NSEG. If you are passing by, would like to pop in to say hello and see the many great stands offering opportunities in the local area then please do!

It’s worth coming for the venue alone! Post House, Greengate Street, Stafford, ST16 2HZ on the main high street in Stafford.

05/05/2026

Perton Library - 7th May 10am - 12pm

Come join us at Perton Library this Thursday for a workshop on creating your own recyclable kitchen composter as part of Green Library's Month!

Tracy will be running a great hands on session, please message us with any questions :-)

01/05/2026

As part of our exciting work to help restore the herb gardens at Stafford Castle we are also attending their latest open day – Wildlife at the Castle - Sunday 17th May!

Alongside a stand selling herbs and plants to raise money for the gardens we will also be on hand to talk through the work in progress and vision for the beds. The groups have been doing some brilliant research on herbs, to make sure we plant historically accurate species of the period and create signage alongside it. Please feel free to come along and ask plenty of questions. There will be lots to do on the day and the only cost is parking. Please see link below:

https://www.historicstafford.co.uk/whatson-event/wildlife-at-the-castle/

06/03/2026

🎨🎨 New Free Online Art Course - An Introduction to Pastels! (Wednesday's 22/04 - 27/05)🎨🎨

Looking to learn new skills, find more time for yourself, discover a new hobby and improve your wellbeing?

Then check out our new online course starting next month, An Introduction To Pastels, running for 6 weeks on consecutive Wednesdays, this course will introduce you to the world of pastels!

Guided by a local professional artist learn basic pastel techniques, explore new art materials, learn to create your own art, become part of a positive online community with fellow learners, develop skills you can share with others all while supporting your own wellbeing through the medium of art!

The course is suitable for beginners and those looking to improve existing skills. We send you a free resource pack to get you started and invite you to our private learning group / blog. The course is really flexible and can be fitted around a busy schedule.

This course is funded by Staffordshire Community Learning for Staffordshire based residents aged 19+

For more information and/or to enrol please get in touch via the details on the poster below :-)

20/01/2026

CARE CPD Day ✏️ 💻

Last week we had a training day for our team covering a number of topics including Safeguarding, Learner ILP’s, Data Analysis, AI and more.

Great chance to get together as a team to learn and discuss ideas going forwards. Thanks to everyone who presented and lots of good practise was shared. Plus we had a lovely lunch courtesy of The Courtyard Restaurant!

19/12/2025

🎄Merry Christmas!🎄

From all of us here at CARE we hope you have a peaceful, joyful day surrounded by family, friends, and festive cheer. Thank you for being part of our community and supporting our project.

Lots of exciting new courses starting in the new year, full details to be announced soon! So keep an eye out but in the meantime have a great Christmas and we will see you all soon!

17/12/2025

🌅 Beautiful Sky This Morning! 🌅

16/12/2025

Buxtons Donation!

Massive thank you to Buxtons for a very generous donation of tools including a wheelbarrow, loppers, shears, gloves, forks and more! It will be a huge help in supporting the groups that we run here and keeping the project maintained.

Buxtons is brilliant business just outside of Brocton with a huge range of gardening, landscaping and arborist equipment. The store is huge with loads of equipment set up so you can explore in person and advisors on hand to help. They also repair and service equipment! Members of our team have also completed training courses there in the past so highly recommend!

We recently had the pleasure of supporting Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise in Penkridge with a donation of a wheelbarrow filled with secateurs, shears, trowels, hand forks and gloves.

C.A.R.E provide valuable rural and therapeutic activities, supporting people of all ages in our local community. Here’s Ellis with other members of the team at C.A.R.E. It was great to visit and see their work firsthand. Make sure to check out their page and see what they’re all about!