Earth Protector Communities

06/10/2026

We are looking for a Trinity Rooms Volunteer Editor to help showcase what makes our space so special, collect memories of all we do, and celebrate what makes Stroud Community so great!

If you are interested in this opportunity to become a part of our team, supporting our hub as a guardian of our stories and history you can read more about the role and how to express interest on our website.

Simply copy and paste the link below or via our linktree in bio.

https://rb.gy/53fvis

Please do also share with your networks. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.

01/10/2026

Trinity Rooms Community Thread supporting local and celebrating Stroud

The next edition of our Community Thread Newsletter is out! 🤸🏿🤸🏿

Read for free via the following link: www.linktr.ee/trinity.rooms
…Comments welcomed and if you have not already signed up - subscribe today and be first in line to read each future release. This can be done on our website or at the bottom of each of our newsletters.

Enjoy.

30/08/2026

The third annual Festival of Commoning is taking place across Stroud on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd October 2026 and tickets with a sliding scale of prices are already available on the official FOC website.

This year’s theme is Common Ground: Healing Divides. Celebrating stories from people and projects who use commoning practices to foster belonging, mutual care, resilience, and shared power in the face of growing societal division, polarisation, inequality, isolation and exclusion.

A group of volunteers organise the festival in our hometown of Stroud as part of a global movement.
This year creating more spaces for people to connect with each other, learn new collaborative skills, and get out and about to see commoning projects already making an impact in and around the local area.

The Festival is for doers, organisers and people who want to common…own it together, make it affordable, keep it forever. It will be an opportunity to come together, share our stories, inspire one another and learn new skills.

Discover More, See the line up so far, be inspired, and get booking at: www.festivalofcommoning.org

20/08/2026

Please support this lovely project https://iamsoil.org
It is simple, quick and impactful.
Take a handful of soil and a moment to contemplate all that it holds (or cannot hold if it is denuded earth) then take a quick snap and upload to the website. Share with your networks, and if you feel moved, join Tajala, a brilliant young woman from Afghanistan who cared enough to make this beautiful piece of art, draw, paint, write, sculpt, sing, dance, whatever your bag is and then upload it too. Browse the galleries on the website and look at the diverse communities and countries taking part.
IAmSoil is part of Cultivating Connections, a creative, community-driven project bringing together farming, art, and young people to reconnect us with the living soil beneath our feet.
The project is supported by the SoilTribes initiative and funded by the European Union.

Join our global community in celebrating soil through art and storytelling.

19/08/2026

Each of our Community Thread E-Newsletter’s offers a look behind the scenes of our Trinity Rooms Community Hub, helping you to learn more about how we operate.

For example, understanding our Sociocracy approach as one of the key Ethos Elements in shaping the concepts and methods of how we work together as a team to bring about our mission and values.

These short overviews are a great reference for wider action too, so no matter where you are based it’s well worth checking out this helpful and inspiring FREE resource via our bio link/at:

https://linktr.ee/trinity.rooms

Plus for those local to our Stroud Space, we welcome anyone interested to attend one of our FREE sociocracy Training events, either on Friday 18th September or Sunday 29th November - both 2:30pm-3:30pm. More info and RSVP on our website’s Events & What’s on page.

Sociocracy: A system of governance that emphasizes equality and collective intelligence. Instead of relying on traditional top-down hierarchies or majority rule, it empowers smaller groups (circles) to make localized decisions.

07/08/2026

07/08/2026

Dear all

We gratefully thank everyone who has been in touch so far. For those who filled in the poll regarding attending an in person meeting, there was no one date that worked for everyone so we have chosen the most popular date. Wednesday 2nd September 6pm to 7.30pm at the Trinity Rooms Community Hub Base Room (the back room of the building, Field Road, Stroud, GL5 2HZ).

Anyone not able to join the meeting are welcome and encouraged to add their suggestions, thoughts, and ideas onto the collaborative document at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18xXMEBs7z_GOdjckFGCeNpNwUcCyMhMFBXKo7VntpdQ/edit?usp=sharing

Any notes you can provide, no matter how brief, will play a big help for us to plan the meeting and hear from as many people as possible

Please do also get contact by emailing us at: [email protected]

Our thanks again for the incredible support!

23/07/2026

The Stroud Festival of Commoning is returning this October!

The third annual Festival of Commoning is taking place across Stroud on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd October 2026 and tickets with a sliding scale of prices are already available on the official FOC website.

This year’s theme is Common Ground: Healing Divides. Celebrating stories from people and projects who use commoning practices to foster belonging, mutual care, resilience, and shared power in the face of growing societal division, polarisation, inequality, isolation and exclusion.

A group of volunteers organise the festival in our hometown of Stroud as part of a global movement.
This year creating more spaces for people to connect with each other, learn new collaborative skills, and get out and about to see commoning projects already making an impact in and around the local area.

The Festival is for doers, organisers and people who want to common…own it together, make it affordable, keep it forever. It will be an opportunity to come together, share our stories, inspire one another and learn new skills.

Discover More, See the line up so far, be inspired, and get booking at: www.festivalofcommoning.org

17/07/2026

Cotswolds: Field & Folk is a new independent documentary exploring the people shaping the future of farming in the Cotswolds. As part of a community cinema tour the film is screening at Stroud Brewery on 23rd July and again on 20th August!

Through the stories of farmers, conservationists, historians and local communities, it celebrates the landscape while exploring the realities and challenges of modern agriculture.

You can find more information/watch the trailer at www.cotswoldsfilm.co.uk with tickets for the Stroud screening available to be booked directly at the following two links.

23rd July 6:15pm-9pm (includes live music, film, Q&A): www.cotswoldsfilm.co.uk/screening-tour/p/stroud-brewery-screening-23rd-july

20th August 6:30pm-8:30pm (film only): www.cotswoldsfilm.co.uk/screening-tour/p/stroud-brewery-20th-august

16/06/2026