Please also remember that your support enables us to continue to host these events. The HVA has no external means of income, nor does it receive any grants or precepts for day to day running costs such as hiring services to do so. We are a non-profit association and derive our running costs from events such as the fireworks, village picnic and magazine advertising.

By now everyone in the village should have had delivery of their food waste caddies. Food waste can represent a third of what is put in each household’s refuse bin and recycling will significantly reduce the amount sent to be burned for power. Instead, it will help generate clean, green energy via a process called Anaerobic Digestion (AD). This is already a valuable source of renewable electricity in the UK, contributing over 1 billion kWh of electricity to the national grid – enough to power around 3 million homes for a year from waste and organic materials. It also provides fertiliser as a byproduct to benefit local farms. Full details can be found on the East Hants web page – this is a link.

https://www.easthants.gov.uk/bin-collections/food-waste-collections