Throughout 2023 we are working with Age UK to encourage the public to use the charity’s high-street shops as local recycling centres. Together we hope to inspire people to adopt positive behaviour, whether that’s by recycling their unwanted items and donating them to Age UK shops, or by reusing pre-loved items purchased in the Charity’s shops.

Every year in the UK we throw away 4.5 million tonnes of edible food, which is a terrible waste of precious resources. This is why we were delighted to be asked by WRAP (the recycling organisation) to join its Love Food Hate Waste campaign during the annual #FoodWasteActionWeek.

We were delighted to be chosen as the mascots for the UK Government’s #OneStepGreener campaign for COP26. We appeared in a series of short films encouraging everyone to do their bit for the environment by recycling and upcycling, growing and eating food in season, planting trees, creating wildlife friendly gardens, reducing food waste and energy use.

We loved promoting last year’s Great British Spring Clean and are delighted to be supporting this year’s campaign to encourage everyone to collect litter around their neighbourhoods. Last year’s campaign was unfortunately disrupted by the pandemic, but we were delighted to help our good friends at Keep Britain Tidy recruit more volunteers than ever before.

We loved celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee, but even national celebrations are not a time to forget about the environment. That is why we were asked by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to lead a campaign to encourage the public to use as little plastic as possible during the long weekend, especially if they were planning a picnic.

Wombles only eat fruit and vegetables, so we had some great recipes to share with the wonderful people at Meat Free Monday. Bulgaria made beetroot burgers, Madame Cholet made a cassoulet (which I think is French for ‘stew’), Tobermory shared the recipe for his favourite Tofu scramble and Wellington made a version of the dish that shares his name with lentils and vegetables.

It is not every day that a Womble celebrates their 347th birthday. We were wondering what gift to buy Great Uncle Bulgaria, only to discover that the greatest gift to give is a gift to charity. Great Uncle Bulgaria’s birthday celebrations were filmed as part of a wonderful advertising campaign for Remember A Charity Week.

Great Uncle Bulgaria was asked by our good friends at Eco-Schools to create a virtual classroom for children studying the environment as part of their home-schooling. Helped by Orinoco and Alderney he created a wonderful painting and video competition for children across the country.

Great Uncle Bulgaria knows that planting trees is one of the best ways we can do our bit for the environment and the beauty of our local area. This is why he was willing to lend a paw during the Tree Council’s National Tree Week, the UK’s largest annual tree celebration. He joined forces with pupils from Green Lane Primary Nursery School to #PlantForOurFuture! as part of the Orchards for School initiative.

Great Uncle Bulgaria loves a cup of tea, so when The Samaritans asked for our help to promote their Brew Monday campaign he simply couldn’t say no! It turned out to be a wonderful way to stay connected and share stories over a cuppa.