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Don't think twice.  If you have ever made a nice dinner, you can easily do this

The Festival of Thrift offers lots of amazing opportunities for people to get involved with the event as volunteers.  It’s a great way to learn new skills, meet people and have fun at the same time.

Confession Time for Simon Preston, Festival of Thrift’s Food Guru Though I’ve spent the last couple of decades banging on about good, local, seasonal food - I must confess...

'A day at the Races', fishing and the steelworks. A dress made to resemble a giant lobster pot and a dress with the skyline of the steelworks running around the skirt, lit up with hidden [...]

Thoughtful thinking in stressful times... Friend of the festival and marketing guru Karen Marshall gives us some top tips on moving house - without moving the contents into landfill.

So much is happening, how do we focus? The world we now live in is fragmented; countless priorities jostle for our attention, and after a hard day’s work it is so easy to switch off.