{"id":42609,"date":"2025-11-22T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T07:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42609"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T07:27:51","slug":"crexe0v5jlroat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/22\/crexe0v5jlroat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Exchange community freecycle event expands into Coleford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A recycle and reuse event that aims to reduce costs to families and save items from being thrown away, has expanded to another town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Forest Exchange project in Coleford, Gloucestershire, allows people to donate items they no longer need so others can make use of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The items on offer at the &#8220;face-to-face freecycle&#8221; event include things such as books, clothes and household items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Volunteer Louise Penny said the project, which started as a community scheme in nearby Lydney, has been going from &#8220;strength to strength&#8221; over the last three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We wanted to widen it further into the Forest [of Dean] which is great because it show&#8217;s how much of a success it&#8217;s been. It&#8217;s going from strength to strength,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Previously known as The Lydney Exchange, the scheme has branched out across the district to now cover Cinderford and Coleford, where it will be known as the Forest Exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;People can just come along to our events and get whatever they want really,&#8221; said Ms Penny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We do have wide range of things, books, clothes, household items that people might want and we&#8217;re actually running out of men&#8217;s clothes at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;We have masses of women&#8217;s clothes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ms Penny said it is an event where everyone can &#8220;take what they need and give what they can&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Forest Exchange event in Coleford is supported by local Pastor Sam Davis and will be opened by Mayor Nick Penny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The event will be held at Coleford Baptist Church on Saturday and will run from 13:00 to 15:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Forest #Exchange #community #freecycle #event #expands #Coleford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recycle and reuse event that aims to reduce costs to families and save items from being thrown away, has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42611,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42609\/revisions\/42611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}