Community Action Groups

If it’s inspiration you’re after, this is a great place to start.

As a newly formed CAG network, we already have a number of inspirational groups in the CAG Somerset network. We are eager to help more community groups so please get in touch if you would like to join!

The groups in the CAG Somerset network are organising an impressive range of community activities and events. If you would like to get involved, you can explore group profiles below to better understand their work, aims and volunteering opportunities. Through community action, our network is making a significant impact on reducing waste in Somerset.

Our member groups

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  • bike maintenance
  • Bike repair
  • chard
  • clock repair
  • Community cooking group
  • Community fridge
  • Community pantry
  • cycle training
  • Donation point
  • ebike loans
  • electrical repair
  • food resilience
  • foodbank
  • frome
  • group rides
  • jewellery repair
  • member
  • Outreach
  • Repair cafe
  • Repair group
  • sewing club
  • Share shop
  • somerset
  • Swap shop
  • textile repair
  • toy library
  • Tree planting
  • willow repair

Moorland Foodbank

Moorland Foodbank is a local volunteer-run charity, committed to building food resilience in and serving the residents of the rural communities…

Purple Elephant Toy Library

The Toy Library is run by Purple Elephant Family Support and lends play resources to local families….

Frome Community Bike Project

Frome Community Bike Project is a bike recycling centre and community cycle hub for Frome. They offer…

Minehead Repair Cafe

Minehead repair café are based in Sacred heart church hall, Townsend road – next to Texaco garage….

‘Love Glastonbury’ Community Fridge

Reducing Food Waste and Building Community Resilience Love Glastonbury started in July 2020 in response to the…

Brendon Orchards Cooperative

Brendon Orchards was set up in 2007 to make the most of the glorious apple harvest in…

Coleford Climate Action

Welcome to the Coleford Climate Action Group (CCA), a passionate community dedicated to addressing the pressing environmental…

West Somerset Food Cupboard

Local charity providing free emergency food parcels as well as a Local Pantry surplus food membership scheme.

Victoria Park Local Pantry

A FareShare membership scheme, diverting food heading to landfill.

CAG Somerset news

Latest news from the Somerset community action groups.

CAG Somerset’s First Skillshare Event: A Celebration of Collaboration and Community

On Saturday, 8th March 2024, CAG Somerset hosted its first Skillshare event at the Victoria Park Community…

Upcoming events

Events from the Somerset community action groups.

Saturday, 15 March @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Green Illminster Share and Repair shop

18 silver street

Ilminster

Green Ilminster share and repair shop. We opened our doors in February 2022, with the aim of…

Wivey Repair Cafe logo

Saturday, 15 March @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Wivey repair cafe

West street

wiviliscombe

Wivey repair cafe – a workshop run by volunteers, with the intention of repairing domestic electrical items…

People powered change

We support and help community action groups who focus on re-use, repair, reduction, sharing, surplus food or composting.

A picture of a community allotment. wooden planters are in neat rows with small paths between them. Within the planters are different green leafy plants of varying heights. In some planters are canes growing peas. All plants appear to be seasonal summer vegetables. To the back right of the image are some sheds and the community allotment continues right through the image