The North Yorkshire Rotters, known as the Rotters, promote home composting, reduce, reuse and recycling and the 'love food hate waste' campaigns at events, talks and school workshops across North Yorkshire. These campaigns are promoted to highlight the practical ways that residents can reduce waste, save money and help the environment.
To help tackle these issues and to inspire people to change their waste habits, we coordinate a series of free talks and activities across North Yorkshire supported by the Rotters.
Visit the North Yorkshire Rotter’s website to find out more about the campaigns and what we can offer to schools and communities.
Talks
The Rotters can attend schools, groups and meetings to deliver free talks about the campaigns we promote. Please contact us to arrange a time and date, if your school club or group would like one of our Rotters to speak to your organisation about one or more of the following:
- home composting
- Love Food Hate Waste campaign
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Workshops
The Rotters can provide free workshops at schools and after school clubs and groups. Please contact us to arrange a time and date, if your school, club or group would like our Rotter to provide workshops including:
- smoothie making bike (food waste)
- wormery making (make a mini home composter)
- recycling bean bag game (Reuse, Recycle, Compost or bin it?)
Events
The Rotters can attend events during the week and weekends, including evenings, in North Yorkshire with an information stand and gazebo to promote the campaigns.
If you would like to book the Rotters to attend your event free of charge, please contact us to arrange a date and time.
May
- Saturday 16 May - Spring Fair at Ripon Walled Garden, Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HN from 9:30am to 4pm
- Wednesday 27 May - market stall with Nigel Brown’s love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at Knaresborough Market Place, HG5 8AG from 9am to 2pm
- Friday 29 May - market stall at Easingwold Market Place YO61 3AA from 9am to 1:30pm
- Saturday 30 May - Skipton Rotary Eco Day at Skipton Town Hall, High Street, Skipton, BD23 1AH from 11am to 4pm
June
- Tuesday 9 June - North Yorkshire Rotters stall at Settle Market, Town Hall, Market Place, Settle, BD24 9EJ from 9am to 2pm
- Sunday 21 June - North Yorkshire County Agricultural Show with Nigel Brown’s love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at South Otterington, DL7 9HW from 9am to 4pm
- Sunday 28 June - Wildlife Day at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, Stewart Lane, York, YO19 6HP from 10am to 5pm
July
- Saturday 4 July - Bilton and Woodfield Community Library, Woodfield Road, Harrogate, HG1 4HZ from 10am to midday
- Sunday 5 July - Dalbyology event at the Visitor Centre, Dalby Forest, Pickering, YO18 7LT from 10.30am to 4pm
- Saturday 11 July - 'Hobbie' Fair at St Cuthbert's Church, Colburn Lane, Colburn, DL9 4LT from 10am to 3pm
- Monday 13 July - market stall with Nigel Brown’s love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at Skipton market, High Street, Skipton, BD23 1DT from 9am to 2pm
- Tuesday 28 July - Ryedale Show with Nigel Brown’s love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at Duncombe Park, Helmsley, YO62 5EB from 8.30am to 4pm
August
- Saturday 1 August - Nigel Brown’s Yorkshire Day love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at Scarborough Indoor Market, Saint Helen's Square, Scarborough, YO11 1EU from 9am to 2pm
September
- Tuesday 1 September - Kilnsey Show with Nigel Brown’s love food hate waste cookery demonstrations at the showground, 12 miles north of Skipton on B6160, BD23 5PS
October
- Saturday 3 October 2026 - Apple Day at Ripon Walled Garden, Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HN from 9.30am to 4pm
Volunteering
If you are passionate about environmental issues, volunteering with the Rotters is a great way to get involved with your community by raising awareness of the importance of home composting, promoting the Love Food Hate Waste campaign and encouraging people to reduce, reuse and recycle. Many members of the team volunteer elsewhere, and a third combines being a Rotter with paid employment. Find out more about volunteering with the Rotters.
Contact us
Contact us for more information about the North Yorkshire Rotters.
Testimonials
“The Team pitched the sessions really well for the age group” – Brougham Nursery School, June 2019
“The session was truly inspiring, made us all think about what we can all do individually and the power of collective action. The children were totally captivated” – Cowling Community Primary School, October 2019
“Many thanks to #NorthYorkshireRotters for talking to us about composting, recycling, and #lovefoodhatewaste It was really interesting and we love our wormeries!” - Jennyruth Workshops, May 2019
“A huge thank you to Jeff and Martin for visiting us and giving us lots of ‘food for thought’” - Applegarth Primary School, September 2019
“I would just like to say a massive thank you from Church Fenton Cubs. You are very well practiced at what you do, and you kept the cubs entertained all evening, they all listened well and did whatever you asked!” – Church Fenton Cubs, February 2019
“Just to say a massive thank you for delivering the sessions last week for our Beavers” – 3rd Harrogate Scout Group, February 2019
“Thank you so much for your most interesting talk yesterday. Lots of our members were chatting about it afterwards and had really enjoyed the presentation - even if they found the statistics on food waste shocking. Food for thought indeed!” - Talk to a WI, April 2019
“The W.I ladies really enjoyed the evening and we will recommend the Rotters! We all learnt so much, and are acutely aware of our waste now!!” – Dallowgill W.I
We had a splendid evening and Ian was a particularly amenable and knowledgeable speaker. – “Cleveland Outlook Group”