Photos by Roots Community. Words by Leigh Rose In the bustle of the summer months when we’re trawling the UK and beyond in our vans heading to Trash Free Races, it can be easy to think that’s all that’s going on at TFT. But in reality, our amazing community of A-TEAMers and Community Hubs are living and breathing DIO - spending time together in places they adore, removing single-use pollution, and connecting with one another. Here we speak to the team behind Roots Community -

Image by Tomasso Longo. As we enter a new and exciting phase of our work, we’re looking for an experienced freelance Trusts and Grants Fundraiser to join our team. We're on the hunt for someone who feels genuinely drawn to the positive change that we’re trying to create, and the values-led way that we approach our work. We are developing this role as a focused freelance fundraising commission. As an indicative starting point, we have identified an initial six-month budget of

words by Dominic Ferris Welcome, fellow Procrastinators It's 08:32am on July 9th 2026. My MRes graduation ceremony - taking place in the Hogwarts esque PJ Hall of Bangor University, in North Wales - at 14:30pm, and I’ve just remembered that my iron doesn’t work. I also haven’t started writing my 800 word blog piece (that I suggested to our Comms team, Rach and SJ, more than 2 months ago), a fact which will perhaps, become obvious as we meander on. I believe these are example