Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 27

Photograph of an assortment of summer vegetables

A very warm welcome to the October Newsletter as Autumn sets in.

I hope you are enjoying our new look newsletter. The email newsletter only contains snippets of the news. Much more detail can be found by clicking on the blue links or clicking on the blue dots at the end of each snippet of news. Clicking on the links will take you to the website where the full news articles are stored.To read the notes from the various action and core group meetings you will have to sign into the website. If you have forgotten your username and password which were sent to you, you can retrieve them via the website.

There is definitely a flavour of food in the events list this month. We have Julianne Montgomery doing apple and pear pressing at the Farmers Market on the 6th, our own Community Market takes place on the 13th and our Food Group has a stall at the Quicke's Farm Shop Apple Day on the 20th.

The Energy Group is working on a new project called the Warm Homes Project which is one of just 45 projects looking for a piece of an £8 Million community fund being awarded by the Government in December. If you are considering installing solar thermal panels for hot water or a heat pump over the next few months do read the article Expressions of Interest Wanted.

And finally congratulations to Sustainable Crediton for being Runner up in the 2012 Devon Community of the Year Awards run by the Community Council of Devon. Core Group members Dominic Doble and Charles Mossman were present at the awards event to receive our framed certificate.

Dates for your Diary
1st October	October Meeting
6th October	Apple Pressing at Farmers Market
10th October	October Energy Group Meeting
13th October	October Community Market
13th October	Paths to Change: Economic Systems, Justice and the Planet
16th October	First Sidmouth Science Festival
17th October	Core Group October Meeting
20th October	Apple Day
22nd October	Devon Hedge Week
30th October	Landscore Primary School: 3rd Annual Spooky Halloween Forest School
1st November	Newton St Cyres: 3rd Annual Spooky Halloween Forest School
7th November	How Can We Be More Influential, Workshop 2
9th November	Like Co-operatives! Conference, Exeter
24th November	National Tree Week
24th November	Wood Fuel from Hedgerows Demonstration Event

Regular Events
Crediton Farmers Market Spinning Circle Knitwits

Feedback from the Core Values Meeting

5th September

Review of September Energy Group Meeting

Notes from meeting Present: Charles, Linda, Hazel, John, Chris D and Hertha Apols: Chris T Warm ...

8th September

Review of September Community Market

The September Community Market once more had a tempting range of locally grown or produced foods ...

News Highlights

Credit Union Opens

The latest branch of the Plough and Share Credit Union opened on Saturday 15th September in Crediton. Carol Carpenter, a seasoned Plough and Share Volunteer said: "Crediton volunteers! What an exciting morning. We almost joined two new members to P and S before we even unlocked the front do ...

Community Bookshop Launch 17 November

Learn more about plans to make the Crediton Community Bookshop a hub for all kinds of bookish activity including events, reading groups and writing groups; it will be a place to showcase local literary talent, to interact through social media and, above all, to find friendly, knowledgeable ser ...

Fancy a free one to one adult cycle confidence session?

FREE cycle confidence sessions are available if you work, study or live in the Exeter, Exmouth, Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton or Totnes areas. The sessions, through Cycle Devon, are for everyone who may need a little cycling help. Just the thing if you want to: Learn to ride a bike from ...

Gear up for Council meeting on Cycle Path 22 October

A cycle path from Crediton to Exeter may feel like a long way off, but things are happening, and if all cyclists of goodwill put their feet to the pedals, we might still get there. The next happening is a meeting of Devon County Council's Mid Devon HATOC Committee in Tiverton. Not usually of ...

We are Runner up for Devon Community of the Year

Sustainable Crediton is runner up in the Community Council for Devon's prestigious Devon Community of the Year Award. We were one of seven communities out of thirty applications. The results were announced at the CCD annual conference on the 28th September at Exeter Racecourse. Details of t ...

Are you thinking of installing solar thermal, a heat pump or biomass burner? If so, Expressions of Interest are wanted for our warm Homes Project

Updated 3rd December 2012 We are looking for expressions of interest from home owners in the Crediton and District area who might be considering installing solar hot water, a heat pump or a biomass boiler in their property over the next 4 months. As we are successful in our Renewable Heat Premium ...

September Energy Group News

We have been successful in reaching Phase 2 of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment Communities Scheme with our Sustainable Crediton Warm Homes Project. Charles Mossman will be attending a workshop organised by the DECC on the 2nd October to learn what procedures we must follow for Phase 2. There wer ...

Help shape the future of our forests

Defra are inviting the public to share their views and ideas on how to best meet the challenges outlined in the recent forestry report. We know what we need to do - we now need to decide how we do it. It will take less than 2 minutes to have your say and answer Defra's four questions: ...

News from the Tree Group

We have met with the BT grounds representative and we will be planting a variegated holly and a rowan on their property in Belle Parade, sometime in November/December. ...

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but also the cause of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful, perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.”

Catherine Pulsif