Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 55

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Pop up Shop opens 6th February

The Waste Action Group's 'Give and Take' Pop Up Shop on Crediton High Street begins this Friday 6th Feb at 10am, when it will be opened by Town Mayor Frank Letch. The shop is opposite Boots and you are welcome to pop in any time from 10am to 4pm Mon to Sat until 21st Feb. Bring along goods you no longer need and take away up to 5 items from the shop every day for FREE (except the shop fittings) !! All kinds of household goods, garden tools, childrens toys and equipment, clothes, books and CD's are welcome as long as they are in reusable condition. If your 'stuff' is too big for one person to carry bring a photo and description and we will display it so people can contact you direct. But even if you have nothing to bring along you are still welcome to come and 'Shop'. We are there for all. The shop will be staffed by volunteers, many of them Sustainable Crediton supporters, and has been made possible by grants from the Big Lottery Fund and from Devon County Council Locality Fund. So make the most of this unique, no strings attached opportunity. We look forward to seeing you.

Crediton Seed Share 21st February

Crediton Seed Swap is on the 21st February from 11am - 2pm at the The Old Town Hall, High Street, Crediton, EX17 3LF. Now in our fifth year and growing in popularity every year. In addition to trying locally saved seeds and heritage seeds, come and find out about Seed Saving, Bee Keeping and Composting. This year enjoy music by the Woodsmen, members of the Woodland and Hedgerow Group. Visit our stalls - Once Read Bookstall, Devon Wildlife Trust, Woodland and Hedgerow Group, Orchards Live, plants, and have a luscious homemade lunch.


Dates for your Diary
2nd February

February Energy Group meeting

3rd February

Mindfulness Taster Evening FULLY BOOKED

6th February

Crediton Give and Take Fortnight - A Pop Up Shop with a difference

7th February

Devon Convergence Event

10th February

Exeter's Energy Future

16th February

Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 8

21st February

Crediton Seed Share

26th February

Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 9

2nd March

Sidmouth Climate Week

28th March

Waste plastics collection

Regular Events
In case you missed it...
5th January

Review of Waste Action Group meeting

Notes from Meeting Plastic Collection 31/01/15- Action- Esther to email volunteers 2 weeks b ...

15th January

Feedback from the Energy Meeting

16th January

Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 6

Eight of us worked in the wood coppicing, clearing brash into racks and processing logs. Eddy ...

26th January

Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 7

Today seven of us finished laying the hedge along the side of the bridle path. We also shifted a ...

28th January

Feedback from the Core Values Meeting

31st January

Review of Waste Plastic Collection

On a bitterly cold day 5 volunteers manned the waste plastics collection from about 9am to 12:30p ...

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News Highlights

Latest News from Devon County Council

The strategy from DCC called 'Cycling and All purpose trail network' includes 7 existing cycle routes but not Crediton's Boniface Trail. So we now need to lobby them to ensure that they are aware of and will include the Boniface Trail in any amendments to the Strategy. If you are in ...

Photograph of small plants growing in test tubes

Crediton Seed Share 5 years Old

Crediton Seed Swap is on the 21st February from 11am - 2pm at the The Old Town Hall, High Street, Crediton, EX17 3LF. Now in our fifth year and growing in popularity every year. In addition to trying locally saved seeds and heritage seeds, come and find out about Seed Saving, Bee Keeping a ...

Recycle Devon Thank You Awards

Congratulations to Charles Mossman for being runner-up in Recycle Devon's Community Group Recycling Hero awards. Charles has been responsible for organising our household waste plastic collections in Cheriton Fitzpaine for the past two years. Charles said upon receiving his award "I am delight ...

Logo for Friends of the Earth

Ask Barclays to stop fracking in North Yorkshire

Barclays Bank owns 97% of Third Energy, the company who are planning to frack in North Yorkshire. Please ask Barclay's CEO to stop gambling with our health and the environment by completing the Friends of the earth's petition. In December 2014, Third Energy announced that it was planning to frac ...

Community Energy Feasibility Study Update

Early interest from Lords Meadow Industrial Estate occupiers led to several roof surveys but no sustained interest. The reasons for this appear to be: the difficulty of stating an exact level of electricity discount before installation costs are known and FIT rate confirmed; the low value of any ...

Volunteering Opportunities

We have so many ideas but unfortunately insufficient people to take the ideas forward. Could you help with any of the following? Global Divestment Day 13th February The idea is to give out fossil fuel divestment leaflets or ethical bank, such as the Co-op or Triodos, leaflets in front of ...

Energy Saving Tips

Tip 1 Common sense tells us that as the temperature outside drops, we need to use more heating inside to be comfortable, and so heating bills rise. As a guide, many people can feel comfortable in a room temperature of 20 Celsius, 68 Fahrenheit. But draughts from badly fitting windows or doors can ...


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Robert M Pirsig