Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 56

Well, our Pop Up Give and Take Shop in Crediton popped up on 6th Feb and then disappeared for the final time on Saturday afternoon 21st Feb. It was hard work but a phenomenal success with over 7,700 people coming through our doors in the 14 days we were open and over 7,000kg of goods finding good new homes!! Read more below.

Following on, on the day the Pop Up Shop was closing, was the Seed Share, held in the Old Town Hall. Dee Ross, the organiser, said that this year's event, the 5th, was the best ever. Read more below.

Looking forward to March, on the 25th March we are taking part in the Crediton & District Voluntary Groups Forum at the Meadow Suite, Lords Meadow Leisure Centre from 1 to 4 pm. Get advice and support on all aspects of finding and supporting volunteers, and network with others with similar interests and needs.

On the 28th March we have our second waste plastic collection of the year at Peck & Strong, Lords Meadow from 10am to 12:30pm.

Charles Mossman - Newsletter Editor

Dates for your Diary
2nd March	Sidmouth Climate Week
2nd March	March Waste Action Group meeting
5th March	Core Group Meeting
16th March	Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 10
16th March	March Energy Group meeting
18th March	How green thinking could transform the South West
23rd March	Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 11
25th March	Crediton & District Voluntary Groups Forum
28th March	Waste plastics collection

Regular Events
Craft Inn Friday Crediton Work Club Crediton Farmers Market Crediton Garden Club Spinning Circle Family History Research Knitwits

In case you missed it...
2nd February	Feedback from the Energy Meeting
16th February	Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 8 We will be cutting an overgrown beech hedge to about 4 to 5 feet high. "Good to see the usual ...
21st February	Review of Crediton Give and Take Fortnight - A Pop Up Shop with a difference Slideshow images courtesy of the Crediton Courier. Thank you Crediton - A quick update of the ...
26th February	Review of Woodland and Hedgerow Winter Work Party 9 We will be cutting an overgrown beech hedge to about 4 to 5 feet high. Drizzly start, then dry ...

News Highlights

Seed Share Best Ever!

Sustainable Crediton's 5th Annual Seed Share was the best yet. The hall was packed with visitors. By the end almost everything had been snapped up. Visitors enjoyed the stands by Once Read books, Tiverton Beekeepers, Devon Wildlife Trust and Orchards Live. There were also displays by the W ...

Help needed for local wildlife project

Crediton Town Council is asking gardeners to donate plants to a local wildlife project. A project is well underway to transform a piece of waste land on the north east boundary of Peoples Park by planting easy to grow herbs, flowers and plants that attract and provide food for various forms ...

Give and Take Shop an Astounding Success

Thank you Crediton for your Magnificent Support The Sustainable Crediton Waste Action Group would like to send our sincere thanks to all the people of the Crediton area who supported our recent Give and Take Pop Up Shop on Crediton High Street so magnificently. The event was an astounding su ...

Hedgerow Group tackle big beeches at Poltimore Church

The Hedgerow Group started work in February on an overgrown beech hedge at Poltimore Church. We are working for the Friends of Poltimore Church. The Friends are clearing up the brash we produce in trimming the beech hedge to a height of about 4 to 5 feet high. We get to keep all the timber pro ...

Energy Group presents to Crediton Town Council

At a recent Crediton Town Council meeting, those present were treated to an interesting presentation by Charles Mossman, Energy Group Coordinator and Andrew Shadrake of the Devon Association for Renewable Energy (DARE). The presentation which is included here explains the benefits to Crediton of a ...

Save Druridge Bay from Opencast Coal Mining

Northumberland's beautiful Druridge Bay area is about to be destroyed by the largest opencast mine in England… Between 2016 and 2027, Banks Mining plans to extract 7 million tonnes of coal from a new opencast mine, called Highthorn, between Widdrington Village and Druridge Bay. Site restoration w ...

“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”

Anthony Robbins