Sustainable Crediton Newsletter 170, August 2025

APOLOGIES - correct link this time!

Schools out for summer! (Cue Alice Cooper background music). Why not bring the children on 2nd Aug to the Sustainabubble to learn how to make bug hotels and it's still not too late to join in on the Big Butterfly Count.

This month our newsletter brings a variety of topics including snippets from our followers. So if you have something you would like us to publish in future issues do let us know. We'd also love to hear from you if you are a First Aider and can do a stint at The Big Green Fair in September. In the meantime, read on. I'm particularly enjoying John's blog on gently and safely cycling through France.

Lesley Thomas and John Craythorne, Joint Newsletter Editors

Dates for your Diary
2nd August	Bug Hotel Making Advice session
13th August	Pollinator Group Working Party
23rd August	Repair Cafe
27th August	Pollinator Group Working Party
6th September	Give & Take Pop Up
10th September	Pollinator Group Working Party
27th September	Repair Cafe
27th September	Big Green Fair in the Square
15th October	Pollinator Group Working Party Sustainable Crediton cares for a number of plots around the town which we plant with pollinator-friendly flowers. Come and join one of our working parties and help make Crediton more beautiful and wildlife friendly. We'd love to see you, just turn up on the day with some gardening tools - or we ca ...
25th October	Repair Cafe
22nd November	Repair Cafe
29th November	Eco Crafternoon 2025

Regular Events

News Highlights

Eco Crafternoon 2025 - Call out for Stalls/Workshops

We are running the EcoCrafternoon again on 29th November in The Boniface Centre, Crediton. (See Events). It's not too late to book a stall or offer to run a workshop. This event ran last year for the first time and was very popular. Once again, it will feature a substantial 'give and take' are ...

Climate Action Team (CAT) - an explainer

Ever wondered what Sustainable Crediton's Climate Action Team (CAT) is all about? Well, read on. We have four main areas of interest which you might like to know about and/or like to be involved with: HOUSING & TRANSPORT We are currently focussing our efforts on the proposed new housing e ...

A Big Thank You - the Larder fridge is working again

Sustainable Crediton's Food Larder group wish to publicly thank Daw Refrigeration from Newton St Cyres and Totterdell Electrical from Sandford. It was the hottest day of the year, and when we were expecting a delivery of chilled goods from FareShare (an organisation which distributes surplus food ...

Snippets from our Followers

From time to time our followers give us info of interest. Here are this month's. Shobrooke Parish Church now has swift boxes installed. A heads up that flea treatments on pets may cause harm to the environment. Many contain insecticides that can leach to the wildlife in your garden. Topical tr ...

Pollinator Group Working Party

Note that the Pollinator Group are having an extra working party on 13th August, 10am - noon. Meet as usual at the Belle Parade entrance to Newcombes Meadow. ...

Flea-mergency advice on pet care

One of our readers has drawn our attention to the highly toxic nature of some pet treatments for fleas, ticks etc. I'm no expert on such matters, but here's a link to the Rivers Trust news on the subject. Also research on the topic by Imperial College. It looks to be a significant problem so if yo ...

For Boniface Trail supporters and cycling nerds...

Caroline and I have been lucky enough to enjoy a recent trip to Brittany where I was generally impressed by the standard of new cycling infrastructure. It struck me that there are lessons to be learnt for whenever the Boniface Trail reaches detailed design stage. We stayed at a small town by the n ...