December Core Group Meeting

Crediton Christmas Tree Festival

The Crediton Parish Church 2012 Christmas Tree Festival, took place from Thursday 6th December - Sunday 9th December. The opening hours were 11am - 6pm (Thur & Fri), 10.30am - 7pm (Sat) and 2 -5pm (Sun). This year 72 decorated and illuminated trees filled the church. There were tours of th ...

Who do we think we are talking to? What do we say?

It seems we are not quite sure as sure as we should be about who Sustainable Crediton is seeking to influence, and what we should say to them. Which, considering that we are all about changing what people think and do, is a slight problem . . . but apart from that, we are a strong, healthy ...

Can you help with publicity or a memories project?

The Core Group are looking for volunteers to help with two opportunities: Oral History and Skill Project The first is for a volunteer to coordinate a project with the Crediton Historical Society to interview people in Crediton and district who may have valuable memories and skills which w ...

November Core Group Meeting

How Can We Be More Influential, Workshop 2

This workshop followed on from our first one in April where we determined how influential we thought we were. We ran out of time at the first seminar and in this one we will be exploring how we can become more influential. 'Voice' is a discussion-based tool for community groups and networks ...

Core Group October Meeting

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 ...

Core Group September Meeting

Our New Health & Safety Policy

As a requirement of our public liability insurance policy, Sustainable Crediton has developed a simple Health & Safety Policy based on a Health and Safety Executive model. The Health and Safety Policy must be reviewed before each event organised by Sustainable Crediton and where necessar ...

Important message from 350.org

Bill McKibben, co-founder of the global campaigning organisation 350.org, has written an uncomfortable article in Rolling Stone. The article explores some current statistics on global warming and demonstrates how the major fossil fuel companies are winning the battle over the environmental mov ...

Would you like to join the Core Group?

One of our Core Group members, Georgi Bellingham, has just resigned as she and her family are moving away from Crediton. This leaves a vacancy within the Core Group which we are keen to fill. The Core Group's role is to create an outline strategy, communicate with and support all the Action ...

Core Group Meeting

Meeting with Graham Watson MEP

Workshop - What Makes a Transition Group Effective?

A Day workshop from the University Transition Project facilitated by Gill Wyatt What issues are Transition groups facing? An opportunity for Transitioners from different groups to get together, and share what works and what hasn't worked. Learn, Plan and Collaborate Home - cooked Lunch p ...

Core Group Meeting

Values in Transition

A day to think about the values which underpin constructive social change. The Conference, which includes lunch and other refreshments, is free to members of Transition initiatives Speakers are: Alastair McIntosh, Centre for Human Ecology, University of Strathclyde and Author of 'Soil and So ...

April Meeting

How Can We Be More Influential

'Voice' is a discussion-based tool for community groups and networks to assess and improve the influence they have on agencies and partnerships. It is designed to help: Determine your current position of influence: mapping how influential you are Consider how you can become more ...

Sustainable Crediton Annual General Meeting

The Core group for 2012/2013 was agreed as follows: Chair Gerald Conyngham, Vice Chair Charles Mossman, Treasurer Anne Tucker, Note taker Linda Lever, Town Council rep John Downes, general members: Kate Povey, Elaine Clement, Dominic Doble, Georgi Bellingham. Georgi was ...

Sustainable Crediton is 5 Years Old !! - find out how we plan to celebrate

About 75 people attended our very successful 5th Birthday Party. We had some really excellent local music provided by The Sagalouts, Annie Rew Shaw and Rob Rickey and Nick Peed plus two very funny local comedians Vicki Maya and Stu Wright who had us all laughing. Well known group The Swamp ...

Core Group Meeting

Joint Sustainability Seminar with Crediton Town Council

Can we create a truly resilient , vibrant and sustainable Crediton by 2030? DON'T PANIC, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON - was one of the themes that emerged from our hugely successful seminar at the Boniface Centre on Tuesday 17th January. The seminar was a joint venture between Sustainable Credito ...

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