Sustainable Crediton newsletter issue 155 May 2024

Welcome to our May newsletter, arriving in your in-box on or around the festival of Beltane, marking the beginning of summer: yes, really...

This month's highlights:

Our AGM on 8 May: please come along, we'd love to see you.

Elston Farm Open Day, 19 May. Members of Sustainable Crediton along with friends and fellow travellers planted some 5,000 trees here, three years ago. This promises to be an inspiring event showcasing a form of landuse which works to the advantage of both nature and livestock, whilst addressing the need to sequester carbon. Another world is possible!

Also on offer is the chance to pump up those tyres, oil your chain and get back on your bike, or to help others to get cycling.

We hope you continue to enjoy being a part of the Sustainable Crediton family, in all its many and varied guises.

Best wishes,

John Craythorne and Lesley Thomas, joint newsletter editors

Dates for your Diary
4th May	Crediton Garden Club plant sale
8th May	Pollinator Group Working Party
8th May	Sustainable Crediton AGM
11th May	Compost Awareness Day at Creativity Acre
18th May	Welcoming Refugees in Crediton: table-top give-away
19th May	Elston Farm Open Day
22nd May	Help for Hedgehogs
1st June	Fabric Reuse Activity
5th June	Pollinator Group Working Party
9th June	The Great Big Green Week
4th July	Swift Talks Postponed
6th July	'Bellies not Bins' apron printing and making workshop
24th September	Crediton Garden Club: Flowers of the Swiss Alps
22nd October	Crediton Garden Club: Gertrude Jekyll - garden designer
26th November	Crediton Garden Club: Plants of the Canary Islands

Regular Events

News Highlights

Annual general meetings matter!

You will see under Dates for Your Diary that our AGM is being held on 8 May. Cue a stifled yawn, I know! Actually our AGMs are really important to Sustainable Crediton. It's your opportunity to find out more about what we are doing and where we are heading, contribute your ideas and maybe find a p ...

Boniface Trail promotion event?

For the benefit of those who may not know, there is a long standing proposal to create a dedicated shared use trail from Crediton to Exeter, known as the Boniface Trail. This would provide a safe cycle route to Exeter, as well as a valuable amenity for walkers, runners etc. Whilst a good deal of ...

Big Bike Revival: volunteers?

Sustainable Crediton in association with Graham's Recycle-ables* is considering applying for a grant from the The Big Bike Revival grants programme (Cycling UK) summer 2024 round. Grants of up to £3,500 are available to a range of not-for-profit and charitably inclined organisations in England for ...

Welcoming Refugees in Crediton: Table-top give-away

On Saturday 18th May Sustainable Crediton will be sharing the Sustainabubble at 8, North Street with the local group "Welcoming Refugees in Crediton" (WRC), supporting them to pass on household goods ( crockery, kitchen implements, household linen etc) which have been donated to help people in need ...

Community Allotment closing

We are closing the Crediton Community Allotment. It's been an interesting, often rewarding but also hard time running the Community Allotment since we took it over from Westbank in 2021. Ultimately it seems there just aren't many people who wish to be part of a community allotment here in Crediton ...

Selling clothing items will be free for private sellers from 8 April 2024 on EBay

From 8 April 2024, private sellers will not pay a listing fee or final value fee when they sell pre-loved items of clothing on eBay.co.uk. The change also applies to clothing items that were listed on eBay before 8 April 2024 and have not yet been sold. The fashion industry is responsible for o ...

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