2008


10th December 2008

Xmas Message from the Chair of CCA

As we approach the end of 2008 all of us who are active in CCA can celebrate what we have achieved over the past year. We now have 10 active subgroups or affiliated groups, including ones on food and public awareness which have recently been set up, and we have been registered as a Transit ...


10th December 2008

New Community Cafe/ Resource Centre Project

We have put together a very enthusiastic working group with the aim of setting up a Community Cafe/Resource Centre in the old TIC offices at the Old Town Hall.

The group is working on gathering all the information needed to put together a business plan to get the project off the ground ASAP. The trustees of the Old Town Hall are keen to have CCA as tenants and we have the support of several Town Councillors for our aims.

We are planning to make this a resources centre as well as cafe and if you would like to join the working group or have any ideas about activities you would like to see held at the new premises we would love to hear from you.

Email us with your ideas in the first instance or come along to our next working group meeting to get involved. Over the course of this project we are going to need people with many talents and skills and would welcome the input of
anyone who wants to help.


12th November 2008

Steering Group Meeting


13th October 2008

Steering Group Meeting


Extracts from the 2014 Vision for Crediton leaflet
27th September 2008

Strategy Workshop

Many thanks to all those people who came along to the Strategy Day. Your input into how we see Sustainable Crediton developing and influencing the future of Crediton over the next few years was really positive and useful. The Steering Group have now collated all the information that emerged fr ...


11th September 2008

Crediton Festival 2009

Next year is the 1100th anniversary of St Boniface. As a result a whole programme of activities and events is being planned for Crediton mainly from Jan to June.

We have been asked to participate.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD CCA EVENT OR STALL?

If so our we would like to hear from you ASAP. All ideas that are relevant to climate change/Peak Oil/ Transition Towns/ Local sustainable development are very welcome.

 


8th September 2008

Steering Group Meeting


9th August 2008

A New Leaflet for CCA

A completely new leaflet for CCA has been printed and stocks are currently held by Alan Murray. The leaflet has a bright new format thanks to Jeff Bellingham of Scribble and Nonsense and features pictures of CCA activities over the past few months. It includes the details for all the groups wi ...


18th June 2008

Report on Lobbying of our MP, Angela Browning

Sent in by Charles Mossman (it took Charles and Laura 9 months of trying to get this slot with Ms Browning at her clinic at the Boniface Center): "Laura Conyngham and I met with our MP Angela Browning on the 7th June, to lobby her regarding the Climate Change Bill currently being discussed ...


17th June 2008

News from the CCA Steering Group

We have now met three times since the AGM held in February this year, meeting approximately every 6 weeks. We have had a full agenda of topics to discuss, and have already had a change of Chair; as reported in a previous newsletter. The main issues taking up our time are: CCA leaflet: ...


17th June 2008

Transiton Town website

We now have a presence on the Transiton Town website!


5th June 2008

Peak Oil, Climate Change - what next??

Low Carbon talk ...


30th May 2008

Transition Town Crediton - it's official!!

After many months of threatening to become one, Crediton Climate Action have now completed all the criteria necessary and been officially accepted!! We are now part of a wider network which includes over 50 other towns and villages, all committed to taking action in their local communities ...


17th April 2008

Steering Group Meeting


5th April 2008

CCA Stall in the High Street

Focusing on Climate Action Week ...


18th March 2008

Steering Group News

The Steering Group held its first meeting a week after the AGM. Gerald Coynyngham agreed to take over from Linda Lever as Chair. Linda will now become the co-ordinator of the action groups. Other post holders are: Charles Mossman Vice Chair, Anne Tucker Secretary, Sue Chantrey Treasurer, Alan ...


18th March 2008

Sadly we must say goodbye to a friend

It is my unfortunate job to pass on the sad news that Jennie Price, an active supporter of CCA since its beginnings, passed away last week. I received the following from her husband Martin which he has asked me to pass on: 'Jennie Price was taken into RDE Hospital on Tuesday morning, and di ...


18th March 2008

Crediton's Progress towards becoming a Transition Town

The Steering Group are now in the process of completing the final paperwork for us to become an official Transition Town. Hooray!! At last!! Charles Mossman and Linda Lever went on a 2 day training last weekend to help facilitate this. Charles has sent this short report on their weekend: ...


10th March 2008

CCA 1st Meeting


29th February 2008

Breaking the Silence

The story of Rachel Carson, a remarkable and brave woman who, single handed, took on the US Department of Agriculture and the Chemical Industry to draw attention to the dangers of pesticides. Her extraordinary struggle to produce her book 'Silent Spring' is told in this powerful and moving one ...


29th February 2008

Annual General Meeting

About 20 members were in attendance. Linda Lever, one of the founder members, summarised the first year's activities, which have been impressive. They have included the organisation of 8 environmental film showings and talks, 3 social events, the very successful Energy Day in November and O ...


Photograph taken at the Climate Action Group Open Space workshop on 9th February 2008
9th February 2008

How do we prepare Crediton for a future without cheap oil and with a low carbon footprint

More than 50 people attended this inspiring and informative day, some of them completely new to CCA. The forum was one where anyone attending could bring up a topic for discussion related to our opening question: 'How do we prepare Crediton for a future with no cheap oil and with a low carbon ...


27th January 2008

Transition Town Training

As you will know we are intending to become a Transition Town shortly. If you would like to be part of the Steering Group that will be forming and are willing to take part in actively creating the Transition Town structure you might like to apply for a place. These are limited and costs may be ...


12th January 2008

CCA Constitution

CCA was formed just under a year ago and has until now worked on an informal basis. However as part of our plan to become a Transition Town in the near future we now need to adopt a formal Constitution as one of the TT criteria. A constitution is in the final stages of preparation and we will be holding a Special General Meeting to adopt it, most probably in February. We would very much appreciate the support of as many CCA members as possible in attending this meeting and supporting the next phase of CCA's work. Further details will follow.


12th January 2008

Transition Town bulletin

Thanks to Alan Murray who has sent in this Transition Town Totnes mini bulletin. It explains some of the activity that Totnes, the original Transition Town, gets up to. You can find out more on their website. Transition Totnes Totnes on Tonight's One Show. We thought you might be know ...