Welcome. Let’s start the newsletter with a huge thank you to Sustainable Crediton’s Core Group, Trustees and volunteers who worked with such good effect to make our Green Fair on 26th September such a success. We hope you are taking a well-earned breather before moving on to our next endeavours. Further plaudits and pictures further … Read more
News from Sustainable Crediton during October, and upcoming events
The WMG is recommencing work on its long term coppicing project near Morchard Bishop. All our dates for the coming season (October to March) are listed in our calendar on the website. We are a small, friendly group who work from 10am to around 3pm, with breaks for coffee and chat, and picnic lunch and … Read more
Don’t forget to come along to our free craft event on Saturday 31st October. You don’t have to swap as such – you can bring stuff, take stuff or just browse and have tea and cake. There will be a Christmas jumper rail as well as fabric, haberdashery, knitting stuff etc. Bring any bras, hearing … Read more
Here are some hints from Exeter Community Energy https://ecoeadvice.org.uk who provide advice on a wide range of energy efficiency matters. John Craythorne
Many of us will be shocked at the scale of the proposed data centre and battery energy storage system near Great Torrington, graphically described here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/27/people-are-standing-up-and-fighting-back-north-devon-ai-datacentre?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other The proposed site will have a footprint eighteen times greater than Exeter Cathedral. A Parliamentary petition has been set up seeking to ‘Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres … Read more
We were delighted to welcome to the Green Fair local poet Rob Husband, who read some of his work to open the fair. Here follows his poem, This Town, which eloquently sums up for so many of us how we feel about our town and community. I believe this townCan breathe the breath of all … Read more
We are grateful to Dave Govier for showing us around Langridge Farm near Yeoford recently. Three generations of his family have farmed at Langridge and it was David’s father who converted the farm to organic in 1983. He established a partnership with Abel and Cole to supply organic veg and continues to supply a major … Read more
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Big Green Fair. It was wonderful to see the Square buzzing with people enjoying themselves, meeting friends, chatting with stallholders and discovering new ideas for living more sustainably. The music, organised by Jack Robson from Crediton Arts Centre, was a real joy and added … Read more
ECOE Advice run drop in advice clinics at Crediton Foodbank, Dates of these are changing to every other month (not quarterly) and will now be held on the last Friday every other month, starting from September 2026. Dates are below. All at 10am – 12 noon at Crediton Congregational Church, 98 High St, EX17 3LF Friday … Read more