Blackdown Hills Transition Group
We are an experimental, experiential learning network who promote using our local precious resources carefully, we embrace inclusivity and social justice.
We are lucky to live in such a beautiful area, with an amazing landscape and richness of flora and fauna. We promote initiatives and innovation that protect and enhance our natural surroundings.
We work together to find ways to increase local resilience, aiming to boost the potential for people to flourish in our villages and towns.
Our goal is to support health, foster strong community ties and support sustainable livelihoods and lives for all.
BH Repair Cafe
Hemyock
22nd November 2025
10:00-12.45 hrs
24th January 2026
10:00-12:45 hrs
21st March 2026
10:00-12:45 hrs.
BH Eco Hub
Natural Wreaths
6th December 2025 11:00-15.00 hrs
Join us throughout the day and get into the Christmas spirit at our much-loved Blackdown Hills Eco Hub annual natural wreath-making event.
Book here: Cost £12
BH Transition Group Meeting
14th January 2026
York Inn Churchinford
Article in the Somerset Gazette about our BH Repair Cafe.
Blackdown Hills Eco Hub
Every Wednesday/Saturday
Join us at the Eco Hub in Combe Raleigh every Wednesday from 2:00pm to 4:30 pm.
Enjoy some fresh air, friendly conversation, and hands-on no dig gardening—no experience needed.
Help us grow organic vegetables and herbs to share with our communities!
Upcoming Events
Rooted in Resilience: How Horses and Livestock Contribute to Environmental Sustainability
More workshop dates will be shared soon:
Elearning video programme is here
Are you looking for sustainable ways to improve your land, support biodiversity, and enhance animal welfare?
Our workshops offer practical advice on nature-based solutions that restore living soils, ensure healthy paddocks/fields, optimise yard management and align with natural herbivore behaviours.
Contact us if you'd like us to run a tailor-made workshop for your group or area.
Thank you to all our incredible repair specialists and volunteers for giving their time, passion, and energy to support our Repair Cafes and Jim's Shed ensuring our continued success, while holding those we've recently lost close in our thoughts.
If you'd like to get involved we're looking for a coordinator to help organise events. There are a variety of support tasks too (if you're not a skilled repairer), feel free to email us: bhecohub@gmail.com
We are a group of people who are, one step at a time, adopting a more sustainable lifestyle, paying attention to local ecosystems and our wider natural environment, while understanding and promoting the importance of social justice and economic fairness.
We are connecting with a broad community of individuals and groups who share our vision, collaborating to bolster the local economy, decrease our ecological footprint and waste, whilst strengthening community resilience to create a community where we can all thrive.
We warmly welcome anyone who wants to volunteer, whether by offering their time, energy, or creative ideas to help with our ever-changing projects and events.
Churchinford 2030 Wild Spaces Group in March 2024 launched Somerset Wildlife Trust's 'This Is A Wildlife Garden' Award Scheme in Churchstanton
Our Projects
Our Repair Cafés, events at the Eco Hub and Apple Days have become popular events in the Blackdown Hills’ calendar, helping us to reduce waste and make the most of our local resources. They’re also wonderful social occasions giving us opportunities to come together as a community.
We are tremendously grateful to the many volunteers who give up their time to make these events such a success and to those who have so generously donated over the years.
Over time, through your donations, we have donated to many local community projects, giving back to the communities who have supported us.
We are currently using our funds to maintain the apple pressing equipment, purchase spare parts and tools for the repair cafés, cover rental costs for meeting spaces, fairs, and stall fees, as well as to buy seeds, plants, and trees, and provide refreshments for workshops and events.
