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.
If you'd like sign up to our Hylo account for Blackdown Hills Thrive and see what all the many groups we're connected with are doing please click here
Latest Updates
Latest News from our Wild Spaces Group here
Our Next Repair Cafes will go ahead as follows:
- 22nd March 2025
- 27th September 2025
- 22nd November 2025
Hemyock Parish Hall from 10:00-13.00 hrs.
Upcoming Events
Rooted in Resilience: How Horses and Livestock Contribute to Environmental Sustainability
22nd February - The York Inn, Churchinford 14:00 - 16:30 hrs.
27th February - Wyndham Arms, Kentisbeare 18:30-21:00 hrs.
Are you looking for sustainable ways to improve your land, support biodiversity, and enhance animal welfare?
Our upcoming workshop offers practical advice on nature-based solutions that restore living soils, ensure healthy paddocks/fields, optimize yard management and align with natural herbivore behaviours. Participants to our workshop will have free access to our video learning programme.
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 there are a variety of support tasks too (if you're not a skilled repairer), feel free to email us: bhecohub@gmail.com
Churchinford 2030 Wild Spaces Group in March 2024 launched Somerset Wildlife Trust's 'This Is A Wildlife Garden' Award Scheme in Churchstanton www.somersetwildlife.org/garden
Self-assessment form: https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/YCSSWVG
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 establishing 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.
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.
Our current funds are being used to maintain our apple pressing equipment, buy spare parts and tools for the repair cafes, renting our meeting space for Churchinford 2030 and for the rental and running costs of Jim's Shed.
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