Thank you to everyone who put tokens in our charity box at Waitrose in Bath in April. We will use the money to contribute towards Transition Bath’s running costs of about £1,000 per year. Most of our costs are for insurance which allows us to run events and to cover volunteers. We are always very appreciative of your donations however […]
Could you start collecting tokens if you use Waitrose? Transition Bath is one of 3 nominated organisations for their distribution of £1,000 during April? As an organisation we have no direct income apart from grants for specific projects. We need about £1,200 to keep running each year (insurances, accounting etc.) and the Waitrose grant would […]
On April 14th we will be holding our annual project planning meeting to decide which projects we are going to be running in the coming year. This will involve both new projects and continuing work with existing projects. Potential new and old projects include: Thermal Imaging: how should we go forward (there will be a […]
Do you buy The Chronicle? Could you/would you vote for Vegmead to get a Cash For Your Community award? Vegmead, our guerrilla gardening plot in Hedgemead Park, won international recognition when Iva’s time-lapse film of its development went ‘viral’ and it was quoted by Rob Hopkins as an example of a Transition initiative. The volunteers […]
The Slow Food movement was started in Italy in the late 1980s and is now global, active in 150 countries. One of its current projects is the Ark of Taste. This year, Slow Food UK are sponsoring Mikron Theatre Company’s show Til the Cows Come Home because it has a slow food + taste message. Mikron Theatre […]
The foraging walks are running on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, 1-5pm, and the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, 1-4pm. Nat’s mobile number is 07749 984408. Download the details here. Map showing directions to the community nuttery.
You’ll probably feel confident picking blackberries and wild garlic, but what other edibles and medicinal plants can be found within a few minutes’ walk of the centre of Bath? Nat from TB’s food group will be leading regular, free, foraging walks on Saturdays, starting on 19th July at 1pm, from our community nuttery project in Smallcombe Vale. All […]
Welcome to this month’s Transition happenings in Bath… View this email in your browser June Newsletter In this edition: *|MC:TOC|* Film: The Dash for Gas – Sat 14th June, 2pm Come and find out what ‘fracking’ would mean for Bath. This is particularly relevant given the Infrastructure Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech. We’ll […]
In our response we praising the aims of the strategy which highlight the benefits of taking regular exercise for physical, mental and social well-being, as well as the wider environmental benefits, and it identifies the impact of inactivity on all ages of the population and the wider costs. The figures are shocking. Nearly 600 deaths […]
As part of the redevelopment of the ex-MOD site in Bath Linden and Bloor homes have submitted a planning application for 180 homes at Ensleigh. Although we support the building of the homes at Ensleigh, we have objected to the application on the following grounds: Lack of provision of affordable housing, a nursing home was […]