Sunday 30 July 2023: Community Litter Pick from 2-4pm. "Together we make Changes!" - Join SSB’s friendly group of volunteers at the Hub at the Old School Community Centre at 2pm and following the pick, enjoy free tea, cake and chats in the Hub! All are most welcome. Organised by SSB’s ‘Talking Rubbish’ group. Equipment…
Meeting at 2pm Saturday 5th August at the Marsh (SWW site) off Exeter Rd. NB There are some changes to the timing of this event. We'll be scything the meadow and clearing the arisings which we will take to the compost site. Meet at the Marsh composting Site, off Exeter Road at 2 pm (note…
Saturday 12 August 2023: Scything the Sanderspool Cross Roundabout and the ‘Apple a Day’ Orchard at the Health Centre. We will be meeting again at 10am, by the Sanderspool roundabout (Totnes and Exeter Rd) to scythe the verge area and we will then move down to the Health Centre orchard, and possibly continue at the…
Thursday 6; Wednesday 12; Wednesday 19; Thursday 27 July; Thursday 3; Wednesday 9; Wednesday 23 August: Dartmoor Invasive Species Project in the Avon at South Brent. It’s that time of year again with the Himalayan balsam just about to come into flower in several places. Following his survey for Dartmoor National Park, ecologist Mervyn Newman,…
Saturday 26 August 2023: Scything at the ‘Apple a Day’ Orchard at the Health Centre. We will be meeting again from 10am to 1pmish, at the orchard behind the Health Centre on Plymouth Road for yet another chance to try your hand at Scything, please reply or pop by on the day. Please bring a…
Saturday 9 September 2023: SSB’s Energy Café from 10am-12 noon at the HUB in the Old School Community Centre. With stalls; advice; café; children’s drop-in workshop; domestic renewables; retrofitting; thermal imaging cameras; energy advice; VR displays; Experience sharing. Raffle – draw at 12.00. Followed at 12-12.45pm by South Brent Community Energy Society’s Annual General…
Sunday 10th September 2023: Scything the community meadow at Moorhaven. Another opportunity to come scything, this time at the community meadow in Moorhaven. Residents of Moorhaven have invited SSB’s 4Bs to help them scythe and clear their half-acre community meadow. Meeting at 10am at the The Jays/WeAreEase to walk to the Meadow. If you are…
Saturday 23 September 2023: ‘Beat the Moorland Bounds’: South Brent Parish Council invites all residents to participate in this free historic event to Beat the Moorland Parish Boundary. South Brent's ancient 'Beating the Bounds’ ceremony takes place in in two halves over a 7-year cycle – the Outer/Moorland/Northern bounds and the Inner/Southern/Diptford bounds. The event…
Sunday 24 September 2023: Community Litter Pick from 2-4pm. “Together we make Changes!” - Join SSB’s friendly group of volunteers at the Hub at the Old School Community Centre at 2pm and following the pick, enjoy free tea, cake and chats in the Hub! All are most welcome. Equipment provided. Organised by SSB’s ‘Talking Rubbish’…
Sunday 24 September – Saturday 7 October 2023: Gaynor Williams: Exhibition and Book Launch: Textile animal trappings of India and Central Asia: A flowering in Arid Lands in Birdwood House, 44 Hight Street, Totnes, TQ9 5SG. 10.30am-4.30pm daily except 2-4pm Sundays. South Brent’s Gaynor Williams is exhibiting (and offering for sale) some of her historic…