5 years ago, a hardworking bunch of SSB volunteers now known as ‘The 4Bs’ (Brent Bees Bugs & Butterflies) turned an overlooked patch of consistently mown grass verge in the Exeter Road / Play park area, into a diverse wildflower meadow ... and every summer we scythe it. As we did yesterday (Saturday 10…
Wednesday 14 August 2024: Creation of a Woodland and Market Garden at Palstone. This is a Community Drop in between 3 and 8pm at the Aune Room at the Old School Community Centre to talk about exciting new plans for this collaborative project between Sustainable South Brent, South Hams District Council and The Woodland Trust.…
Thursday 22 August 2024: Adult (over 18s) Craft Session: In the Hub at the Old School Community Centre from 10.30-12 noon. Card making - make homemade cards for birthdays and other events. Free, or pay what you feel. Pop into the hub to book a place, or contact us via info@sabdc.co.uk or call 01364 700282. …
Monday 9 September 2024: Tuesday Fair Share: meeting at 3:45pm at Palstone Park Rec. A new idea for South Brent - Affordable groceries for residents of South Brent using a surplus of healthy food that will be different each week. You only need to live in South Brent and the surrounding area to use this.…
Saturday 14 September 2024: SSB’s South Brent Repair Café from 9.30-12noon in the Old School Community Centre. Do you have items you are tempted to throw in the bin? Help is at hand!! A team of volunteer repairers offer their services for free, several times a year, with a café with cake to enjoy while…
Saturday 14 September 2024: South Brent Market Garden and Orchard – Public Consultation: from 3-5pm in in the HUB at the Old School Community Centre. Sustainable South Brent have been given the exciting opportunity to lease a 10 acre field from South Hams District Council, close to the centre of South Brent to create a…
Monday 16 September 2024: EV Charging Station – consultation: - to discuss Furlong Energy’s proposals for an EV charging facility at Marley Head junction. The chargers will be powered by green electricity produced on site. Drop-in clinic from 3-6pm in the Hall at the Old School Community Centre. There will be presentations at 3.30 &…
Monday 16 September 2024: Quarterly meeting for Avon Valley ‘Land Guardians’: meeting in hub at the Old School Community Centre from 6.30-8.30pm. Do join us if you own or manage land in the Upper Avon Valley, and are interested in conservation; increasing biodiversity; creating nature corridors; networking and hearing about what others are doing. Do…
Saturday 21st September 2024. Brent Island 30th Anniversary Fun Day: 11am-4pm on the Island. Brent Island was bought for the village by the residents in 1994 and is managed by Brent Island Trust for people to enjoy and for the protection of wildlife. The trust is organising this day to mark the Island’s 30th…
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