The Marsh composting site will remain open on Sunday mornings during lockdown
The Marsh: SSB’s composting site will remain open during lockdown on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm. However, minimal help will be available from volun...
Past Events
September 2020
South Brent Wood Fair – Postponed
5 September @ 10:30 am - 5:00 pm BST
South Brent Wood Fair has been postponed. The Wood Fair organising group has taken the difficult decision to postpone the third South Brent Wood Fair planned for the 5th September and not to run it this year. This is partly due to wanting to give maximum attention to follow-up events from the South Brent Climate Fair on 18th April.
Find out more »South Brent Climate Fair – POSTPONED
5 September @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm BST
South Brent Climate Fair 2020 – initially scheduled for Saturday 18 April this event, long planned by Sustainable South Brent supported by South Brent Parish Council, Rattery Parish Council and South Brent Community Energy Society, was postponed during the lockdown until Saturday 5 September 2020. However, in view of the continuing uncertainty about such large gatherings, a decision has now been taken by the organising group to postpone again and, depending on the situation, to make a final decision in…
Find out more »The World’s Biggest Bike Ride
12 September @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm BST
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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Saturday 12 September 2020: World’s Biggest Bike Ride: The launch of the inaugural ‘World’s Biggest Bike Ride’ is being planned by Cycling UK giving everyone a great reason to get out on their bikes (following social distancing rules of course). Imagine what it would be like if everyone who owns or has access to a bike took part! That would remind us all how awesome cycling is and really would send a message of support for a new era of…
Find out more »October 2020
SSB Trustees / Directors meeting
6 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm BST
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An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day First of the month, repeating until 8 December, 2020
Hedges & Woodland – ‘Steepers’ session
25 October @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm GMT
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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 20 December, 2020
The 'Steeper’s are a lively group of SSB volunteers who are in their ninth year of hedge laying and collecting wood for fuel. The group will be coppicing 25 year old trees, at Penstave Copse, to let more daylight get to the woodland floor. This will encourage natural regeneration of trees, and wildflowers, with benefits for insects, small mammals, and birds. The ‘new planting’ at the top of Penstave should become more like natural woodland, over time. To do this…
Find out more »November 2020
Marsh Composting site
1 November @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm GMT
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An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 1 November, 2020
The Marsh: SSB’s composting site is now fully open on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm. Tickets are no longer required, but a three vehicle maximum will continue to apply to assist in maintaining social distancing on the site. A volunteer at the roadside will allow vehicles down to the site and limited help will be available from volunteers. If you are wanting to buy compost, please have the correct money ready (£1 per bag) to put the correct money into a…
Find out more »SSB Trustees / Directors meeting
3 November @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm GMT
Climate and Ecological and Emergency Bill: Live online event
9 November @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm GMT
Monday 9 November 2020: Climate and Ecological and Emergency Bill: A Live online event from 6:00-7:30pm, offering an opportunity to hear more about the importance of the CEE Bill from a panel of experts. With just a year until the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26 - to be held in Glasgow from 1-12 November 2021), join the CEE Bill Alliance and special guests for a 90 minute virtual event about how the CEE Bill is the emergency strategy needed…
Find out more »What’s my Carbon Footprint?’ – Zoom workshop
12 November @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm GMT
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An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until 14 January, 2021
South Brent,
Devon
United Kingdom
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Thursday 12 November 2020: ‘What's my Carbon Footprint?’ Zoom workshop at 7.30pm. Sustainable South Brent, is looking to run monthly one hour workshops on Zoom, organised by its Zero Carbon Group to help you establish your carbon footprint and think about ways to reduce it. The workshop is open to anyone who's interested and no preparation is needed. To get the most from the workshop, you'll need to have basic Zoom and internet skills. (If successful, we will look for…
Find out more »Marsh Composting Site – Lockdown arrangements
22 November @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm GMT
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An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Sunday, repeating until 29 November, 2020
SSB’s Marsh composting site will remain open on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm for garden waste deliveries throughout lockdown as long as sufficient volunteers are available . During lockdown: Social distancing must be observed on the site therefore minimal help can be offered for unloading garden waste or loading compost. The number of vehicles on site will be controlled by the volunteers. No parking on the main road will be permitted while waiting fo entry into the site Compost may be…
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