South Brent Parish Council Declares an ‘Environment and Climate Emergency’
At the first meeting of its new council on 20th May 2019, South Brent Parish Council resolved to declare an ‘Environment and Climate Emergency’. Promp...
Past Events
April 2019
Easter Holiday Café and Kids’ Cooking Workshop
11 April @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Easter Holiday Café and Kids’ Cooking Workshop run by the SSB food project in the Old School Community Centre. Calling all young chefs! - Children’s cooking workshop runs from 10am -12 (over 8s may be unaccompanied; under 8s with parents/carers please). Then everyone else, young or not so young is welcome to come to the ‘Pay-what-you-feel Café’ between 12 and 1pm. Menu to include: soup, hot cross cheese scones, chocolate nests – mmm...yum! Pick up registration form for the workshop…
Find out more »Explore Ivybridge and South Brent by Bike
14 April @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Explore Ivybridge and South Brent by Bike from 10am to 12noon. Join our friendly and supportive Sustrans volunteers, in association with community groups, PL21 Transition Town and Sustainable South Brent for a guided, family-friendly, bike ride to warm the legs and discover some beautiful scenery around Ivybridge and South Brent. We'll follow National Cycle Network Routes 2 and 272 and other little lanes on a return journey of 12 miles. This ride is here to help you gain confidence, meet…
Find out more »Enchantress Storytelling with Stephanie Bradley
19 April @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
(Good Friday): Enchantress Storytelling event with Stephanie Bradley (winner of SSB's 10th Anniversary Artist's Commission in 2016) from 7-10pm in the Beacon Room in the Old School Community Centre. If you want to be enchanted by story, or you want to learn what our ancient British myths have to tell us today, or you would like to share your own experience of enchantment this event is for you! Come and participate, hear the stories and contribute your experience of the enchantress…
Find out more »Sustainable South Brent Annual General Meeting
23 April @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sustainable South Brent AGM at 7.30pm in the Old School Community Centre. The AGM will be followed by a talk entitled ‘Water Connects Us: Using the Arts to explore the impacts of Climate Change’ by Laura Denning, who reflects on her recent residency in Bangalore (India) and discovers how first-person storytelling connects people locally and globally. She will show us how water plays an essential role in engaging people with mitigating the impact of climate change.
Find out more »June 2019
Guided Bike Ride – Discover the Dartmoor Way
2 June @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
£15
Discover the Dartmoor Way: Join Sustainable South Brent, PL21 Transition Town and Sustrans volunteers on a 50 mile/8 hour guided bike ride at an easy pace to discover the heart of Dartmoor. It is a circular route, with a choice of 2 starts/finishes - either the Watermark Centre, Ivybridge PL21 0SZ at 9.15am or the Old School Community Centre South Brent at 10.00am. We will follow the Dartmoor Way through Buckfastleigh-Holne-Hexworthy-Princetown-Burrator-Cornwood-Harford along scenic lanes with stunning views. From secret river…
Find out more »Wildflower Identification Workshops
6 June @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Wildflower Identification Workshops with expert botanist Hannah Gibbons. SSB’s 4Bs project (Brent Bees Bugs & Butterflies) has teamed up with Moor Meadows to hold two Identification workshops (Wild Flowers on 6 June and Insects on 18 June). Locations and times are the same on each day: 10am -12:30pm – Holy Trinity Churchyard, Buckfastleigh 1.30 – 4pm – St Petroc’s, South Brent Ancient churchyards are home to many species of wildflowers and some rare plants. Attend this session and you’ll leave…
Find out more »IT skills sessions
6 June @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 7:00pm on Thursday, repeating until 19 December, 2019
Free IT skills sessions every other Thursday starting again on Thursday 17 January 2019 and then fortnightly (31 January; 14; 28 February) from 7-9pm in the Old School Community Centre. Come and get your computer and phone problems sorted out and questions answered. Bring your questions and devices; explore, play, discover and build your confidence – all with the support and help of a group of experts (these are not formal, structured lessons). For all levels – beginners to experienced…
Find out more »Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair – Including SSB stalls
8 June @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair from 2-5pm on The Island. Celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of the purchase of the Island by Brent Island Trust. Refreshments, including barbecue, cream teas, bar and soft drinks; entertainment including activities for children, displays by local wildlife and other groups, etc. and stalls from village organisations such as Sustainable South Brent, South Brent & District Caring; Westcountry Rivers Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority. Live music from South Brent’s Wild Harmony’; Brent Singers; U3A…
Find out more »Insect Identification Workshops
18 June @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Insect Identification Workshops with Dartmoor naturalist John Walters. SSB’s 4Bs project (Brent Bees Bugs & Butterflies) has teamed up with Moor Meadows to hold two Identification workshops (Wild Flowers on 6 June and Insects on 18 June). Locations and times are the same on each day: 10am -12:30pm – Holy Trinity Churchyard, Buckfastleigh 1.30 – 4pm – St Petroc’s, South Brent On this workshop you’ll spend a relaxed few hours outdoors with John Walters identifying the insects that live in…
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