New Forest Transition - LOCALITIES

Paul Frampton - Solar Chat

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:24:13 +0100

TRANSITION LYMINGTON - STOP PRESS

Paul Frampton is going to be at the Transition Lymington meeting for an hour (8-9pm) on Thursday 23rd May to chat with people about the falling cost of solar panels, clever gadgets, micro inverters and more...

Please feel free to come and talk to him and ask him your questions and queries...

We meet in the left hand bar, at the Thomas Tripp pub (oppo Waitrose) at 8pm - please come and join us.

And, if you are unable to make it, Paul is also going up to Minstead Study Centre on Friday 28th June between 7-9pm to do a similar chat.

FREE BIKE SAFETY CHECK - Drop In - Sat 22nd June

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:49:02 +0100

Free Bike Safety Check

Police Security Coding

Bike Repairs by Figgures Cycles

Raffle

On Saturday 22nd June we have invited Figgures Cycles to run a DROP IN afternoon. Bring along your bike (children and adults) for a FREE safety check.

Drop In anytime between 2pm - 4.30pm, so dig out your bike, and bring it along!

Along side this event we will also be running a Workshop where you can learn to do your own safety check and basic bike maintenance. See below.

This event is being organised by Transition Lymington and Figgures Cycles.

National Bike Week 2013 - http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/

BIKE Maintenance Workshop - Sat 22 June

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:26:15 +0100

Learn how to do your own Bike Safety Check

Learn how to do your own Bike Maintenance

On Saturday 22nd June, we have invited Ron Hawker - the Lymington Triathlon Bike expert - to run a bike workshop.

The workshop will take place from 2 - 4.30pm at 9th Lymington Scout Hut, King Saltern Road, behind the Haven, SO41 3QD

The workshop is open to teenagers and adults and the are a limited number of spaces. To book your place, please email Kate on lymington@newforesttransition.org The cost will be via a donation to the cost of the venue hire (£4-5 ish). BYO bike along.

Along side this event we will also be running a drop in session for a Free bike check and bike security coding by the local police. More information to come...

Organised by Transition Lymington www.transitionlymington.org

National Bike Week 2013 - http://www.bikeweek.org.uk/

Hale Market - monthly dates

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:04:00 +0100

Hale Market is the third Saturday of each month. 9am - 12 noon.

2013 dates ahead:

Sat 18th May

Sat 15th June

Local food for local people. New Forest Marque producers.

Meat, fish, cheese, bread, eggs, seasonal fruit and veg

honey, preserves, flowers, homemade produce, refreshments

For more info visit http://www.halemarket.org

Hyde Open Meeting - Thurs 9th May

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:03:00 +0100

Hyde District Climate Change Forum

From 7.30pm

Talk by Debbie Lucas, Environmental Protection Officer at NFDC

Questions and Discussion

Coffee

Question and Answer session on the possible Trial of Nissan Leaf cars c. 8.30pm

Members Free, non members £2

Hyde Memorial Hall, Thursday 9th May

www.hdccf.blissford.net

Ashurst & Colbury Community Group AGM: 7 May - 7.30pm

nospam@example.com (Editor) — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:17:14 +0100

The ACCG is holding its AGM on Tuesday 7th May evening at Longdown Activity Farm (Deerleap Lane).

Andy Brennan from the National Park Authority will be talking about the sustainability of the New Forest. There'll be reports on the various projects the group is involved with (Community Apple Pressing, Litter Picking, Cycle Path improvements etc) and a chance for you to whip up a local fruit smoothie on the New Forest Food Challenge's Smoothie Bike! How could you resist!!

Lymington Meeting - April 24th

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:32:53 +0100

NEXT MEETING - Thursday 23rd May - 8 pm Thomas Tripp -

we have invited Paul Frampton to come along for the first hour (8-9pm) to talk about to chat with people about the falling cost of solar panels, clever gadgets, micro inverters and more... Please feel free to come and talk to him and ask him your questions and queries...

There were just 4 of us there last night, but lots of events coming up, so please come along and help if you can:

New Forest Spring Fair - Sunday 5th May - New Park - Food Challenge are having a stall, making paper pots, planting seeds, writing fruit poems. Help needed all day, but please volunteer for a couple of hours: 10 -1pm, 12.30 - 3.30 pm or 2.30 - 5.30 pm. Email Sarah if you can help events @ newforesttransition .org Emily to drop some Garden Share leaflets with Sarah.

Big Lunch - Sunday 2nd June - The Eden Project's Community Lunch - meet up with your neighbours for a shared meal - for more info: Eden Project

Royden Woods Woodfair and Local Produce - Sunday 9th June - Hants Wildlife Trust - Kate is going to be doing some craft activities with willow and leaves, sheets of white cotton/natural fibre, etc... Gary and Simon helping out. Emily to see if the charity shops have any white cotton sheets? More info

Bike Workshop - Sat 22nd June - more details soon...

Jean Genie - Emily to book for a weekend in October - preferably Sat 19th at Lym Comm Centre.

Christmas Fair and Craft Workshops - Sat 7th December - 9.30am - 1pm - Lymington Community Centre is booked. Crafts include wreaths, jean genie, woollen decorations,

Other bits

Emily to speak to Paul Frampton about coming to our meeting to talk about FIT, RHI, gadgets, micro inverters. Talk about running a larger event with the Energy group, JP, Cathy and Sam.

Sarah to scan and upload the comments from the Jean Genie onto Facebook

Sarah to email Emily the photos from the Jean Genie

Jean Genie

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:51:00 +0100

Transition Lymington our proud to announce the date of their second

JEAN GENIE event

After a very productive and relaxed morning at the beginning of February, we have booked lymington Community Centre for again to run a very similar event, with lots of the same, and loads more ideas of what you can make with your old pair of jeans...

Saturday 20th April

Lymington Community Centre

10am - 12.30pm

At the end of the last event, many went away with their own bag, or a string of bunting and even a baby owl!

In April, we have lots of new ideas, including making decorations and toys.

What will you make?

Brin

g along a pair of old jeans/strong trousers if you have them, but don't worry if you don't we have lots to share. See you on 20th

Transition Lymington

See Facebook to like the event

Meeting Notes - Wed 6 March

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:20:00 +0000

NEXT MEETING - Thursday 21st March, 8pm Thomas Tripp

There was lots of discussion last night, and lots of planning for our future events.

Jean Genie - Sat 9th Feb - What a great event! We had lots of positive feedback and the whole morning had a lovely feel about it. It pretty much paid for itself (without the Lym Times adverts). Would be great to repeat it fairly soon - Emily to look at dates in April. Remember - PAT testing.

Lymington Allotments - Are working GREAT! Lots of people have been down there, a real little community. Some sites are already planted, others have not been started. There is an Allotment Community Planting day soon, and there is an information board for food swaps.

Garden Share - Emily and Rachel to go through the garden list to see which ones are still available. Next meeting - ideas to let poeple know about the gardens. All gardens can be found at http://www.lymingtongardenshare.org

Greener Christmas Fair - Shall we do this again in 2013? The decision was to have a few less stalls - and make sure the ones that we do have, have local and handmade products. Could use the side room for some craft activities - eg wreath making and felt tree decorations.

Bike Maintenance Day? - Lots of ideas for this? In National Bike Week? 15-23rd June. See if we could get some STF funding? Pay for some bike maintenance guys and some consumables - oil, brake pads, inner tubes etc.. HCC road safety stall. Police - security marking? Decorate a bike stall - denim bunting. Giveaways - wobbly arms, wobbly flags. Sustrans. Map of forest cycle trails. Vision of sustainable transport in the future. Venue? Behind Figures? Recreation centre? Town Hall CP? Woodside Park when another event is happening? RNLI 10k run. Sarah to email Andy re: STF poss.

Royden Woods Sun 9th June - We could do some kids crafts with willow, elder, leaf/flag prints etc.. and advertise our bike event? Speak to Grace.

New Forest Transition Training weekend, 16th March, Minstead Study Centre

Next meetings

Thursday 21st March

Wednesday 24th April

What is New Forest Transition?

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:22:41 +0000

This is something that lots of people ask, and about the local groups. So I have tried to explain New Forest Transition hub, its projects, the local groups and their projects in this powerpoint.

Please let me know what I have missed off.

Thanks

Transition Lymington - 2013 meeting dates

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:52:00 +0000

MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY

Hi all

Here are our some dates for meeting up over the coming year. They may well change a bit as the year goes through and other events are booked - however they are correct at time of printing!

~~Wed 27th Feb~~ postponed until Wed 6th March

Thurs 21st March

Wed 24th April

Thurs 23rd May

Wed 19th June

Thurs 18th July

August - no meeting

Wed 25th Sept

Thurs 24th Oct

Wed 27th Nov

December - no meeting

Seedy Sunday Downton

nospam@example.com (John Pemberton) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:28:00 +0000

February 24th, 2-4pm in the Memorial Hall, The Borough, Downton SP5 3PD
SEEDY Sunday - an opportunity to buy or swap seeds and plants. Bring your spare seeds and plants and swap them for others, or just leave for other people to take in exchange for a donation. ‘MoreVeg’ (a company that sells seeds in small quantities) will be there and we also have seed potatoes and onion sets (including those resistant to ‘neck rot’) for sale PLUS an area dedicated to NEW growers on growing veg in the garden in pots , local experienced gardeners to answer questions, information on making your garden wildlife friendly and on keeping bees and chickens. Refreshments available
Everyone welcome, whether or not you have items to swap/donate.

Downton Green Group. Phone 01725 511649 or 511055 for more information.

Download the poster here

SEEDYSUNDAY2013poster.doc

Small Steps toward Sustainable Transport - Hyde

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:28:00 +0000

HYDE DISTRICT CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM

The next open meeting of the HDCCF is on Thursday March 7^th 2013 at 7.30 pm in the Hyde War Memorial Village Hall.

Our speaker will be Rob Hutchins who will talk about

“Small Steps toward Sustainable Transport”

There will be tea and coffee and an opportunity to ask questions.

AGM This will be followed by the AGM. All the officers and committee are willing to continue in office for another year, but we welcome new faces should you be willing to volunteer or nominate anyone else.

SEEED SWAP We will also be running a seed swap at the end of the evening, so please bring along any of your seeds that you have left over, or a small bit of cash to buy some.

The meeting is free for HDCCF members and £2 for non members.

Hon.Sec: Debbie Shepherd (01425 652508) e-mail debbie @ blissford. net

Jean Genie - What did you make?

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:17:23 +0000

Old jeans were given a new lease of life at Transition Lymington’s recent Jeans Genie event. Around forty people came along to the Lymington Community Association on a rainy Saturday morning to find out how to turn old jeans into new and creative items such as bags, doorstops, purses and bunting.

Help, inspiration and sewing machine skills were on hand from experienced sewers to help children and adults alike to create their denim masterpieces and by the end of the morning the pile of old jeans had shrunk and a range of beautiful pieces had been carefully created.

This free session was the first of this type of event to be run by Transition Lymington and the feedback was so positive that similar crafting sessions are planned for later this year.

Comments about the day:

Many thanks for the Jean Genie event yesterday, I really enjoyed it & came away inspired. Great way to spend a wet weekend...reminds me of my childhood, when I loved doing crafty stuff on wet days. Great idea

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and the Transition team for organising such a great event. It was inspirational and really fun! I never thought I'd ever try a sewing machine out again (bad experience at school!!) but a lovely lady (stupidly didn't ask her name!) was so kind and helpful, I may even end up trying to get one!!! It was such a brilliant idea, well done! Looking forward to the next one!

Totally Locally - Lymington

nospam@example.com (Sarah) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:02:34 +0000

Lymington Shop Keepers are just about to launch - Totally Locally - in Lymington High Street.

They are having their first meeting at the Angel Inn on Monday next week - 4th Feb in the evening at 6pm.

Everybody is welcome, especially independant shops and markets stalls. But you are welcome to go along, just to find out what is happening and offer your support.

Totally locally started in Yorkshire and has been rolled out nationally for other towns to take up, so we can learn by their mistakes, but also strengthen the message … see

http://www.totally-locally.co.uk

Please pass on, or pop along if you can…