Sustainable Brampton March 2023 Newsletter
Dear Supporter,
We are a community organisation committed to minimising our impact on the environment, promoting local food production and local businesses and building a stronger community through practical activities and campaigning.
These newsletters contain a selection of sustainability issues and events I hope will be of interest. Links (underlined) to further information are included wherever possible. Entries repeated from the previous newsletter are in grey.
ACT LOCAL
A WATER FOUNTAIN FOR BRAMPTON?
We think everyone should have free access to drinking water. We would therefore like the water fountain that was removed from the Moot Hall many years ago to be replaced. This would also reduce the use of single use plastic water bottles by visitors to Brampton. The national Refill campaign (see refill.org.uk/about/ ) has offered to pay £2500 towards the estimated installation cost of ~£5000. Please contact timothycoombe@damhead.me if you would like to help make this happen.
STARS IN THE TARN PROJECT
This imaginative project from the North Pennines AONB will involve building a natural star gazing installation at Talkin Tarn this summer using traditional craft techniques. For more information and to sign up online click on fellfoot-forward/stars-in-the-tarn/. The project will blend sustainable crafts, art, science and wellbeing into a single elegant structure.
BRAMPTON 2 ZERO
Congratulations to B2Z for the award of a £1200 grant from the Laidlaw Environment Fund for a Biodiversity Coordinator for one day a week for 10 weeks over the summer, to coordinate their projects to increase the biodiversity of the local environment; improving animal populations, pollinating/wildlife corridors and increasing carbon sequestration by preserving, protecting and increasing woodlands, bogs, wetlands, hedges, and encouraging wild gardens in Brampton.
EVENTS
23 MAR COMMUNITY CLIMATE GRANTS
A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING OPPORTUNITY FOR SUPPORTERS!
You are invited to attend a special Cumbria Sustainability Network meeting to help select at least 4 awards of up to £10,000 large Community Climate Grants (which include 2 Brampton and Beyond Energy AD and Brampton 2 Zero projects) which will be held on zoom at 7pm this Thursday evening.
Each of the 7 eligible projects will first be presented in 3 minutes. All participants will then vote on which they consider will have most impact on tackling climate change and building the Zero Carbon movement in Cumbria. At least 4 projects will be funded and we would like the widest participation from supporters to make this as fair and accountable a process as possible.
You can register for the event by clicking on this link cafs.org.uk/civicrm/ to be sent a summary of each project. This is your opportunity to influence where National Lottery funding should be spent to best effect in Cumbria!
6 APR BRAMPTON CLIMATE READING GROUP
There will be an informal discussion on the book ‘English Pastoral’ by James Rebanks at 5.30pm in the Community Centre Cafe. Please contact Rebecca at rebecca@notyetzero.com if you would like to join this group. Books can be obtained from Rebecca or instead you can just read a review, one example is here pastoral.springeropen/articles
22 APR ANNUAL MEETING 22 APR
Please note the confirmed date of SB’s annual meeting which will begin at 10am in the Kingwater Room at Brampton Community Centre, when we will report progress to date and continue the discussions begun last year about future priorities and prospects. Light refreshments will be served.
We will also present the results of the recent mapping exercise showing the many community organisations and businesses who contribute to local resilience and sustainability in some way. This will be especially useful for new residents wanting to ‘do their bit’ but who don’t quite know where to start.
30 MAR WILLIAM HOWARD SCHOOL SUSTAINABILITY FAIR
Sustainable Brampton have a stall at the William Howard School Sustainability Fair from 1pm to 4pm arranged by the ‘Open Spaces’ project (see williamhoward.cumbria.sch.uk/open-spaces/). Anyone able to help on the stall please contact timothycoombe@damhead.me
30 MAR CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE COMMUNITY CENTRE CAFE
Full details of our next talk by Monique Speksnyder and Dr Julian Diaper ‘The Secret Life of a Compost Bin’ are at bramptoncc.org.ukcafesci/. Please email timothycoombe@damhead.me if you would like to be informed of future Café Sci events, which happen on the last Thu every month except Dec.
30 MAR ECO-I NW SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SUMMIT AT RHEGED
Come to celebrate and share the learning from the Eco-I NW project in Cumbria (see details at cumbria.ac.uk/business/eco/) and explore the innovations that will be needed to achieve a sustainable future. The summit will be held at Rheged, Penrith from 9.30am to 4pm. We’ll be joined by author and TV presenter Simon Reeve for a conversation on sustainable innovation followed by a Q&A session. Click here to Register for the Summit
14 MAY OPEN DAY WARWICK BRIDGE CORNMILL CA4 8RE
A free Open Day to see the traditional watermill at work, discover how the mill grinds corn and learn about its fascinating history. Open 11am to 4pm for self-guided tours and experts will be on hand to answer any questions. Free entry, donations very welcome. warwickbridgecornmill.co.uk/events
CONCLUSION
If you have news and views you would like to share please get in touch or even better get involved in some way! Email timothycoombe@damhead.me or call 016977 48833.
Tim Coombe Chair Sustainable Brampton
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