Transition Town Wellington (Somerset)

Hub England & Wales

Number of people in group:

20

Active participants in last year:

200

We have a core team of organisers and officers of about 12. Our regular gardening sessions have between 6 and 12 people but bigger events (picnics, tree-planting etc) attract up to 60-70 folks.

Group started:

2008

Paid roles?

No

Legal Structure:

Other

TTW is a formal not-for-profit community group. With a constitution and policy/procedure documents available to download from our website.

How active is your group?

Very Active

Live Projects:

• Community Growing
• Other food projects
• Nature
• Festivals, fairs or events
• Art / creativity
• Building local networks
• Share, Repair or reuse
• Transport

All our projects, and subgroups are available to view on our website. ttw.org.uk We have a regular monthly planning meeting on the first Weds of every month, with an AGM every year.

Transition Town Wellington (TTW) started in 2008, and now has regular events with several active subgroups: community gardening, wildlife, a bookworms group, water guardians, sustainable transport group, and an arts and crafts group as well as a regular bi-monthly repair cafe.

Our aim is to find positive, practical solutions to the serious environmental threats we are facing as well as building a healthy, resilient and supportive community, fostering a sense of deep connection with each other as well as the land.

Some of our proudest achievements have been in establishing a community forest garden on Fox’s Field, planting new woodland on Linden Meadow, and helping to manage a 65 acre new green corridor in Wellington, a small town on the Somerset/Devon border. We aim to be inclusive and welcoming to all sorts of volunteers, of whatever age, ability or background. For photos, videos and a host of information about us and our projects, visit www.ttw.org.