Taking positive action together.
Across the country people are feeling things can’t keep going as they are. The Climate crisis, inequality, division and widespread discrimination show our political and economic systems are not serving the wellbeing of people or the planet. But people from all walks of life are coming together to turn this around and build a better future.
Our town is facing development and change on a large scale. We would like everyone to have a say in making sure these changes have a positive impact and help to create a thriving and resilient town now and for the future.
We seek to use our collective imagination, skills and energy to create a better way of living. Where nature thrives on the land and in the sea, where we live, work and play in ways that respect everyone’s wellbeing, and the health of the whole planet. We have the following aims:
To respond to the Climate and Ecological Crisis with practical community led solutions.
To come together as a whole community promoting social justice
To promote like-minded projects in and around Adur
To provide practical examples of sustainable living and well-being
Shoreham Street Trees
In 2023 we ran a series of in-person polls to decide the direction of our next project. Result: No 1. More Street Trees!
Using West Sussex County Council’s ‘Donate a Tree’ scheme, one of our members, Anne, ran a pilot project and she and her neighbours are now busy watering the 5 trees they had planted in Dec 2023.
To support the project we managed to secure £2500 of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund/Transition Together.
We created a leaflet (see opposite) and delivered these to several streets with low tree cover and potentially where funds to buy a tree may be appreciated most.
We ran several market stalls focussing on the project (Shoreham farmers market and the Reclaim festival). We followed up with visiting several areas, door knocking and talking to local people. The positive response and support has been wonderful.
We are in the process of choosing our locations and will be ordering trees at the end of July 2024 (this is the deadline for trees which will be planted during winter this year).
We encourage anyone who would like to get involved with our project to contact us. If you would like to arrange planting for your street independently, anyone can do this, you can find more information here on the councils ‘Donate a Tree’ scheme.
“I dream that these twenty years when the climate crisis, the collapse of the worlds biodiversity, the unravelling of democracy, and the multitude of other challenges converging on us with great urgency have been slowed down and even turned around, the years when the great re-building is well under way, will be the time of our lives”
Rob Hopkins ‘From What is to What If’.
