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
Harvest Festival at The Duke of Wellington
In collaboration with Transition Town Shoreham, The Welly is putting on a Harvest Festival on Saturday 13th September from 2pm.
Come along! enjoy this celebration of the culmination of the growing season and the abundance of summer ! An event for sharing, swapping or buying surplus produce... fruit, veg, plants, seeds, jams, chutneys, preserves etc.
Bring apples to our community press and exchange for juice. And don't forget to get pickling your eggs for the annual welly pickled egg contest!
All are welcome to donate, change or buy surplus produce from Shoreham growers. There’ll be stalls with plants, vegetables, pickles and preserves.
All proceeds and surplus produce from this event will go to Shoreham Food Bank, local community gardens projects and Transition Town Shoreham. ‘
Our Future Energy Landscapes
The Shoreham Society and Transition Town Shoreham are delighted to host the energy co-operative, Energise South Downs, for a workshop taking place on 21 November at St. Peter’s Church Hall at 7pm. The workshop, “How might Shoreham-by-Sea power its community using locally produced renewable energy?”, forms part of ten Future Energy Landscapes workshops that Energise South Downs is running across the south-east. Using a tried and tested model from Centre for Sustainable Energy, the workshop aims to discover the types and scale of renewable energy that could meet the needs of local people.
The workshop will be a unique opportunity to tap into the expertise and experience of Energise South Downs, to learn and explore what possibilities community energy might have in Shoreham-by-Sea.
Th Future Energy Landscapes workshop will be on Friday 21 November at 7pm in St. Peter’s Church Hall, West Street, Shoreham, BN43 5DJ.
Visit their website, esd.energy, to find out more about Energise South Downs.
Chris Hannon from Transition Town Shoreham has written an article for The Shoreham Society with more background on this initiative.
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.
Having found suitable locations and people to support with watering, we ordered the trees in July 2024, these were then planted in the November.
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 you can find more information here on the councils ‘Donate a Tree’ scheme.
We are now looking to plant more trees…most recently acquiring 4 Black Poplar trees from Wakehurst. These are highly endangered and we are keen to support this project to protect them.
“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’.
