Achievements to date

Events and Projects

2010

• Reward Card – encouraging the community to use their local independent outlets
• Eco Fair – promoting local food and crafts

• Eco visits - to Assington Mill, Edwardstone White Horse, Scotland Place Farm and Sudbury Common Lands
• Greener Homes DIY scheme – organising free energy saving products for households to cut energy consumption

2011

• Profile Raising – films in local schools and talks to community groups
• Swap shop – ‘bring what you like, take what you fancy’ to encourage recycling
• Apple Pressing – community to bring their apples to be pressed into juice
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile

2012

• Planting trees at Waitrose – trees supplied by the local BATs group

• Plant swop and distribution of free seeds at the Farmers Markets and Community Market
• Greener Homes DIY scheme
• Forum on Climate Change with Tim Yeo MP
• Eco Fair
• Green drinks evening
• Swap shops
• Apple Pressing Day
• Suffolk Greener Homes campaign
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile

2013

• Talk by Anni Kelsey on perennial vegetables
• Swap shops
• Energy Debate with Tim Yeo MP
• Planting edible beds outside the leisure centre
• 30 mile food challenge in association with Ipswich Transition
• Apple Pressing Day
• Walks and visits to places of interest
• Stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile including having a smoothie bike at the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival

Events in the planning for 2014

• Greeniversity classes including bread making, preserving fruit, knitting etc

• Seed swap, free seeds to give away and showing how to sow
• Swap shops
• Apple Pressing
• More walks and visits to places of interest
• More stalls at various events to heighten the Transition profile
• Local Transition get together in the Summer