A meeting has been arranged to discuss the strategy and aims for the group:

St Francis’ Church Hall
Thursday 18 September, from 7 to 8 pm

Download SCRAP flyer

SCRAP (Salisbury City Residents Action on Packaging) is a group of City residents who wish to get rid of unsustainable packaging in Salisbury. Its first objective is to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the City, and an initial action is to supply each household in the City with a shopping bag made from sustainable materials. Although SCRAP has been established with the active involvement of two ward Councillors, it is a non-political group, and it already has support from all local political parties, Local Agenda 21 and the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. We wish to broaden our support to include local businesses and other interested parties.

We have made considerable progress with SCRAP. Grants for start-up costs and the provision of bags have been applied for, and prospects look good. A further application for funding from the District Council’s General Community Fund is in progress. Assuming all our bids are successful we will have sufficient funding to meet our first objective – the provision of a sustainable shopping bag for each household in the City. Our website is virtually complete and will soon go live for Beta testing – the last stage before it is formally launched. A draft constitution has been completed, an outline strategy for achieving the first objective has been developed, and plans for a high profile public launch are well advanced.

The committee now believe that we should place our strategy and initial action plan before our supporters, and seek their comments, suggestions and agreement to the initial way ahead. We have therefore arranged a meeting at St Francis’ Church Hall on Thursday 18 September, from 7 until 8 p.m. and we would very much like you to attend.

If you know of anyone else who might be interested in becoming a supporter (no financial commitment!) could you let them know about the meeting (and pass on the flyer); we would welcome anyone who can make an input to his initiative.

The Board of Education Centre, Devizes Road, Salisbury, SP2 9LY on 26 September 2008.

The seminar will be given by: Eliot Whittington (Climate Change Adviser with Christian Aid)

The Salisbury Diocese Environment Group will host a day-long seminar to help understand the Economic and Political Implications of Climate Change within a theological context. Download more information and booking form

Features include:

TransWilts cross-Wiltshire Rail Service (Salisbury to Swindon)
Local Development Framework and transport impacts
Westbury Bypass
Stonehenge/A303 saga

Salisbury CfBT Newsletter June 08

The next meeting of the Wiltshire Community Wind Energy Group will be on:

Date: Thursday 17 July, 7-9pm
Place: United Reformed Church, Fisherton Street, Salisbury.

Further details at:

http://www.wiltshirewind.org.uk/news.htm

This will be an important meeting as we aim to build on the one held in May. If you would like details of the May meeting please look at the news section of the website where there are some brief notes and the ‘powerpoint’ presentation.

Please come along and bring a friend!

http://www.salisbury.gov.uk/transport/sustainable-transport/cycling/bike-week.htm

Please join us on as many events as you can.

COGS

Date: Wednesday 11 June 2008
Venue: Hinton Hall, Tisbury at 7.30pm

Admission FREE but donations towards costs welcome.

Travel
Trains from Salisbury to Tisbury run every half hour at this time with a journey time of only 15 minutes.

Salisbury: 18.53 arrive Tisbury 19.06
Salisbury: 19.23 arrive Tisbury 19.36

Tisbury: 21.52 arrive Salisbury 22.08
Tisbury: 22.59 arrive Salisbury 23.13

A sketch map of Tisbury showing Hinton Hall off Church Road.

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2008, 6.00pm
Venue: Salisbury Playhouse 6.00pm.
Cost: £8.00

Details 
Thursday 15th May at 6.30pm
City Hall, Salisbury
Topic: Transition Towns - Addressing Climate Change and Peak Oil
Speaker: Ben Brangwyn

For more information about the Transition Towns network and to find out which towns in the UK are involved go to, visit http://www.transitiontowns.org/

To find out more about the talk and to forward information to friends and colleagues, download the following:
Transition Towns poster
Transition Towns flyer

Their first meeting will be on: Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 7pm
Bridge House, Stallard Street, Trowbridge BA14 9AE

Download Wiltshire Community Wind Energy

Contact info@wiltshirewind.org.uk

Other information at http://www.wiltshirewind.org.uk

Thursday 15th May at 6.30pm
City Hall, Salisbury
Topic: Transition Towns - Addressing Climate Change and Peak Oil
Speaker: Ben Brangwyn