‘Real World’ Projects in Farnham
Rob SimpsonTransition Farnham
• We are one of over 1,000 Transition Initiatives world-wide developing resilience in local communities
• Founded in 2008, our early successes include a community food growing project, a cycle route project and the retrofitting of two homes under the SuperHomes scheme
• We have an Energy Group and a Projects Group, that focusses on Social Innovation
• Find out more about Transition Farnham at– https://transitionfarnham.wordpress.com, or– Come to our Green Drinks evenings on the third Tuesday
of each month at The Albion pub – open to anyone interested in sustainability
Who We Are
• Farnham Local Food (community food growing)• Farnham Repair Café (fixing and making)• Farnham Hoppers (a “growing beer” project)• The Greenways network (cycling routes)• Farnham Eco-cinema (planned)
Our Projects
• Two sites, Runfold and Dippenhall
• 75 harvest shares• Registered as a Co-op in
2011 and is a CSA project• Employs a grower a part-
time apprentice• Volunteering days:
Tuesday & Thursday, Come along and get skilled up!
www.farnhamfood.com/
Farnham Repair Café www.facebook.com/FarnhamRepairCafe
• In collaboration with The Centre for Sustainable Design®
• Provides a social hub for the free exchange of know-how and fixing skills for broken stuff
• 7 repair stations; 18 active volunteers in electricals, electronics, mechanicals, bikes, textiles and furniture
• Plus Creative Upcycling of broken stuff to challenge “throw away” behaviour
• 2nd Sat of each month at Farnham URC – Come and get fixed!
Farnham Hoppershttps://farnhamhoppers.wordpress.com/
• Started 2013: a “beer growing” scheme with 90 garden sites around town, most with 2 – 4 hop plants
• Hops harvested collectively in September, sent to micro-brewery LBC in Guildford and used green
• First Green Beerfest in November 2014, 2000 litres brewed. Hoppers get free beer
• Hope to build community scale drying kiln and establish a mini hop ground: at UCA ?
• FH meet regularly at The Jolly Sailor, West St, third Wednesday of month
https://transitionfarnham.wordpress.com/whats-going-on/current-projects/greenways/
• An off-road cycling network around Farnham
• Northern route - Scholars Way completed southern route – Weyside proposed
• Need to create a “bike bank” from recycled bikes, with free repairs at Farnham Repair Cafe
• If available on cheap loans scheme would UCA students be interested?
• Survey and support from SU possible first step
Farnham Eco-cinema • New proposal at concept
development stage, stakeholder interest, looks feasible
• To show documentary films and more experimental screenings with discussion session
• Offer of 70 seat venue in town with cafe, similat business model to Transition Chichester
• UCA offer of retired AV equipment, funds from BFI Neighbourhood Cinema scheme
• Link with UCA film club• What do you think?
Similar to Transition Chichester
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