Transition in Action – Transition Together!
Transition Together is a very local programme designed specifically for anyone living here in Totnes and its surrounding villages. It is a simple workbook that enables you to take a number of effective, practical, money and energy-saving steps together with a group of neighbours, your friends or your family. The workbook shows you the easiest ways to:
- Take control of your daily costs
- Understand better these times of change and uncertainty
- Reduce your impact on the environment
- Act together with your friends, family and community
- Have fun, make friends and save money at a pace and schedule that suits you
It also explores easy, practical ways to take advantage of cheaper transport options and the great value, healthy, local food available in our town. It also helps you understand what’s behind the rising oil prices and climate change, and what this means for you, your family and your local community.
The programme is very flexible. Together with your group, you arrange dates and venues where you’ll make your way through the workbook together.
- The ideal size for a group is 5 – 8 households
- You’ll meet about 7 times, usually once every 2-3 weeks
- Group members generally take turns to host a meeting at their homes, but other places can be used
- There’s a new chapter for each session which you’ll discuss together, but you’ll each develop your own plans specific to your home and family
- At each session you have space and time to catch up with the rest of your group, share trials and tribulations, exchange ideas and offer support and generally, consume a lot of cake!
As well as the workbook itself, you will also have access to a range of other resources and offers.
Two pilot groups in Totnes have now completed the programme, with others set to start. Anyone who lives in Totnes and District can sign up for Transition Together, and it’s really easy to get started – just call us on 05601 538658 or email us at info@transitiontogether.org.uk. Find more information on the web, including stories from current groups at www.transitionnetwork.org
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