Transition Town West Kirby
Events: coming / recent
Community Woodland talk
Wednesday, 22nd Feb, 7.30pm
Who are we, What do we do, Why. woodlandtrust.org.uk
Bring your community together to plant free trees from the Woodland Trust - and grow your own food and firewood, create new homes for wildlife and bring beautiful autumn colour to your local area. Find out more from Sue Green - Woodland Trust Education Project Officer.
The Old Unitarian Church, Brookfield Gardens, West Kirby. CH48 4EL
If you need to come by car please don't park in Brookfield Gardens - you can park at The Concourse or along Carpenter's Lane.
Hoylake Local Food Fair
Sun 26th Feb 10:00 to 2:00pm
4th Hoylake Local Food Fair
Buy directly from producers selling what they produce locally.
www.wirralfood.org.uk/hoylake.html
Thousands have visited our previous Fairs. See our Farmers Markets page.
Foraging for Clams
Friday 9th March 5pm
Forgaing for razor clams
Depending on the weather we intend to go out clamming on the evening of Friday 9th March (about 5pm) with a reserve date of Saturday 10th March (about 6pm). Depending on demand, we could also go out on the morning of Sunday 11th March (6am - to catch the tide!). Email for further details - ttwk.food@gmail.com.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall describes them as "wonderful, succulent shellfish" in his recipe "razor clams with chorizo"
www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/razor-clams-with-chorizo-07-11-15
Annual General Party
A warm invitation to everyone who supports Transition to our first AGP!
ANNUAL GENERAL PARTY
• on FRIDAY 9TH MARCH
• at the former Unitarian Church, Brookfield Gardens, West Kirby. CH48 4EL
Join us for a varied convivial evening:
7.00pm Drinks and home made nibbles
7.30pm 'Honouring Our Elders'. A film with Friends of Grange Community Park. Local youngsters learn from elderly residents, highlighting aspects of resilient local life we can re-learn.
8.15pm Formalities, including electing Core Group members, annual accounts and adopting an amendment to the constitution.
8.30pm Celebrating our Successes and Failures: review of the past year and Songs & Poems for Conviviality, open session compared by locally grown musician Jimmy Rae.
Please bring some food and drink to share (if possible home made or bought from a local independent shop.
If you would like to help the Yellow Mellow Group set up, come any time from 5.30pm.
Let us know if you are interested in joining the Core Group or joining (or even starting!) another group.
If you need to come by car please don't park in Brookfield Gardens - you can park at The Concourse or along Carpenter's Lane.
See you there!
Recent events
Monday 9th January 2012
Simple Solutions to Planet Pollutions
A fun, highly practical session with demonstrations of how to make the following:
• A simple hay box oven
• A solar water heater from plastic bottles
• A solar funnel cooker
• A plant pot fridge
Tues Nov 22nd 2011
Energy efficiency and renewable energy in your home - what works, how to pay for it.
Presentation by David White
ACA, MSc (Renewable Energy (CAT))
Energy efficiency and renewable energy advisor
Followed by Q & A session.
All welcome, admission by donation.
URC Hall, Meols Drive, West Kirby
Download presentation from here
Growing Recovery
On the first three Wednesdays in November
Crass Routes, a community arts organisation, is funding the planting of fruit trees for a community orchard at Gilroy Community Allotment site (Gilroy Road, West Kirby), with a group from the Drugs and Alcohol Action Team and Wirral MINDs Fountain Project. If you would like to help, please contact ttwk.food@gmail.com or tel 632 5366.
TTWK food group is encouraging more people to get involved with projects in 2011 Click here to find out more.
Transition Village Eastham is a new initiative emerging on Wirral. See website or contact Helena h.mayles@gmail.com or Neil 07754 897024 nchadborn@yahoo.co.uk
Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement, gave a talk in West Kirby in June 2008.
Download his powerpoint presentation from here (12MB).
Listen to TTWK on 7 Waves Radio Community Hour
(broadcast 2008).
( 80 Mb mp3 track - may take a few minutes to download.)
To get a grip on your carbon footprint visit our own helpful calculator: www.carbonindependent.org
Who are we?
...a group working towards a sustainable low-carbon lifestyle, based in West Kirby, Hoylake, and elsewhere on the Wirral.
We are one of dozens of Transition Town groups that have formed over the last few years throughout the UK and around the world.
The global challenges of climate change and energy shortages are approaching - we feel that we may not be able to do much at a global level, but can do a lot at the level of the local community - and that it is better to plan a local response in advance rather than wait until the problems become a crisis. And we feel that there will be many advantages of a low-carbon lifestyle.
Membership is open to all at no charge.
Read more about Transition Town groups
What have we done?
Since 2007, we have held a series of meetings, film shows and discussions. The West Kirby group has been accepted as part of the network of Transition Town groups based at Totnes in Devon. We've helped organise the Hoylake Food Fairs, the annual November 11th Latern Parades, campaigned for more allotments ...
... more about our meetings and other activities
What are our plans?
We have a series of meeting planned (see Events panel). People joining the group are welcome to come to working group meetings on how the community should respond in individual areas such as food, transport and home energy.
About half of our membership comes from outside West Kirby, including Hoylake, Heswall, Meols and Wallasey. As the membership enlarges, we expect that separate Transition groups will develop, based in other parts of the Wirral.
Resources
Download leaflet, recipes, fact sheets
Our Constitution
TTWK Blog
Regularly updated: Click here
Contact us
Stay informed
Enquiries, offers of help, add your address to our email list etc:
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News
FREE Adult Cycle Training and Maintenance
Organised by Merseyside Travelwise
Click here for more details.
Free House Insulation
Whether you're in private or rented accomodation, take advantage of an offer of free house insulation for all.
For more details see here.
New TTWK national allotment report
Waiting list figures in England remain high, and councils are doing little to increase provision.
Download the full report
or the database of council responses.
Wirral Council launches CRed
This encourages residents and businesses to cut carbon emissions. There is a helpful website www.credwirral.org.uk that includes news such as:
• Help for community renewable energy projects
• funding for tree planting
• Green Schools Revolution
Why not sign up on the CRed website to make you own pledge to Wirral's Carbon Reduction campaign.
Listing of community events in West Wirral.
Sunday Bike Rides 8.30 am
Join a friendly group of intermediate cyclists on their weekly Sunday bike ride. They leave about 8.30 am from West Kirby, at the junction of Church Rd and the Prom. The ride lasts 4-5 hours, to destinations such as Delamere Forest, Cheshire plains, Mold and LLangollen. For more details tel Graham on 625 2246 or email grahamlloyd@sky.com