Last month, the Observatory got some really good news: The District Council supports the Norman Lockyer Observatory with a £50k loan to build a new… Read More »Sidmouth astroscouts are over the moon that works can start on observatory extension – as the SVA supports the Norman Lockyer Observatory with a £20k grant to build a new classroom

The Sidmouth Repair Café  will be having its first session next month: Sidmouth Repair Café launches – and looks for repairers! Sidmouth Repair Café Meanwhile,… Read More »10 Stories of Transition in the US: The Spread of Repair Cafés

As reported by Transition Exmouth, the wonderful ‘Rhubarb and Runner Beans’ blog has now got a regular column in the Exmouth Journal:      … Read More »“Everyone can make a difference” > Exmouth’s eco-friendly-living blogger

We are finding it more and more difficult to get by, as reported by the Exmouth Journal: More people in East Devon struggling to pay… Read More »Personal insolvency on the rise in East Devon

Waiting for an allotment has been an issue for some time now – as this piece from the Futures Forum of February 2014 shows: Allotments… Read More »Five-year waiting list for Sidmouth allotments

The District Council has been advertising its annual get-together for volunteer and community groups taking place next month: Voluntary organisations and community groups invited to… Read More »Working Together for the future of East Devon 2018 conference > book your place!

The Herald reports on a Sidmouth business which continues to win awards – and which is very much a local concern: They use local people… Read More »Four Elms Fruit Farm wins gold at Taste of the West

The Bromley Times reports from Sidmouth: Bromley scout group fights against litter at Sidmouth beach The Sidmouth Herald reports from home: A visiting scout group… Read More »A 2-minute beach clean during the Sidmouth Folk Week

Sidmouth, like other East Devon towns, is haemorrhaging shops: Sidmouth loses another high street shop And like other East Devon towns, it seems to be haemorrhaging… Read More »Sidmouth loses another high street bank

The silly season has begun: Tractor stolen from Sidmouth’s Donkey Sanctuary recovered in IRELAND Meanwhile, Devon Live interviews the CEO: Fact checking the myth that… Read More »Donkey Sanctuary annual report > it is not the richest charity in the UK!

We are coming to the end of a very successful ‘plastic free week’ in Ottery: Plastic Free Ottery week And at the centre of the… Read More »Last push for a plastic-free shop in Ottery > make a pledge at Crowdfunder

An interesting observation in the latest Transition Exmouth newsletter: Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) The revised (NPPF) should have just been published and there’ll… Read More »The Road to Zero strategy to support “one of the best electric vehicle infrastructure networks in the world”

The future of the UK’s high streets is under official scrutiny: Government to launch review into high street crisis in Britain’s town centres With the… Read More »The government has appointed a panel of experts to help revitalise and overcome the challenges facing Britain’s high streets

Lidl wants to expand – as reported in the national press back in February: Lidl to create 700 new UK jobs as part of massive… Read More »Lidl is keen to expand in Devon > Is it interested in the Sidmouth garden centre site?

It’s clear that we love the high street in Sidmouth: “What makes Sidmouth different is the independent shops.” However, high streets across East Devon have… Read More »Shops closing across Devon