Background and history
Foundation The idea of a ‘Vision for the Future’ and a group to champion it, was first presented at the annual Town Assembly Meeting of… Read More »Background and history
Foundation The idea of a ‘Vision for the Future’ and a group to champion it, was first presented at the annual Town Assembly Meeting of… Read More »Background and history
The VGS is an organisation of three parts: What do we do? The Vision group is … We are a voluntary organisation and have no… Read More »About the Vision Group for Sidmouth
General Election Hustings in Sidmouth: Wednesday 19th June 7pm at All Saints’ Church. Voters invited to submit questions beforehand online or at the door. .… Read More »Hustings 2024
Voters will have the opportunity to quiz candidates at the upcoming hustings event in Sidmouth on Wednesday 19th June – with more information to follow…… Read More »Winning the rural/farming/countryside vote: engaging the candidates
“Exeter needs to do something about its traffic problem.” [Prof Richard Betts, Exeter University] . The county town has got a problem with traffic –… Read More »BREAKING: Exeter LTN scrapped
“Making the most the inherent character of this brick built Victorian former steam laundry.” [Stags estate agents] . Back in January, there was some very… Read More »Laundry Lane: new housing in old buildings: ‘an imaginative redevelopment’
Concerns voiced afresh on social media . Late last year, the restaurateur Rockfish withdrew their application for the Drill Hall – one of the ‘outstanding issues’ being… Read More »Drill Hall: of public shelters and public toilets
“A golden opportunity to provide accommodation, facilities for the town, jobs and goodness knows what else besides.” [Our Belper Mills campaign] Spaces owned by local… Read More »No trouble at Mill: repurposing abandoned buildings into social housing
“Publicly owned toilets could soon become a thing of the past.” [Comment to VGS] . At the Annual Meeting of Sidmouth Town Council earlier this month, most of… Read More »What’s the future of public toilet provision in the Sid Valley?
At the Devon County Show: “With lots of opportunities for the audience to get involved, we can’t wait to welcome you in the YFC tent… Read More »“The Green Gamble: will environmental schemes have an impact on food prices?”
The regular catch-up on what’s happening in and around our seas . Welcome to the spring 2024 newsletter The Devon Maritime Forum (DMF) is an… Read More »Devon Maritime Forum: newsletter spring 2024
“We’ve got to change our food production practices and, likely, our diets.” [Prof David Hughes & Miguel Flavián – Supermarkets in your pocket.] . It’s… Read More »Farming and the climate today
Don’t forget to bring a form of photo ID to be able to vote on the day! . It’s the local elections next Thursday –… Read More »Police and Crime Commissioner elections on Thursday 2nd May: a guide
“Sparking energy in young people can go a long way to addressing climate change now and in the near future.” [Bryce Coon, Earth Day’s director… Read More »Earth Day 2024: 22nd April: good news
“Shifting to a more sustainable business alternative is no longer a matter of preference or good PR anymore. The public’s opinion and changes in government… Read More »Earth Day 2024: 22nd April: good for business