Hatherleigh Environmental Forum is a new group serving Hatherleigh and surrounding villages here in Devon, UK. The Forum is a meeting place for those interested in taking action to support wildlife, the environment, farming practice and human lifestyles to address Climate Crisis. The Forum is self-regulating and non-commercial.
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Back in 1993 a group of environmentally conscious allotment holders launched a community composting project. They wanted to compost garden clippings going to landfill and create a local recycling facility for other items. All were committed to principles of zero waste and environmental sustainability. The rural skip service was being filled up with many reusable, recyclable and compostable items and the nearest recycling centres were 15 and 22 miles away. The group started their activities around the skips that came to the town each month and took out as much reusable and recyclable materials as possible.
Proper Job Limited was set up by these founding members in 1995, describing itself as “a community business committed to principles of sustainability and helping to create jobs”. This is still true for Proper Job over twenty years on. Plans were developed to find a permanent site for larger scale compost production, which also included the holistic vision which embraced the concept of a healthy community. This was achieved through principles of community participation, with recycling and sustainability as a central feature.
Proper Job Resource Centre Market Field, Chagford TQ13 8DR
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Hatherleigh History Society was founded in 1981 when the Town was celebrating one thousand years of recorded history. Our purpose is to research the Town’s history and build up a permanent archive of photographs and documents. We hold monthly meetings with visiting speakers talking on a wide range of subjects of both local and wider historical interest.
The Rev Norman Hillier who was vicar of Hatherleigh in 1981 was instrumental in establishing the Society and he remained as Chairman until his retirement in 1986.
The Society meets on the second Monday of the month in ‘Old Schools’ in Hatherleigh’s Old Market Square and details of meetings are advertised here, on our facebook page and in the Parish Pump. Visitors are very welcome to attend our meetings at a cost of £2.
https://www.hatherleighhistory.co.uk/
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Our market is every Tuesday from 9am until 1pm.
The cost for permanent traders is £10 for a small stall (or 50% off for a charity)
You will need public liability insurance
If you want a stall, you can just turn up on the day.. market stalls have to be set up by 9am.
Outside stalls will need to provide their own tables and gazebos.
https://www.hatherleighcommunitymarket.org/
Hatherleigh Community Market Market Street, Hatherleigh EX20 3JN
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Since the 1950s the land and finances have been managed by a committee of Potboilers, which is now a major local funding body for local projects.
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Third Tuesday evening each month October to March (6:45 - 8:45 p.m.)
The Clinton Hall, Merton, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 3EQ
Meetings, talks and quizzes about wildlife and nature.
For further details contact Trevor Higton
https://clintonhallmerton.co.uk/activities.htm
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Hatherleigh is a gem of a town nestling in hills on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park. At its heart lies Hatherleigh Community Primary School which plays a full part in the cultural and social life of the town. The achievements of the pupils of Hatherleigh School are celebrated in the town's 'Parish Pump' local newspaper and their talents demonstrated to the full in the Hatherleigh Festival which takes place each year in July.
The building might be Victorian but the curriculum is up to the minute, varied and driven by an energetic and committed staff. We ensure that the arts, sciences and physical activities have their fair share of school time and that children have the chance to shine in at least one area of school life whether it be playing the violin or running the hundred metres. Our pupils still find it fun to learn and take delight in questioning. They have an easy relationship with adults in the school giving Hatherleigh very much a family atmosphere. We are an ecologically friendly school in which children, led by their school councillors save water and power, finding ways to protect and conserve their beautiful environment.
https://www.hatherleigh-pri.devon.sch.uk/
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An ‘area of waste called the Common’, was given to the people of Torrington in 1194. This was formalised in 1889, when the Common’s Act was presented in Parliament. ‘An Act for vesting Great Torrington in a body of Conservators’.
Since October 2nd 1889 the Conservators have met regularly to discharge this duty, giving us this wonderful area, still freely accessible to all. The use of The Commons is governed by bylaws approved by DEFRA. The latest edition of the bye-laws is dated 2010.
There are up to fifteen Commons Conservators, elected on a three yearly basis. All Conservators are resident in Torrington and they administer the commons for the people of the town of Great Torrington. Their work includes enforcement of the bye laws, maintaining the public rights of way and paths, conservation of the many different habitats and special measures to support some of the rarer species found on the commons.
https://www.torringtoncommons.org/
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In the 1970s Muslims in Exeter offered their daily prayers in their home. The majority of Muslims who first moved to Exeter were involved in the restaurant trade. On special occasions such as Eid, they would invite the Muslim community to celebrate together at their restaurants.
In the mid-1970s, Exeter university students from around the Muslim world came together and started organising communal prayers and events. They started by hiring the university hall for Friday prayer and as the numbers increased, the Muslim community recognised the need for a permanent space where they could pray together and socialise. In light of this a meeting was organised, first attended by 17 people, both Exeter University students and local businessmen.
On 1st December 1976, they purchased no. 15 York Road.
As the number of attendees increased from 80 to 120, more fundraising took place and no. 14 York Road was also purchased. The fundraising did not stop there; the numbers continued to grow and so did the need for more space, and so the community was able to purchase land from the school next door and in 2011 managed to complete the South West's first purpose-built mosque. The building you see today.
There are now over 200 Muslims in the city, of all ages, races, professions and personalities.
Exeter Mosque & Cultural Centre 12-13 York Road, Exeter EX4 6PG
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Children’s author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children at Nethercott House in Devon in 1976. The charity offers urban children from all over the country a unique opportunity to live and work together for a week at a time on a real farm in the heart of the countryside. It is an intense, ‘learning through doing’ experience of a different life – for children who may not know where their food comes from and have limited opportunities to explore the outside world.
https://farmsforcitychildren.org/
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