Buck the Trend

AGM & Movie ‘Taking Root’ – Friday 28th June

Taking Root - the vision of Wangari Maathai

Buck the Trend will be holding it’s Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Friday 28th June at Buckfastleigh Town Hall, followed by the movie ‘Taking Root – the vision of Wangari Maathai’ at 7.45…

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‘The Hunter-Gatherer Way’ – Friday 10th May

Buck the Trend and Buckfastleigh Library invite you to meet the fascinating local Author Ffyona Campbell

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Secret Gardeners – Yard Sale – Sat March 23rd

10.30 to 1.00 p.m – Summerfield Mews, Fore Street

The Secret Gardeners are a small group of local people restoring a forgotten kitchen garden to the production of fruit and vegetables.

Find out more at our Events page here

Open Meeting – South Brent Community Energy Society

South Brent Community Energy Society (SBCES) are giving you the opportunity to buy shares in the Society to fund the erection of a 225kW wind turbine at Marley Thatch, South Brent. On Wednesday 13^th March at 7:30pm, BTT will be hosting an open meeting in Buckfastleigh Town Hall to provide more details on this project.

For more details, please go to our event page.

Renewable Energy Marketplace

Regen SW are holding a Renewable Energy Marketplace (REM) from 10am to 4pm on Tuesday 19th March at Westpoint, Exeter.

REM is suitable for lots of groups of people as well as those mentioned in the zones, businesses across the south west who have high energy usage such as hotels, offices, care homes and schools will all benefit from attending. This event will have over 80 Exhibitors that you can visit, quiz and get quotes from – you can view them by clicking here.

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February E-Bulletin Is Out

The latest E-Bulletin is out.

Buckfastleigh Forest School

Neil Martin, a Buck the Trend member, has recently started Buckfastleigh’s very own Forest School at Waycotts Orchard, where youngsters can learn about the natural world, through playing games, craft activities and exploration.
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Creative workshops by Clockwork Moth

Local artists Charlie Scullion and Victoria Narewski, otherwise known as ‘The Clockwork Moth’ are holding a series of creative workshops, from building nestboxes to storytelling, in the town hall (room 3) over the next few months.

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Quarry campaign gets new supporter

On Wednesday 30th January members of Buck the Trend (Buckfastleigh’s environmental group) & Buckfastleigh Community Forum were excited to be joined by Polly Higgins, the world famous lawyer who is campaigning to get the crime of Ecocide on the international statute books. Read the rest of this entry »

Save Ashburton & Buckfastleigh Hospital! Public meeting & Consultation

There is a proposal, currently in the consultation stage, to move all of the current in-patient care from our local community hospital in Ashburton (and also the hospital at Bovey Tracey) to the new Newton Abbot super-hospital. There will be a public meeting held by the health trust on Tuesday 29th January at 6.30pm at the Town Hall for us to express our views.
Consultation forms can be found at, and returned to the town hall before the deadline of 24th February, but I’d recommend using this as a starting point rather than just ticking the boxes they provide, as the form offers limited options… Read the rest of this entry »