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Sustainable, Affordable, Community Housing – the LILAC initiative…
Posted on January 27th, 2012 No commentsFran Lee from LILAC (Low Impact Living: Affordable housing: Community) in Leeds will be visiting Buckfastleigh to talk about the project and show a short film on Wed 22nd February, at 7.30pm in the Town Hall.

If you are interested in any aspect of sustainable or community housing, or in straw-bale building techniques, please come along. The talk will be followed by Questions & Answers/discussion and refreshments will be available. Price £2.00/£1.50.
Please download and display/distribute a flyer/poster here
To find out more about LILAC click here
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Film Night Full!
Posted on December 10th, 2011 No commentsOur showing of the multiple-award-winning film “The Economics of Happiness” was so well attended that we nearly had to turn people away!
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Buckfastleigh Fun Day 2011
Posted on June 29th, 2011 No commentsIt was a bright and fun-filled day at the Buckfastleigh Fun Day, and we were there to help entertain and inform those that attended.
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Dean Court Vintage Rally & Fayre
Posted on May 8th, 2011 No commentsBTT would like to thank all of those that helped us out when we provided refreshments to those attending the Dean Court Vintage Rally and Fayre on Saturday 7th May. -
Dean Court Vintage Rally & Fayre – Saturday 7th May
Posted on May 4th, 2011 No commentsBuck The Trend will be providing tea, coffee , cake and biscuits at the Dean Court Vintage Rally and Fayre on Saturday 7th May.For more details please have a look at this page.
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Dartington Christmas Tree Festival
Posted on December 12th, 2010 No commentsThose of you that have been following the E-Bulletins recently will know that BTT have been preparing decorations to be put on a tree at the Dartington Christmas Tree Festival. On Thursday, all of this hard work came to fruition at the launch of the festival. Although it was a cold evening, about 200 people turned up to sing and watch as the lights on all thirteen trees were turned on.
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Christmas Café and Craft Fayre
Posted on November 29th, 2010 No commentsBuck The Trend attended the Christmas Cafe and Craft Fayre at Buckfastleigh Town Hall on Saturday, and it was a very productive event!
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The Power of Community – Fri 15 Oct
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 No comments
We will be showing the film ‘The Power of Community – How Cuba survived Peak oil’ at the Town Hall at 7.30pm on Friday 15th October.Look here to find out more.
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Buckfastleigh Fun Day
Posted on June 25th, 2010 No commentsBTT will have a stall at the Buckfastleigh Fun Day, which is to be held on the Orchard Millennium Green from 2pm until 5pm this Sunday.
We’ll have some fun things for you to try (more details can be found here), so we look forward to seeing you there to support BTT and the Buckfastleigh and District Society.
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Successful Brainstorming Meeting
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 No commentsBuck the Trend would like to thank everyone who attended the public meeting on Wednesday 25th November.
Andy Stokes, Buck the Trend’s secretary, said:
It was great to see such a wide range of people coming along to support us and generate some good ideas for how we can make Buckfastleigh a more sustainable place to live and become a stronger community as a result. It was also encouraging to receive support from the Town Council, with the Town Mayor Councillor Peter Clarke and Councillor Ann Armstrong (of the Buckfastleigh and District Society) both attending the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by members of related groups in neighbouring towns. Andy Stokes said:
We really appreciate the fact that representatives from Sustainable South Brent and Transition Newton Abbot came to the meeting and gave us the benefit of their experience. We look forward to working more closely with them and the other groups that showed their support, including Ashburton Futures and Bovey Climate Action.
Tony Merrick from the Energy Saving Trust said:
The meeting was a great start to the project and it seems that the group contains some very knowledgeable, keen individuals. After this first meeting I am very much looking forward to progressing with Buck the Trend in their action plan. Thank you to the other community groups for coming and sharing their previous experiences and good practice with us.
Buck the Trend are now working to finalise their plans for the Green Communities programme over the next year.

Tony Merrick (EST), Councillor Peter Clarke (Town Mayor), Robert Byrnes (BTT Chairman) and Andy Stokes (BTT Secretary) at the meeting





