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It doesn’t have to be #HandforthParishCouncil #JACKIEWEAVER #jackieweaverhastheauthority There are new ways of doing this. Get behind @flatpackdemoc for elections in 2021 Watch how it can be different youtu.be/vDtp1XbisXw

One of our guest speakers years back.

🗣️ “Basically, I can help all farmers beat the weather” If you’re new here, I’m Niels Corfield, a Farming Advisor & Trainer focused on soil health & regen farming 🌾 I help farmers build resilient, weather-proof farms If you’re ready to future-proof your farm, let’s talk

Have you visited Minys Sweets lately - 285 varieties of retro style sweets and fudges

Rural poverty is getting worse- and welfare harder to access. See our new article published today in The Conversation eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Great work by @Littlegreentown in #Bideford

Thanks team, a super morning in Old Town Park. There’s lots of beans growing and courgettes too! The raspberries are ripening and the bees are enjoying the flowers. the plants are really thirsty, if your passing please give them a drink, they’ll reward you with tasty produce!!

Really important post suggested by @niels_corfield who gave a talk to some of us at #TCG a little while ago. Food security and #Ukraine are intertwined issues

Wouldn’t this be amazing if it happened here? How can we stop the exodus of local young people who can’t afford to live where they were born? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

This was posted after May 2021 election for #Devon county. Next elections are in May 2023 - with another opportunity to "squash out the colours" by ensuring that the community is at our heart. However, we need to be ready! Any #Torridge resident is welcome to contact @TorridgeG.

Really inspiring idea, really easy to do and popping up everywhere, what do you think? #TakeOneLeaveOne

All power to those who volunteer, especially over Christmas. This is what builds community. devonlive.com/news/devon-new…

Any Torridge / N Devon based businesses looking for help to grow? New Business Boost programme from @northdevonplus offers advice PLUS up to £2,000 grant to invest in equipment, software, training or consultancy- surely that's worth a look?!

Another super Sunday, and all our winter crops are sprouting! Check out the beautiful pineapple sage growing by the river, it really smells like pineapple!! 🍍 #communitygardening #bideford

Excellent event on how cooperatives can flourish in a post-growth economy. Tomorrow evening - eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-with… @EssenceExe @localsparktrbay @PlymSocEnt @DevComsTogether @sdcollege @TorridgeG @SSESouthWest @devonclimate @GemmaFitz_TDA

Torridge Community Minibuses will be at the Torrington Town Hall Community Fayre on Tuesday 2nd November. Please come and say hello. #Torrington100 #Torrington

Great initiative taken in an EU country. It could translate well to UK and make a contribution (albeit small!) to greater understanding between the peoples of Europe (and eventually globally). #HumanLibrary

We have been recently discussing the idea of holding a few human library events. Has anybody had any experience of this and would anybody like to join us and take part? #Bideford #Torridge #TCG

More brilliance from the ever inspiring @BeBuckfastleigh #MakeGoodThingsHappen

As far as we know, here at #TCG we don’t have to overcome drug cartels in #Bideford! But this story of how Mexican townships self organised as non party political collectives and regained so much for the community by listening to the community rings a bell newint.org/features/2021/…