The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups across Gloucestershire.
Library of Things helping Charlton Kings residents save money, BBC News (Apr 11, 2024) - ‘We’re totally pay as you can’: the UK restaurant prioritising people and planet, theguardian.com (Mar 06, 2024)
Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- GloucesterCan is an initiative of Gloucester Community Building Collective, an independent organisation that seeks to proliferate community driven change across the city. added 13:18, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- Sustainable Thornbury
- Vision 21, promoting a sustainable future for Gloucestershire
- Transition Cam & Dursley
- Transition Town Cheltenham
Localism[edit | edit source]
GLOSS FM is local radio for Thornbury and District, offering free local infomertials on-air for local not-for profit community initiatives
Communities online[edit | edit source]
Food activism[edit | edit source]
- The Long Table, added 16:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Climate action[edit | edit source]
- Planet Cheltenham on twitter, hub space for people living in the town to explore ways in which to tackle climate change, fight social inequality and re-imagine a better future. added 13:27, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- GlosCAN, Gloucestershire Climate Action Network
Sustainable transport activism[edit | edit source]
Cotswold Canals Trust, (Wikipedia): registered charity that aims to protect and restore the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal.
Cycling activism[edit | edit source]
Education for sustainability[edit | edit source]
Friends of the Wilderness Centre, Forest of Dean
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Stroud Valleys Project
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle[edit | edit source]
Thornbury Give n Take on mythornbury.co.uk
Community currencies activism[edit | edit source]
Fair Shares, community time banks
Past events[edit | edit source]
2016
Oct 1 - 8 Stroud Valleys Showcase
2015
June 27 - 28 Edible Open Gardens
2014
September 20 - 21 Cheltenham Green Doors
September 20 Greener Gloucestershire Festival 2014
Campaigns[edit | edit source]
Frack off our Forest on facebook
Near you[edit | edit source]
About Gloucestershire[edit | edit source]
Gloucestershire ( GLOST-ər-shər, -sheer; abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset to the south-west, and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire to the west. The city of Gloucester is the largest settlement and the county town.
The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 3,150 square kilometres (1,220 sq mi) and a population of 916,212. After Gloucester (118,555) the largest distinct settlements are Cheltenham (115,940), Stroud (26,080), and Yate (28,350). In the south of the county, the areas around Filton and Kingswood are densely populated and part of Bristol built-up area. For local government purposes Gloucestershire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with six districts, and the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire Council is a member of the West of England Combined Authority.
Gloucestershire is bisected by the river River Severn, which enters the county near Tewkesbury and forms a wide valley down its centre before broadening into a large tidal estuary. The hills to the east form the majority of the Cotswolds AONB, and the uplands to the west are part of the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley AONB, which stretches into Wales.
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