Community action/Gloucestershire
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| Location | Gloucestershire, South West England |
| Coordinates | 51° 30' 2.76" N, 2° 33' 1.12" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Gloucestershire.
News
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The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head, positive.news (May 27, 2026) — At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together- The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye, theconversation.com (Oct 22, 2025)
- Life lessons for a living world in the Forest of Dean, thenews.coop (Aug 16, 2025) — Community benefit society Wylderne has taken ownership of a wilderness education centre and is putting co-op principles into action
- White storks: why introducing non‑native species in rewilding projects can be a good idea, theconversation.com (Jun 05, 2026)
- Citizens’ Assembly to invest £100,000 in West’s culture, westofengland-ca.gov.uk (Jan 16, 2026)
- ‘We found 23,000 worms!’ The soil project bringing life back to the land, positive.news (Oct 22, 2025)
- The climate cafe where misery is 'empowering', BBC News (Jul 26, 2026)
- The UK birth, death, and rebirth of the local market, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 23, 2026)
- Across parties, across postcodes, ffcc.co.uk (Jul 17, 2026) — British people want government action on food
- May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests, theguardian.com (Jul 13, 2026) — Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures
- Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C, BBC News (Jun 28, 2026)
- European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say, theguardian.com (Jun 26, 2026) — Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress
- Shift Embassy in Rotterdam is “a public park that blends art with ecology” [Positive.News], Daily Alternative (Jul 25, 2026)
- The tech party "Team Mirai” (Team Future) won 11 seats in the Japanese general election. They’re now modelling the future of democracy [Tech Policy Press], Daily Alternative (Jul 24, 2026)
- What the majority world can teach the rest of us about low-cost, high-impact systems of “coolth” [John Thackera], Daily Alternative (Jul 23, 2026)
Near you, networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Stroud community action...separate article
- 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
Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.
Community action/Manchester, Community action/Essex, Community action/West Sussex / ...This week's featured Global videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
UK and international events
[edit | edit source]UK events
Aug 10 - 16, 2026 (Mon - Sun) — National Allotments Week, 2026 theme is “Grow to Learn.”, thenas.org.uk
Global or international events
- Aug 09, 2026 (Sun) — International Day of the World's Indigenous People, observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population, un.org
- Aug 12, 2026 (Wed) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year, un.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Gloucestershire video
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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]- Down to Earth Stroud, support local and organic food growing and run several community projects across Gloucestershire. Community Interest Company. added 10:23, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
- The Long Table, added 16:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]- BATCOM, Brimscombe & Thrupp Community Composters, co-operative and Community Benefit Society,added 14:54, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thornbury Give n Take on mythornbury.co.uk
Community currencies activism
[edit | edit source]Fair Shares, community time banks
Climate action
[edit | edit source]- Climate and nature emergency community groups in South Gloucestershire, map and information from beta.southglos.gov.uk (South Gloucestershire Council), added 08:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- 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]- Common Connections, 4 year project to restore, improve and connect green spaces along the border of South Gloucestershire and East Bristol to benefit both nature and people. Project includes Avon Wildlife Trust, The Conservation Volunteers, Buglife, West of England Nature Partnership, town and parish councils and friends groups, and is a partnership project between South Gloucestershire Council and the West of England Combined Authority. added 08:42, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
- Stroud Valleys Project
News archive
[edit | edit source]- The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye, theconversation.com (Oct 22, 2025)
- Life lessons for a living world in the Forest of Dean, thenews.coop (Aug 16, 2025) — Community benefit society Wylderne has taken ownership of a wilderness education centre and is putting co-op principles into action
- New national forest to see 20m trees planted, BBC News (Mar 21, 2025)
- ‘People feel a sense of ownership’: the growth of community composting, theguardian.com (Jan 23, 2025) — residents of an English village build their own composting site
- 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)
- ‘Citizen scientists make a vital difference’: the locals who proved the River Wye was polluted, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2023)
- The Stroud Commons aims to shift housing, energy, land, food, water, transport, social care & the means of exchange into community ownership, The Daily Alternative (Jul 08, 2023)
- 'They just fit': Has the wild boar been over-culled?, inkcapjournal.co.uk (Jul 06, 2022) — Naturalists fear that boar are declining in the Forest of Dean. The controversial question, however, is how many should be there in the first place.
- How Stroud council is encouraging renewables in its Local Plan, takeclimateaction.uk (Mar 09, 2022)
- Have your say on how developments in Stroud should promote sustainable construction, Nov 10, 2016...stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
- Stroud Valleys Showcase will celebrate very best of the Five Valley's green and sustainable projects, Sep 28, 2016...stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
- New Green council chairman Norman Kay partners with climate change awareness project Transition Stroud, May 24, 2016...stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
- An evening in Stroud: '10 years and beyond', May 9, 2016...Transition Network
- Work starts on Dursley hospital allotments scheme, Apr 20, 2016...gazetteseries.co.uk
About Gloucestershire
[edit | edit source]Campaigns
Frack off our Forest on facebook
Past events
- Oct 1 - 8, 2016, Stroud Valleys Showcase
- June 27 - 28, 2015, Edible Open Gardens
- September 20 - 21, 2014, Cheltenham Green Doors
- September 20, 2014, Greener Gloucestershire Festival 2014
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 largest settlement is the city of Gloucester.
The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 3,150 square kilometres (1,220 sq mi), and an estimated population of 975,712 in 2024. Gloucester is in the north-centre of the county, and the spa town of Cheltenham is immediately to the east. Other towns include Tewkesbury in the north, Cirencester in the east, Stroud in the centre, and Yate in the south. The far south of the county, including Filton and Kingswood, is densely populated and forms part of the 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 Severn, which enters the county near Tewkesbury and forms a wide valley down its centre before broadening into a large tidal estuary. The east of the county contains the majority of the Cotswolds, and the uplands in the west are part of the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley. All three areas have been designated national landscapes.
Near you
[edit | edit source]| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Gloucestershire". Appropedia. Retrieved August 3, 2026. |