Local Food Shop

Posted Sat, 14/03/2009 - 15:30 by Graham

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In Transition 2.0 - free screening and live link with Rob Hopkins

Posted Fri, 20/01/2012 - 09:27 by Marie-Claire Kidd

 

Marsden and Slaithwaite Transition Towns (MASTT) are excited to announce a premier screening of the new film 'In Transition 2.0' - the 2nd Transition Town film. This film features Slaithwaite's very own The Handmade Bakery and Green Valley Grocer as two of the success stories grown from the Transition Town movement created by Rob Hopkins.
 
When? Thursday 2nd February at 7.30pm
Where? The Watershed, Bridge Street, Slaithwaite (on the road behind Monsoon).
FREE screening with light refreshments being served. The film screening will be followed by a live link-up with Rob Hopkins who will be in Totnes answering people's questions on the film. We will also be recording attendees responses to the film which will be used to promote the film when it is released to the general public.
 
Please show your support and join us on 2nd Feb if you can!

New boy...!

Posted Mon, 04/04/2011 - 17:45 by simonpearson

Looking to help / get info on all things allotment / gardening - I have a house in Marsden & one up in Meltham & have tried (unsuccessfully) for 6 years to get an allotment - anyone got any ideas??

I spoke to the council regarding Marsden, Slawit & a few other ones on the way in to town - I'm fairly certain the guy I spoke to lauged AT me when I asked about Marsden & then just said a flat 'no'... The rest he said had 15 - 25 year waiting lists.

I spoke to the Parish council regarding Meltham & got a similar response, something along the lines of "there are 23 people on the waiting list...we give a plot out every couple of years...you might have a bit of a wait..."!! :)

I want an allotment so that I can show my twin boys (and any more that come along!) that you don't have to buy everything in plastic & that you can do your bit to stop the rot (of the planet), the problem I have currently is that they are 2 years old & don't listen to my shouts of 'get off my potato patch' and my wife is sick of the myriad of plants I have growing on every windowsill in the house... I have everything from peas to peanuts & grapes to pawpaw fruit growing at the mo, not to mention all of the 'normal' fruits & veg.

I've looked in to buying a plot of land but most can't be used for what I want (It's acceptable to ask for permission to pour a ton of concrete on a plot & build a house but the mere suggestion of growing some potatoes & onions seems to have them panicking...!) & I really don't need 7 acres which seems to be the smallet plot I've found so far.

Cheers

Simon

Slaithwaite Community Owned Shop: Share Issue Launch

Posted Mon, 01/06/2009 - 12:35 by Graham

Over 50 local people participated in a vibrant public meeting on Friday May 29 to hear about the latest developments for Slaithwaite Cooperative Limited and its plans for a community owned local food shop in the village.
The business plan was discussed in some detail, with many excellent questions being raised by participants in the meeting. The cooperative's Community Share Issue was launched at the meeting, and several people came forward immediately to apply for shares and hand over their cheques in payment.
The response was fantastic. It is incredible to see so many people not only interested in finding out about and supporting this new community venture, but to see them stump up hard earned cash is amazing. Ever since the idea was first mooted to create a community cooperative that could launch and run a shop in the wake of the closure of the greengrocer's in Slaithwaite, the interest and support from the community has been overwhelming.
Although we are already more than half way to our target for the share issue, this is still a tense time. We have set ourselves a tight time scale, and although we can afford to let it slip a little, if we don't raise all the cash required in the next couple of weeks there is every possibility that we won't be able to go ahead.
That would be a crying shame, not least for Carol, whose job is on the line, but also more widely for the community of Slaithwaite and the Colne Valley generally. Although it would be fantastic to have a community owned shop doing loads of positive stuff about local food - and we have already identified a local resident with a significant amount of land that they are considering making available for a community supported growing programme - this whole thing is really about creating community, bringing people together at a deeper level and enabling them to see just what they can achieve by working together.
More information about Slaithwaite Cooperative, including copies of the business plan and the share offer, can be had on the cooperative's website at www.slaithwaite.coop.

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