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Our Achievements:

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  • Proposed to our Town Council in 2019 that they declare a Climate Emergency

..(they voted to agree and Accept! and we await their action plan)

  • Proposed to our Town Council the install of EV charge points – 4 points are now implemented in the public car park through a joint Transition/Council project

  • Held an Electric Vehicle drop-in event, followed by installation of EV charge points at Pool Bank car park in partnership with Bollington Town council- see Nub News press release

  • Conducted Community Transport Survey to crowd source data about how Bollington travels and how Bollington would like to travel if barriers were not present. Over 450 local people responded and results have been utilised by the County Council.

  • Carried out a Traffic Report for Albert Road - click here to download. We're also supporting the 20s Plenty campaign.

  • Broadcast a SPECIAL ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - EV Nick's online Q&A on Electric Vehicles (click here)

  • Carrying out resident-led Air Quality Monitoring including website displaying data – take a look and get involved!

  • Carrying out Thermal Imaging Surveys of homes for residents to determine insulation requirements – thanks to a National Lottery grant via Transition Network Seed Funding

  • Enabled orchard, edibles and other planting schemes & activities in 3 local primary schools – thanks to funding raised via The Co-operative Local Causes

  • Designed, fabricated & installed bike racks on the Middlewood Way with the help of Cheshire East Ranger Service

  • Installed low maintenance herbal hedges at local Library & Civic Hall for community & pollinator benefit, instead of wasteful & costly municipal planting

  • Installed community orchard at Recreation Ground

  • Tenaciously persevered through representation to Cheshire East Council to successfully (we hope!) stop our beloved and historic Village Green from being repeatedly sprayed with glyphosate

  • Introduced the national Refill scheme to Bollington for local cafes to get on the map

  • Built and installed Terracycle collection units at local primary schools – thanks to a National Lottery grant via Transition Network Seed Funding

  • Procured collaboration and networking equipment to help local groups with the ‘new normal’ of online and outdoor meeting – thanks to funding from our Town Council

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  • Member of grassroots network Cheshire East Climate Alliance

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