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Courses on growing food, mending and revitalising clothes, the fundamentals of health, composting, knitting, woodland skills and willow Christmas decorations. May to December 2010 SkillsGain is one of Transition Stroud's initiatives. It focuses on those self reliance skills we will need tomorrow and offers taster courses in these skills today. Courses last 2 hours, are delivered by skilled volunteers and are open to all residents of the Stroud district. A contribution, usually £3, is asked for to cover venue hire and materials used - with tuition free. Each taster course will give information on how and where additional learning/skills can be accessed. Through the SkillsGain taster programme, it is hoped many people will go on to gain new skills. So come along to a SkillsGain Workshop - aimed at reskilling the community for our changing world. All events are run by the community for the community, and are aimed at sharing knowledge, increasing confidence and having fun! Great food from small gardens - Tues 11th May Sewing, mending and revitalising - Tues 8th June The fundamentals of health, the essential fats - and truffles! - Tues 13th July An introduction to composint at home - Tues 21st September Knitting: the basics - Tues 12th October Woodland skills - Sat 6th November Willow Christmas decorations - Tues 7th December
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On 13th and 14th June Simon Allen attended the Transition Network Conference, in Devon. The conference is well written up on www.transitionnetwork.org and www.transitionculture.org.
Reuters 1 Apr 2010: " Video Description Apr. 1 - The Gloucestershire town of Stroud in the heart
of England is printing its own currency to help stimulate the local economy
and bring the community closer together. Hayley Platt reports."
Click here to see the video (or paste the link into your browser):
Our main project at the moment is supporting TRIPSWITCH. The key events will be Green Travel Month - June 2010 which will be
1st - 6th Low Carbon Week
7th - 13th Low Car Use Week
12th - 20th Public Transport Week
19th - 27th Bike Week
Also Tripswitch Green Travel Event on the forecourt of the Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Saturday 12th June from 9.30 - 3.00.
See Tripswitch website here.
The food group have decided that they will not meet again as a group as the members have too much practical work to do and could not fit in another meeting.
Fi Macmillan and Simon Allen recently gave a talk at the Improvement and Development agency for local government Positive Future's Conference, 5th May 2009
For a full transcript see_idea_conf_may_2009.
We have been discussing the skills which are needed in a community preparing for transition and how they are going to be shared and learned.
See Stroud Communiversity (events)
Or have a look at the Skillsgain working group.
The Health Group aim to investigate the issue of community health. What is a healthy community? What are the issues that need tackling? What resources do we have locally? We will look at educating people into health and supporting one another in moving towards a vibrant, healthy community.
Our focus is on skill sharing – from basic crafts like needlework and knitting to fabric making, dyeing and printing. We want to show others that it can be fun to make your own clothes, update your old ones or exchange with others through charity shops, freecycle or clothes swap parties.
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Several general purpose computer training sessions have been setup to help anyone who wants to learn a bit more about computers, the internet and how to use technology to your advantage without it taking over your life.
