Our bear - Scarlet Pearmain

Newsletters

26th May

Bear Mania

Well Bearmania has been a great success hasn't it!! My favourite way of keeping up is by following 'The Bears of Congleton' on Facebook where people are reporting their experiences of the bears - great fun!

'Our Bear'

Huge thanks to Petra Lea and Mike Dixon for decorating our bear for us. She's currently in the shop at the bus stop end of Capitol Walk. After much discussion she's been named Scarlet Pearmain (1883) which is a Cheshire Apple variety! Photos attached!

 

Renewable Energy Roadshow - Congleton Town Hall 4th June 

An opportunity to find out more about how you can apply renewable energy to your home and reduce those fuel bills. 10am to 4pm and free. Poster attached.

 

Cheshire Show - 21st & 22nd June

CSG and the Eco-Schools Cluster will be in the Education Tent at the Cheshire Show. Please come and see us if you go to the show, Scarlet Pearmain will be there too....

 

Congleton Food Festival Sunday 26th June

As we did last year, we are taking over the Community Garden; Mbollou will be drumming again for us; the growers from Hilary Avenue Allotments will be selling plants and produce; lots of cakes, jams and chutneys of course. Plus Dane will be showing healthy eating ideas too. Come and find us, rest your feet and chill out in the gardens.

 

Insulate your home

The scheme in Congleton whereby you can insulate your roof and walls using a company you can rely on at a price you can afford is drawing to a close but get in quick. See the attached article.

 

Congleton Apple Juice wins Action for Market Towns Environmental Award for the North

Yes, we have won a great award for our apple juice see the attached article for more information!

 

David Attenborough

I'm a big fan of common sense! Follow this link David Attenborough speaks out about the stupidity of not facing up to the issue of population growth and what we might do about it. Its at the heart of sustainability and in my mind he's absolutely right, see what you think.

 

Dane Hydro Scheme

Basically, after we had been awarded the £250,000 we had the change of government and all grants were withdrawn for review.

We heard in April that we were getting the grant back but less 10% so £225,000.

Right now we are just completing the contractual negotiations to accept the grant and then we'll be back considering how to deliver the project and publishing the community share scheme later this year. If all goes well it'll become a reality in 2012.

 

Kind regards,

Peter.