Aims


Our group, Dawlish Transition Ambition, aim to reduce our dependency on oil by promoting and encouraging a change in life styles to make this a reality. We seek to bring together everyone in the community who share this ambition.

Last year, we held the first renewable energy exhibition in Dawlish.

This year, we have launched ‘Delicious Dawlish’ a food growing initiative, to be celebrated in feast on 22nd September 2012 at The Strand Centre, URC. We have held a Gardener’s Question time with a seed swap and two seedling swap and sales in The Strand, Dawlish, on Saturdays, at the end of May and June.

We have started a Community Garden agreement with Westcliff School and we hope to set up more Community gardens and Orchards in different areas of Dawlish.

We would like Dawlish to have a Garden share scheme as the allotment waiting list is so long but we need more volunteer  garden owners to come forward to set this up.

We have received a grant from the Dawlish Town Council Regeneration Fund to fund the hosting of a Sustainable Travel & Tourism Forum for all interested parties in the community. The aim to enable Dawlish to take advantage of the Exe Estuary Cycle Trail and ensure that the last section of the route comes into the centre of Dawlish and is a safe route into the centre of Dawlish. This should be an alternative and interesting route as opposed to the current 300m section of inhospitable highway into the centre of the town that cyclists must negotiate at present. We believe the cycle route will bring economic benefits to the town centre, promote sustainable tourism and a healthy lifestyle for both local residents and tourists.

We have worked in partnership to ensure that the Dawlish Shopping Bag becomes a reality, following the successful launch of the Dawlish Bag Campaign by Teignbridge Recycling Officer, Ben Bryant, with assistance from TRAIL, and sponsors. Further sponsorship is being sought.

We are looking at seeking permission and funding to plant trees for Community orchards, Town Centre infilling of trees lost to disease and to seek to replace a fraction of those due to be lost to development of 250+ houses in the Secmaton Lane area over the next five years, with the help of the local Community.

To set up an Eco-tourism network of Dawlish Accommodation providers with environmentally friendly credentials.

To continue to contribute to the Dawlish Parish Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

Please contact us and let us know whether you would like to be involved or email us to let us know that you are still interested.

Join us - we meet at the SWAN INN on the last Tuesday of every month from 7.30-9.00 pm