Transition Tavistock seeks to bring our community together by sharing knowledge and practical ideas to use less energy and resources, grow more of our own food, and supply and buy more locally.
Our goal is to help build a strong and self-supporting community for Tavistock and the surrounding areas, seizing the opportunity to bring about a more sustainable and better future.
http://www.transitiontavistock.org.uk/
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Since its formation in 2017, Tavistock Heritage Trust's main objective has been to support Tavistock Town Council in formulating and delivering the Guildhall Gateway Centre, a £1.6 million project to renovate, conserve and repurpose Tavistock's Victorian Guildhall by converting the Grade II*-listed building into a new heritage interpretation centre. Once construction work is complete, the Trust will be responsible for running the Guildhall and providing both locals and visitors with a fascinating introduction to the heritage of the area, with a particular focus on the history of mining and criminal justice.
The Trust also has the broader goal of educating the public about all aspects of the unique history and heritage boasted by Tavistock and the local area. By organising guided walks, lectures, educational activities and all manner of other events, we aim to 'Bring Tavistock's Heritage to Life' for everyone and anyone with an interest. We also seek to be a positive force in the local community by providing a wide variety of interesting and satisfying volunteering roles, which will allow local people to develop new skills and meet new friends.
https://www.heritageintavistock.org/
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Tavistock Museum is a town museum located in the historic Court Gate. The entrance is in Guildhall Square.
The Museum is currently not open and no date has been set for a re-opening. (Check website for re-opening times)
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday, 11.00am to 3.00pm, from 1st May until the end of October.
At other times it is closed except by arrangement.
Admission is Free - but the museum has a 'donation is requested' policy to cover running costs. It is managed by a charitable trust, and staffed by volunteers.
http://www.tavistockmuseum.co.uk/index.htm
Tavistock Museum Court Gate, Guildhall Square, Tavistock PL19 0AE
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Tavistock Subscription Library was founded in 1799 by: John Taylor, a 19-year-old engineer from Norwich who had come to Tavistock to manage a local copper and tin mine; John Cummins, of about the same age as Taylor, a bookseller; Edward Bray, the young Tavistock curate; and Reverend William Evans, an older man, a non-conformist minister who ran a local school. John Taylor became an eminent mining engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The Library is located in Guildhall Square in Tavistock PL19 0AE next to the well-known Court Gate Archway, between the archway and the Tavistock Museum. Our front door is just to the left of the Museum entrance.
https://tavistocksubscriptionlibrary.co.uk/
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Our society was founded in 1984 and has been going from strength to strength ever since. We organise meetings and visits and run a photographic archive, based in Court Gate in Bedford Square.
We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month except in October when it changes to avoid the evening of Goose Fair. During the summer months we organise external visits to places of local historic interest including an all day coach trip.
Tuesday evening meetings usually take place at 7.30pm in the Parish Rooms behind the Vicarage in Plymouth Road next to the Bedford Hotel. All Society events are free to members unless otherwise stated.
https://www.tavistockhistory.co.uk/
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Tarka
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These are the clubs within Tarka
Bradworthy, https://www.facebook.com/groups/380086815403997/ (442)
Buckland Brewer, https://www.facebook.com/groups/476448549062232/ (229)
Clawton, https://www.facebook.com/groups/326828697340804/ (165)
Lewdown, https://www.facebook.com/groups/954626207913647/ (236)
Winkleigh, https://www.facebook.com/groups/381211160252/ (440)
Woolsery https://www.facebook.com/groups/6323159124/ (184)
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Tamar Energy Community is a not for profit, community owned social enterprise run by our members.
We localise energy.
We’re all spending a lot of money on heating and powering our homes (around £16m per year, or £44,000 a day across the Tavistock area). With much of this spend going to the big power companies the majority of the benefit leaves our local economy like a leaking bucket.
We provide independent energy advice and support, develop community owned renewable energy projects, and are working to understand how local people can gain greater benefit from the changing energy market.
Addressing the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency and how we can Build Back Better is at the core of our work.
We welcome your support in helping us achieve this together.
Tamar Energy Community is a community energy cooperative for Tavistock, Callington and the Tamar valley.
http://tamarenergycommunity.com/
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To promote FairTrade within the town of Okehampton, and to raise awareness of local and national events to increase support.
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Welcome to the page celebrating Tavistock, Devon as Fairtrade Town. Fairtrade rallies a global community of millions – farmers, workers, brands, retailers, shoppers & schools to pay fair prices and uphold fair production standards and practices.
The steering group maintaining this page welcomes ideas for how we can make a success of being a Fairtrade Town.
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Our vision is of a world where creative energy drives environmental change
Our mission is to provide a tool for local recycling and creative engagement to empower the community to live sustainably.
This excellent idea comes from Precious Plastic, a global community, who in the true spirit of social enterprise, put their idea out there for us all to use. You can view all the designs, products and community here: https://preciousplastic.com/ . Basically, it involves recycling plastic by shredding it, heating it and remoulding it into new useful/artistic creations. The plans for building the machines are open source and they are simple and quite cheap to build. We plan to use this to recycle plastic which is otherwise difficult to recycle and reduce transport and other associated costs by recycling locally. We think of this as a fun project to bring the community together, engage with recycling and plastic waste issues and get creative. Even better, this process can create high quality plastic products which can be sold.
https://www.katecrawfurd.co.uk/ppp
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