There's no doubt about it, Charnwood is a great place to live - it's in a fantastic location, has good access to forests and natural areas, a rich history, a multicultural society, fine buildings and good parks.

• But could it be better?
• Would you like it to be?
• Can you think of ways that it could be improved?

It begins with each of us. We have to take responsibility for our part in the process. What we do or don't do matters. So while you are browsing this Web site, reflect on what you can do to help make Charnwood a better place to live, work or visit.

ABC Newsletter June / July 2008 (71K, .pdf)

ABC Newsletter June 2008 (38K, .pdf)

ABC Newsletter June 2008 (long version) (96K, .pdf)

Charnwood Together is preparing a
Sustainable Community Strategy
which follows on from the
County Sustainable Community Strategy.

This is due to go out to public consultation during mid to late summer and will replace the existing community strategy.
At our meeting we discussed the process so that we are in a position to respond to it when it is published.
Further information at http://tinyurl.com/5ukw36

Click here to view the Presentation on Charnwood Sustainable Community Strategy (39K, .pdf)

Forthcoming Events

September 4th (Thursday)
John Storer House, Loughborough
7 pm

Charnwood Transition Towns

The Transition Network aims to do something positive about the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change. It’s based on the idea that we can do something that looks more like a party than a protest march. It’s about acting as a catalyst, rather than coming in with all the answers and assuming communities can be told what to do.

The movement’s twin aims are to cut carbon at an unprecedented rate of urgency and to build resilience. By this I mean increasing the ability of our settlements to withstand shock from the outside. We look at building economic resilience, food resilience, and fuel resilience. Peak oil is a very useful lens though which to view that process.

In Town Without My Car and
European Mobility Week

September 15th to 24th
Loughborough Library (all week)
Market Place Saturday only

Further details to follow

Tuesday 7th October
John Storer House, Loughborough
7 pm

Annual General Meeting
followed by Cllr David Snartt

He will talk about his role on the Borough as Climate Change Champion and the measures that the Council is taking on Climate Change.

Tuesday 4th November
John Storer House, Loughborough
7 pm

The Sustainable Communities Act

The Sustainable Communities Act is about building local communities. Local councils will be invited to opt in to the Act. ABC intends to write to the Council urging them to opt in when invited to do so by the Government in October. Stephen Shaw of Local Works who promoted the Act will speak at our meeting.

But why should Charnwood ‘opt in?
Community decline is happening everywhere.
So by ‘opting in’ councils are signing up to receive ‘assistance’.
Local authorities are given the power to determine the nature of the assistance that they receive.
The assistance could involve new powers being given to local authorities.
By opting in, local authorities can act together to put in proposals to government supported by their colleagues elsewhere, so making it harder for the government to refuse to act on them.

Tuesday 2nd December
John Storer House, Loughborough
7 pm

Transport Management
Ian Drummond, Assistant Director of Transportation at Leicestershire County Council

Meetings scheduled for

January 6th
February 3rd
March 3rd