Jurassic Business Awards

The Jurassic Business Awards have just opened: Business awards/Jurassic Business Awards And they have just been opened for businesses in Sidmouth: The awards have now been expanded further to include Seaton and Sidmouth under the branding of the Jurassic Business Awards, with some new categories, especially for this popular seaside area like Hotel of the… Continue reading Jurassic Business Awards

Showcasing sustainable citizens: Sidmouth heroes

Who would you nominate as a ‘Sustainable Citizen’ in the Champions Award 2023? Enter the Champions Awards 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Here are some ‘Sidmouth heroes’ featured in the pages of the Herald – to inspire any nominations! There is a lady who for 17 years has followed her passion for the environment.… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable citizens: Sidmouth heroes

Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth SAVE Food Hub

Sustainability is at the heart of the SAVE Food Hub ethos: The initiative is a result of a collaboration between SAVE food hub, Sidmouth Voluntary Services and supermarkets in the town including the Co-op and Waitrose and is part of a growing effort to reduce the 5 million tonnes of edible food currently being wasted… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth SAVE Food Hub

Showcasing sustainable projects: Sid Valley Help

The winner of the community category of the 2021 Champions Awards was Sid Valley HELP and its founder: The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of Di Fuller and Sid Valley HELP – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards https://www.facebook.com/sidvalleyhelp/?locale=en_GB In the middle of this last winter, they produced a leaflet to help local residents cope better: Sidmouth… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable projects: Sid Valley Help

Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth Food Bank

It was back in 2012 when Sidmouth churches set up the Sid Valley Food Bank: About the Food Bank – Sid Valley Food Bank https://www.facebook.com/SidValleyFoodBank/ For much of the time, the coordinator has been the incredibly dedicated Andie Milne – who retired in 2020 after the huge amount of work during the pandemic: Food bank… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth Food Bank

Last chance to enter or nominate for a Champions Award!

There are so many possible projects and actions, groups and companies, schools and individual citizens who could be put forward for a Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Award 2023. And the closing date is next Monday 31st July: Enter the Champions Awards 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Here are just a few suggestions – gleaned from… Continue reading Last chance to enter or nominate for a Champions Award!

Showcasing sustainable projects: Beach Toy Library

Early last month, in a great collaborative project, a new piece of street furniture appeared – to encourage residents and visitors to recycle their beach toys. Initiated by the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors, the town council’s environment committee were approached and agreed to fund the ‘beach toy library’. Other bodies were brought in – including the… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable projects: Beach Toy Library

Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: CUTTING COSTS

Looking after the environment and looking after your business can go hand in hand. With an example from this time last year: Much is made of the need for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint and a few basic principles can be applied but realistically its common sense and inevitably some benefits require an initial… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: CUTTING COSTS

Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth Community Food Forest

The idea of growing food in an urban environment is really catching on – all over the world: The Art of Making Lush Community Food Forests Happen | Sierra Club “Unlike community gardens, wherein a community member might rent a small plot to grow their own produce, a community food forest focuses on places that… Continue reading Showcasing sustainable projects: Sidmouth Community Food Forest