Taunton's Empty Shop Project Goes Green

Friday, 26 February 2010 15:00

It includes a variety of talks and events, from hands-on making of willow sculptures to a talk on the archaeology at the Taunton Gateway Park & Ride site at M5, Junction 25.  For full details go to www.ourplacetaunton.org.uk.

Calendar of talks and events for Green Week, 1-6 March:

Monday 1^st

2.00 - 3.00pm Taunton 2030: Building Local Resilience

Taunton Transition Town

Climate Change Priorities: consultation

Taunton Deane Borough Council

Centre for Sustainable Energy advising on energy efficiency

Tuesday 2nd

2.00 - 3.00pm Taunton’s History

Tom Mayberry, Head of SCC Heritage Service

Wednesday 3rd

1.00 - 2.00pm Cambria Farm: the archaeology

Steve Membery, SCC Heritage Service

Climate Change Priorities: consultation

Taunton Deane Borough Council

Centre for Sustainable Energy advising on energy efficiency

Thursday 4th

10.30 – 12.00pm Tim Lewis

provides advice and guidance for learning

Friday 5th

11.00 - 12.30pm Our Place Writes!

Nick Wadham, SCC Somerset Skills and Learning

National Doodle Day:

leave your mark for the national competition

Saturday 6th

10.30 - 12.30pm Willow Sculptures

Paul Youd, SCC Somerset Skills for Learning

The aim of ‘Our Place, Your Place: Taunton’ is to bring residents together to learn about the town’s past, present and future - local people can learn about Taunton’s history as well as finding out about future regeneration plans. The project is located at 7/8 High Street, next to Past Times in what was previously Peter Briggs shoe shop.  Members of the public can visit the shop and get involved with activities until 20 March.

‘Our Place, Your Place: Taunton’ is part of the Our Place project funded by the Transformation Fund and the Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA) Council. The two main partners involved in ‘Our Place, Your Place: Taunton’, Project Taunton, the team responsible for the regeneration of the town centre and Somerset County Council are supported by Taunton Deane Borough Council.  Associated partners include Thrive (a celebratory arts organisation for Somerset), Somerset Waterways Development Trust, and Transition Town Taunton.

To find out more about ‘Our Place, Your Place: Taunton’ visit www.ourplacetaunton.org.uk or contact Project Lead, Jan Horrell on 07825 978820 or JHorrell@somerset.gov.uk.

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