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ABOUT US
Building a Greener Future Together
Transition Buxton is a group of local people concerned about the environment working to improve our community’s resilience through practical actions and projects.
Community Resilience
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WHAT WE DO
Some of our Key Projects
An important part of managing our collective resources responsibly is the adage: Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Repair & Repurpose, Recycle.
The Buxton Library of Things provides affordable access to over 100 useful resources and things that you don’t need to own.
Plastic pollution is evident all around us, blighting our lanes, paths and hedgerows, ending up in waterways and contributing to climate change.
Energy is fundamental to our modern way of life. But energy – specifically fossil fuels – is the main driver of climate change.
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Welcome to the September & October 2025 issue of our E-Newsletter full of news, views and information.
Once again we are working with our friends at Transition Chesterfield to bring to Buxton Potato Day 2026. From 1st October 2025 until 14th November you can order potatoes for..
Buxton Library of Things, run by Transition Buxton CIC volunteers and the first in Derbyshire has been operating since February 2024. The simple to use system allows local people to..
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Still to come this month in the Transition Buxton diary:![]()
Thurs 13 Nov 7:30pm Members Meeting with Community Renewables focus, Methodist Church Lower Hall![]()
Mon 17 Nov from 8pm Green Drinks, The Sun Inn![]()
Sat 22 Nov 9:30-1pm Repair Cafe, Methodist Church halls![]()
Thurs 27 Nov 7-9pm Clothes Swap, Harpur Hill Village Hall![]()
Hope to see you
What projects do you need to get on with before Santa visits? ![]()
Our Library of Things has lots of useful tools and things to make those projects possible without buying and storing stuff you don't need to own. ![]()
How about a tile cutter, jigsaw, or drill? You might be surprised at some of the Things we have including a light for working under the bonnet of your car, an extending pole hedge trimmer for getting to those high branches, and drain rods. And of course the ever popular pressure washers and carpet cleaners. ![]()
Check out the inventory online: buxtonlibraryofthings.myturn/com/library/![]()
When you join, please bare with us whilst your membership gets approved (a couple of hours usually) then you can reserve the items you want to borrow, ![]()
All our fees are minimal and paid on collection of the item(s).
Consultation on the new Peak District Local Plan is now open. There are drop-in events are taking place at the National Park Head Office, Aldern House, Baslow Road, Bakewell, DE45 1AE on:![]()
• Tuesday 11 November, 9am - 6pm![]()
• Wednesday 26 November, 9am - 6pm![]()
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How to submit your comments![]()
• Online using our consultation platform (using the link below)![]()
• By email to: localplan@peakdistrict.gov.uk ![]()
• In writing by letter or on the representation form to the Policy and Communities Team at the above address.![]()
All comments must be received by 5pm on Sunday 21 December 2025.![]()
www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/planning/policies-and-guides/the-local-plan/local-plan-preferred-approach...📣 If you live, work in or simply visit the Peak District National Park, we want to hear your views!![]()
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This is the second formal consultation on the Local Plan Review, this time focusing on planning policy and policy directions.![]()
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Help shape the future of your National Park. 💚![]()
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Find out more...![]()
👉 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/local_plan
Thursday 27 November 7-9pm Harpur Hill Village Hall join us for our last Clothes Swap of 2025. Simply bring 5 items of clean adult clothing in good condition, exchange them for tokens on arrival, enjoy a drink and a chat, and shop the rails and tables to select the items you want to use your tokens for. Fitting room and some parking available. Donations invited but no fees or need to pre-register. Its a great social, planet friendly way to refresh your wardrobe without emptying your pockets and even more fun than it sounds! What have you got to loose?
Having recently attended a face to face version of this with Transition New Mills This online version comes highly recommended ![]()
Beyond the Brink: Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling
www.resilience.org
Join us for the free, online event: Beyond the Brink on November 13. Considering the unsettling present we all find ourselves in, we’ll ask Rob Hopkins, and Jacqui Patterson to help us do what feels...
Next Buxton Repair Cafe is two weeks today, Saturday 22 November in the halls of Buxton Methodist Church on the Market Place. 9:30am-1pm (last item in 12:30) No fees, just donate what you can afford and feel is fair. ![]()
This is the last session before the Christmas break, back 4th Saturday of the month from January.Coinciding with Repair Day, we published the latest release of Open Repair Alliance data – a huge open dataset of information on items and repairs seen at community repair events around the world 🌎️![]()
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📈 The scale of the activity logged by community repair groups around the world continues to grow![]()
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👗 And this year, we’re complementing our data on EEE items with initial data on non-EEE items, too.![]()
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🔗 To explore the dataset go to: openrepair.org/![]()
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This impactful data is prepared by Restart and powered by ORA's amazing members and data partners 💥