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Our first Stitch Don’t Ditch sewing workshop on 20 May went really well. Everyone learned something new and most went home with something they’d created using waste materials. The volunteers were really pleased to support several people to progress projects..

The BIG FIX is back! Running throughout the whole of May, The BIG FIX has one aim – to fix and breathe new life into as many broken things as possible. Due to its huge success, The BIG FIX event..

Following encouragement from children at Buxton Community School, Buxton Football Club is moving away from the use of disposable plastic pint cups at the Tarmac Silverlands Stadium, replacing them with ‘cups for life’. Buxton FC Chairman, David Hopkins was intrigued..

Transition Buxton is delighted to announce that the Herb Kitchen, of Hardwick Street Road, Buxton, have become the first eatery to gain Surfers Against Sewage “Silver” status as they continue to reduce their use of single use plastic.  Andrew Pickup,..

Transition Buxton isdelighted to announce that Laytons Chartered Accountants, of Manchester Road, Buxton, have become the latest business to sign up to work to reduce their use of single use plastic.  They join over 30 other businesses and organisations in..

The Buxton Library of Things is celebrating it’s first birthday. Launched on 30th January 2024 the community borrowing service has been embraced by local people – nearly 200 people have already registered to use the service. Situated in Buxton Library..

Fast fashion, which sees clothing produced at a rapid pace and often discarded afterminimal use, has a significant impact on the environment. The global fashion industry isresponsible for an estimated 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with millions ofgarments ending..

We held 9 instead of 10 Repair Cafes in 2024, because of having to cancel the November one due to snow. During those 9 sessions a total of 285 items were dealt with. Of these 146 (51%) were repaired and..

Sadly the Terracycle scheme that our ‘Hard to Recycle’ bins are part of has announced that they can no longer accept plastic writing implements, so unfortunately we will no longer be able to accept them.This is in addition to other..

If you order for delivery to Buxton your packed orders will usually be available for collection from the Transition Buxton Repair Cafe running on the 4th Saturday in January at the Methodist Church on Buxton Marketplace. Please come to pick..