Transition Southampton

24/05/2026

All set at Urban Wild on the Common today for Southampton to come and Imagine a better future. Rant, rave, and travel to the future! Lots of stall, entertainment and creativity from 12pm - 6pm.

13/04/2026

We are looking forward to seeing you at our workshop tomorrow, Tuesday 14th April, where we will be Imagining Southampton again, 10 years on and in a slightly different world from 2016
Doors open at 6.30pm for nibbles and a natter and the workshop and AGM will start at 7pm.
Hope to see you there

12/04/2026

Join us this Tuesday 14th April! We’re celebrating 10 years since our Imagine Southampton AGM in 2016 - an event that sparked so many wonderful and creative projects. In these very different times, how do we continue to build resilient communities, adapt to change and stay connected? Join us at the Transition Southampton AGM, 6:30pm for 7:00pm start at Edmund Kell Hall, SO15 2AY. Food and refreshments provided. Please RSVP to [email protected] to let us know you’re coming.

14/03/2026

Seed Swap is go! 11am - 2pm today (Sat 14th) at Bitterne Station. Come on down, there’s all sorts!

12/03/2026

Southampton Seed Swap this Saturday (14th March) at Bitterne Station Community Hub. 11:00am - 2:00pm.

Our Bitterne Park Growing Places team are teaming up with the South Seed Southampton Seed Swap again this year. You don't have to have seeds to swap. Hope to see you there!

11/03/2026

We are looking forward to this event next Tuesday 17th March 12.30 to 14.30, when author Hazel Sheffield will be at October Books to talk about her book Frontierlands, a book about communities transforming forgotten spaces. Come along and be inspired 😃

🏘️ Can communities rebuild the places they live?
In Frontierlands, Hazel Sheffield travels across the UK meeting the people quietly transforming forgotten spaces — from empty buildings and derelict land to back gardens and community hubs.

These are places often labelled 'left behind'. But instead of waiting for top-down regeneration, local groups are creating their own futures:�🌱 community-led housing�🔄 circular economies and low-waste projects�🏠 creative uses for empty buildings�🤝 spaces that tackle isolation and bring neighbours together

Frontierlands asks big questions:�What if regeneration started from the ground up?

Lucy Easthope calls it “remarkable, exquisitely researched and acutely observed.”

As Paul Hawken describes it, the book is “a compelling account of how abandoned buildings become seedbeds of renewal, creativity, and social justice.”

These values and ideas resonate with October Books in many ways, which is why we are hosting their book launch this March. Join freelance writer Hazel Sheffield on a night of discussion, and maybe we can all find inspiration to revitalise the 'left behind' spaces in Southampton.

Book event with author Hazel Sheffield
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 17th March 2026, Tuesday 12:30pm
Tickets 🎟️ £5.00 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/134/details