Transition Stroud

02/06/2026

We're delighted to share the news that our affiliate group Stroud Area Community Energy Network (SACEN) has got Awards for All funding! This funding will be used to grow a thriving, inclusive community energy ecosystem across the district - truly powering a cleaner and more secure future for all of us.

Have an idea for a renewable project in your community? Get in touch on our new email for support - [email protected] - and check out SACEN's website for more info - https://together-we-power.org

29/05/2026

💚🎉 great project

🎪🌍 ROLL UP! ROLL UP! 🌍🎪

Climate action just got a whole lot more fun.

We're throwing a circus, celebrating youth action, creativity and climate, and you're invited!

What's happening:

🎶 Live music, dance & drumming performances

🎬 Film screenings

👗 Clothes swap - bring pieces you're done with, leave with something you love

🎨 Art & photography from local creatives

🌿 Stalls from nature and conservation groups doing incredible work in our area

⚽ Eco talk from Forest Green Rovers, the world's greenest football club

🎪 Circus skills

🚲Bike maintenance checks

Whether you're deep into climate work or just getting started, this is a space to connect, learn, and have a genuinely great time with people who give a damn.

It’s FREE and everyone is welcome!

Saturday 20th June - STRATFORD PARK, STROUD

See you under the big top. 🎪



World Jungle Cotswolds National Landscape The Ernest Cook Trust Gloucestershire County Council Stroud District Council Stroud Town Council StroudTimes Stroud Pride

22/05/2026

Coming up NEXT Sunday - this month’s Repair Cafe and Eco Cafe at Stroud’s community gem Trinity Rooms Community Hub

This month will be a textile repair special - featuring a clothes swap, sewing repair station & fabric sale - book your repair in here - https://www.stroudtrinityrooms.org/community/stroud-repair-and-eco-cafe

Stroud Valleys Project Emergence Restock

Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.

22/05/2026

Update from Gill Thomas - one of our brilliant Directors and local anti-litter campaigner - on our Super Scooper composting fundraiser - now relaunched on a different fundraising platform.

Thanks to everyone who has supported this so far - every contribution made on the first platform will be rolled over into this one and spent as intended 🌱

20/05/2026

June news or events? Email [email protected] by Sunday 24 May.

20/05/2026

Just in time to pick up a ‘new’ summer wardrobe!

SWAP UNTIL YOU DROP!

Join Stroud Valleys Project, Emergence Restock, and ourselves, for a three-way repair and rewear bonanza, taking place during this month's Stroud Eco Repair Cafe at our Trinity Rooms Community Hub on Sunday 31st May 2026.

In the lead up next week you can drop off clean clothes to Stroud Valleys Project Eco Shop from Monday 25th to Saturday 30th May and receive a token to bring along on the day.

Let’s Get Clothes Swapping.….

18/05/2026

The new series of Climate Cafes for Stroud area is starting this evening - 7.30-9pm at The Exchange.

The climate and nature crisis can bring up all sort of difficult feelings in us. A Climate Cafe is a chance to talk, to be heard and to hear other people’s experience.

This series of Cafes is being hosted by facilitators Bill Roberts and Sue Ryall to help support people alongside local showings of People’s Emergency Briefing. Contact Bill directly on [email protected] for more info - or just turn up -

Held on 18th May, 15th June and 13th July at 7.30-9.00pm
The Exchange, Brick Row, Stroud GL5 1DF
Free - donations towards the room cost appreciated

Photo by Mouse About Town

18/05/2026

Missed the Stroud People's Emergency Briefing? There are plenty still to come through June, including in Dursley, Nailsworth, Slimbridge and Stonehouse. Contact us for support to run your own too - https://transitionstroud.org/blog/2026/04/29/the-peoples-emergency-briefing-for-stroud

Stonehouse Climate Action Dursley Green Nailsworth Climate Action Network Berkeley Vale Climate Action Network