Transition journeys point the way for Communities for Change

Culminating with the Communities for Change event on Saturday 12th September at MMU's Didsbury campus, the projects will see a series of Transition Journeys throughout Greater Manchester in which community groups taking action on the environment will travel by low carbon transport to visit and learn from each other's projects. Communities for Change is overseen and funded by a community empowerment partnership including Manchester Metropolitan University, Community North West, the Federation of Community Development Learning, Neighbourhoods North West and North West Together We Can.

Transition Journeys

As a prelude to the Communities for Change event the Transition Journeys project will build momentum and get groups all over Greater Manchester thinking about sustainability. During July, August and September people involved in community-led environmental projects will embark on a series of Transition Journeys throughout Greater Manchester. Each journey features a different form of low carbon transportation including bikes, trains, canal boats and even a red routemaster double decker bus.

Participants on the Transition Journeys will visit each other's projects learning and being inspired by stories of environmental change, from community cafes and urban farms to centres of sustainability and education.

Over 25 groups will take part in Transition Journeys all over Greater Manchester including Wigan, Tameside, Manchester, Stockport and High Peak.

Communities for Change

Featuring films, music, food and discussion, the Communities for Change event will take place 10am-4pm, on Saturday 12th September 2009 at Manchester Metropolitan University's Didsbury campus. Attended by over 50 community and Transition Town groups taking action on the environment and sustainability, the event will offer a chance for networking, inspiration and exchange. It will showcase amazing projects in which people and communities work together, featuring everything from bikes, to food, solar panels and allotments.

The event will also feature documentation and stories from the Transition Journeys. Films, photographs and audio stories will track the journeys while participants will be on hand to share experiences.

The event is free but spaces are limited and booking is essential.

For more information Contact Hilda at Community North West on 01282 692 323 or by using the contact form below. (Crèche facilities available)