Community Networking What positive things are happening in Exmouth now? • Everyone came here tonight • We still have the LETs scheme (launched in 2010) • Eco Church Network • Exmouth in Need and similar groups on FB • Open Door o partnering with local supermarkets re food waste o Men’s Shed – learning and sharing skills o Community Café – cheap hot food and drinks with befriending o Craft Room – in littleham, adult skill sharing • Repair Café once a month in town • Clean Street Exmouth • Clean beach Exmouth • Food Co-op Vision for 2030 • Exmouth will have made its name as an eco-resort. Eco tourism is promoted and there is a “green badge” scheme • Nobody in Exmouth is left behind as social justice goes hand in hand with Climate Justice. • Every faith community in Exmouth has a green policy and credentials • Every business and community group has a green policy and credentials • Exmouth as an eco-community – embracing 2nd hand shops • Informed and educated residents • Foodbank won’t exist but a thriving LETs scheme will • Central arts centre with café, eco “hub” - powered by Green Energy. Supported by local initiatives like Tidelines • A discovery and cultural centre (on Queens Drive Phase 3?) • More local jobs to be a more sustainable community. A local job centre. Credits for community and voluntary work • Street communities working together to enhance their environment • Street play – with road closures regularly for safe play and neighbourhood participation and interaction • Park and ride to town • More locally grown food – including community orchards and a community bakery • Opportunities to celebrate what we grow and share – more localism • Police station specifically for Exmouth • Care system upgraded • More co-ownership to encourage working with our neighbours • A Library of Things and Toy Library • Garden share and more use of public open spaces • Affordable adult education and re-skilling • Real participation of residents in shaping policy decisions • Loneliness tackled by community working more together, “chat benches” installed around the town