A little bit About Us…
We started in 2009 as Transition Chipping Norton – a community initiative to help local people transition away from fossil fuels and towards a more sustainable way of living. Some of our early projects involved setting up the Chipping Norton Community Orchard, campaigning for better cycling provision and a community allotment.
Fast forward to 2023, we constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation to better meet the needs of our community. We are still part of the worldwide Transition Network, but in 2025 we rebranded as Sustainable Chipping Norton, in line with many other Transition Groups.
We are also part of Community Action Groups Oxfordshire, a network of over 50 Oxfordshire groups at the forefront of community led climate change action, organising events and projects to take action on issues including waste, transport, food, energy and biodiversity. The network runs over 1,000 events per year, attended by over 60,000 local residents.
Our Most recent impacts
Take a look through our recent Impact Reports which capture how these projects have strengthened resilience, enhanced the environment and connected people.
2025 Age-Friendly Award winner
Youth work and connected communities continues to be at the heart of our ethos, and we were delighted to win an award from Incommon for our Intergenerational Youth Social Action in April 2025.
When we are thinking about Nature Recovery we are looking at "Bigger, Better and more Joined Up" to boost resilience.
A few of us visited the Eynsham Nature Recovery Site at Long Mead Orchard, where Catriona gave us a tour and offered us 36 plug plants they had successfully propagated. These included red campion, knapweed and oxeye daisy, all native grassland species that are good for pollinators.
We then had a wellbeing working party to plant these along with some bulbs in the re-wilding patch at Chippy Lido. To finish off we scattered some wildflower seeds and grass mix from Cotswolds Glorious Grasslands.
Scattered wintry showers didn't dampen our enthusiasm or our optimism that these will provide a welcome splash of colour for all to enjoy this spring. We were observed from on high by the rook colony – we just hope the local birds don't enjoy the feast too much!!
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible –
As well as boosting nature's resilience in our area, we also feel more resilient with these new and stronger connections to different people, places and nature recovering.
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We've been enjoying sharing all the different craft projects and the warm, welcoming atmosphere at our Chipping Norton Craft Cafe.
Drop in any time from 2 – 4 on Wednesdays up until the week before Christmas and come and learn something new, work on a project you keep not finding time to do, or share your skills with someone else. Or you'd be welcome to just sit and watch others.
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Some of our members were shocked by a story in the news today…It is hard to ignore a mountain of waste this big.
Join forces with us to help reduce, reuse and recycle where we can, and volunteer at our November Repair Cafe and Clothing Swap.
Please message us if you can help as we can't run these events without people like you.
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Getting out in nature can be so uplifting for our mental and physical health, improving fitness levels, enhancing our gut biomes and creating opportunities to discover new places and people, or keep in touch with old friends.
Here are some of the highlights from this week's walks – we are so lucky to have so many treasures nearby and there is always something new to see.
If you'd like to join us or volunteer to lead any walks, please get in touch on 07517 144828.
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We know this topic is of interest to so many of our members:
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