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.
Fabulous Repair Cafe and other activities at Milton Village Hall on the 7th…Check it out if you can!
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Does anyone remember this day 2 years ago?
It has been lovely to meet up with friends from The Bushcraft Show, and the local Circle Dance group this week, as well as so many volunteers who helped everything come together. Thanks to Chippy Larder and the Rollright Stones Trust and Woodland Ways for making this possible.
The forecast this week might be similarly stormy – but for those looking for Hope we look forward to seeing you on the 9th of June for our Film Night – Hope, the Power of Two Words.
This will be a short film, followed by food and a discussion, 6pm at Glyme Hall.
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For all you football enthusiasts we are happy to say that we have booked a coach to join us on Tuesdays starting after Half Term.
This is thanks to some of you who have been asking and asking for more football sessions to be available in Chippy.
Thanks to you the Town Council has installed 2 football goals at Cotswold Crescent, and now YouMove have teamed up with us to offer professional coaching.
The sessions are free, but please book on the link to be sure of a space:
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Such an epic weekend for our Youth and Families camp at The Bushcraft Show 2026.
It was hot hot hot during the day, and chilly at night, but we made the best use of the beautiful surroundings to stay COOL. From "The Best Treehouse in the World" to paddle boarding on the lake or chilling under a tree…Learning about food and nature, how to use and look after tools, learn skills in a professional kitchen, relax to live music and feel lifted up by the power of community…It gave us a chance to focus on the important things in life and try new things.
Well done to all the families who came, the teens who pushed themselves out of their comfort zones to try something different – it was so nice to be a part of a group where everyone chipped in to make things fun.
Humungous thank yous to David and the team at The Bushcraft Show for supporting us and creating such an inspiring event each year.
And very grateful thanks to Kev – without you we wouldn't be there
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If you have thoughts on how this central building could be improved, please do share them so they can feed into plans being made…📢 Have your say!
How would you improve the Town Hall?
The Town Hall Conservation and Revitalisation Working Group is seeking views on how the building and its facilities could be improved.
Please help us to shape a vision for its future by completing the short questionnaire:
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Thank you to Lisa Phipps and Julian Parfitt for taking us on a journey of animal and plant surveying in a local park today.
It was an encouraging reminder that every time we see something of interest it is worth uploading a record to the official central record.
This helps to protect essential habitats and build a picture of wildlife needs. As we invest more in nature recovery it can help to shape the best way to protect and enhance the environment for nature to thrive.
In these pictures you can see an ash tree, afflicted with die-back but left to stand as a home to wildlife including a family of great tits; a bumble bee rescued from the canal; a water sample from the river, sadly as devoid of life as the canal, though we did find a water hoglouse; otter poo along the river, containing pieces of crayfish shell and apparently smelling like earl grey tea!; and the group surveying the area using phone apps to help identify different species.
If you're interested in more of this you can join inaturalist Community Action Groups – CAG Oxfordshire group
Many thanks to Campaign to Protect Rural England and Community Action Groups – CAG Oxfordshire for funding and organising this session.
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