Transition Town Weymouth and Portland Annual Report 2024-25
During the past year Transition Town Weymouth and Portland has continued to support and co-operate with local environmental and community projects, including Tumbledown Farm and has worked closely with the Weymouth Climate Hub to expand an existing project, the Circular Shop.
In addition, several existing projects have been fully integrated into TTWP, including Portland Community Allotments and The Foodbank on Portland (the Fridge). This has been useful to facilitate insurance cover and funding applications through TTWP. A representative from each of these projects has now joined the TTWP Committee.
The Trustees and Committee have attended a number of events in the year including setting up a stall at a Zero Carbon Dorset Conference at Bournemouth University in November 2024 and have regularly attended Weymouth Climate Hub weekly meetings held in the Palm House Café on Tuesday mornings.
A Committee meeting in April included a visit to the Portland Community Allotments and it was decided to hold the 2025 AGM at the Community Allotments in June, including a bring and share plant-based evening meal.
A key new initiative is to investigate opportunities to set up an environment and sustainability resource and drop-in centre in Weymouth, in partnership with the Weymouth Climate Hub (also a registered charity).
Agreement was reached with a small existing project in the economically deprived Park district of Weymouth, the Circular Shop, to develop a pilot sustainability centre, the Circular Shop +. After several months of preparation, the project was launched at an event in early May with a welcome from the mayor of Weymouth Dr. Jon Orrell (who is also a Trustee of TTWP). The Circular Shop + is planned to be open for several hours on 3 days per week and will include community tool hire, low-cost leftover paint (from donations), organic affordable wholefoods and occasional events and workshops. After the early development phase, it was agreed that the Weymouth Climate Hub would lead the project with support from TTWP.
The TTWP Trustees and Committee agreed to seek an affordable larger venue for a sustainability centre if the pilot project is successful.
Pete West
Chair, Transition Town Weymouth and Portland
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Transition Town Weymouth and Portland 2024-25 Accounts
Cash Accounts for year 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025
| 2024–2025 | 2023–2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||
| Donations | 1100.00 | 1200.00 | ||
| Grant for Tumbledown | 5000.00 | |||
| Wateraid event | 104.20 | |||
| Portland 4 Planet Donation | Note 1 | 163.00 | ||
| Portland 4 Planet Grant | 3000.00 | Note 1 | 6216.23 | |
| Portland Community Fridge Donati | 1200.00 | Note 1 | 300.00 | |
| Portland Community Fridge Grant | 1000.00 | Note 1 | ||
| Total Income | 6,300.00 | 12983.43 | ||
| Expenditure | ||||
| Portland 4 Planet purchases | Note 1 | 1216.23 | ||
| Insurance | 468.15 | |||
| Land rentals | 132.00 | |||
| Water Aid Event | 100.00 | |||
| Tumbledown | 13652.16 | |||
| Portland Permaculture Purchases | 315.98 | |||
| Portland Community Fridge | 201.00 | Note 1 | 1129.04 | |
| Events | 97.35 | |||
| Portland 4 Planet Grant Payment | 8000.00 | Note 1 | ||
| Total expenditure | 8766.50 | 16545.41 | ||
| Funds atyear start | 12369.12 | 15931.10 | ||
| Surplus/defcit for year | -2466.50 | -3561.98 | ||
| Total Monies at year end | 9902.62 | 12369.12 | ||
| Held as: | ||||
| Funds in Bank at year end | 9883.67 | 12350.17 | ||
| PettyCash in Hand TTWP | 18.95 | 18.95 | ||
| Total Monies at year end | 9902.62 | Note 2 | 12369.12 | |
Note 1 At a meeting of 20[th] February 2025 it was agreed: The growing project previously referred to in the TTWP accounts as "Portland 4 th Planet” is renamed "Portland Community Allotment". The waste food project previously referred to in the TTWP accounts as "Portland Fridge” is renamed "Portland Community Fridge and Growing Area".
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Note 2 including monies allocated to specific projects
Tumbledown Project £1042.34 Portland Community Fridge & Growing Area Project £3800.68 Portland Community Allotment Project £163.00 Transition Town W & P general funds £4896.60
Certification by the Treasurer
I certify that these cash accounts are backed by accounting records, that I have found no inconsistency between those records and these accounts, and no expenditure by the Trustees was on activities outside the objectives of the Charity.
THESE FULL YEAR ACCOUNTS SIGNED
G. Lambert 6-Jun-25
Graham Lambert, Treasurer Transition Towns Weymouth & Portland
Registered Charity No 1162053
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