The <a href="https://www.buxton.energy/#:~:text=10%3A00am%20%E2%80%93%204%3A30pm,heat%20pumps%20and%20electric%20vehicles.">Buxton Energy Show</a> is on Saturday 20th April.&nbsp;It's an opportunity to find out about renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for your home, workplace or community.You'll hear from experts about electric vehicles and car chargers, solar panels and battery storage for your home, how to make your home more energy efficient as well as finding out about community projects in the area.There will be presentations and expert panels waiting to answer your questions throughout the day.Travelling Light will be on the Buxton Town Team's stand to talk about the role of shared transport; that is sharing lifts, vehicles or domestic electric vehicle chargers, as part of the '<a href="https://buxtonmovingtogether.co.uk/">Moving Together</a>' project.We will be in the Octagon in Buxton, SK17 6BE from 10:00 am until 4:30pm; hope to see you there!

Buxton Energy Show on Saturday! 

From discussions with people in Bradwell we already know that there are some key transport issues of concern to local residents - unreliable buses, poor walking routes and traffic going too fast through the village. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1705331649/projects/hopevalleytravellinglight/eedbb312-4150-4562-8f02-c42fdd576dcb.jpg" /> Working with the local community, we are coming up with solutions - from identifying roads where speeds could be reduced, or vehicles could be restricted, to creating places within walking distance for the community. We want to identify many solutions which would give Bradwell residents more choices and more opportunities to walk, wheel, cycle and get the bus. In partnership with Bradwell Parish Council, we ar organising community conversations this month to create and share ideas: Thursday 25 Jan 3pm - 5pm @ Memorial Hall in Bradwell Monday 29 Jan 6.30pm - 8.30pm @ Ye Olde Bowling Green in Bradwell Like other events, we&#39;ve planned some activities designed to help people come up with innovative ideas and start thinking about how to get those ideas up and running. The Community Conversations also have the support of a consortium of local organisations including Walk Derbyshire, Active Partnerships and Derbyshire Dales Borough Council. The local bus campaign group are invited too. So information shared will be going to the people with power to bring about the changes we need - from getting footpath improvements or having our voices heard by the bus companies. Everyone is welcome, especially if you are based in Bradwell or regularly spend time in Bradwell. If you are interested in coming along, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMrsg5u1GQW76RP6vt3ZwLWkVGctBLdSmUF-rRf1h5r2h5eQ/viewform?usp=sf_link">let us know </a>so we can gauge numbers. Can you help us spread the word? Three ways you can help: 1. Print off <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BRPC2rJxS7qxZzrVaDhk0I6ntfELR314/view?usp=drive_link">this poster </a>and put it up where people will see it 2. Tell people you&#39;re coming along and invite them to come to 3. Share this information in a local community WhatsApp or email group What ideas will the people of Bradwell come up with? Keep an eye on <a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/en-GB/map/map-q1">the map</a> to see.

Community Conversations Coming to Bradwell In January

In November we held our first in-person Community Conversations in Bamford - it was great to hear what the community had to say and the ideas they came up with. <li>What if.... there was a free bus shuttle running every 10 minutes?</li><li>What if.... there was a shared taxi service so you could book a taxi to take you from A to B, and they would pick up others along the route too?</li><li>What if.... there were pedestrian crossings in Bamford and on Hope Road?</li> Along with the ideas, we thought about the impact that changes would have on different groups. Because whether things stay the same, or change, some groups will benefit and others will not. As a community, we can decide together who we want to prioritise. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1701187332/projects/hopevalleytravellinglight/6b6d99a6-dd95-4ada-913f-c36d40788b04.jpg" /> To help us get creative, we spent time building our understanding of the impacts that different forms of transport have on different groups, the societal and cultural influences that affect our travel choices, the barriers we face to different forms of transport. We also had fun envisaging what Bamford might be like with twice as much traffic (a multi-storey car park behind the Anglers Rest? For sale signs on all the houses?) and with half as much traffic (Bird song and children playing outside? A foot and cycle path running the length of the road, but behind the hedge?) Our<a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/en-GB/map/map-q1"> interactive map</a>is starting to fill up with ideas - you can join in... <li>look at the ideas they came up with</li><li>add a &quot;thumbs up&quot; if you like the idea</li><li>add your own comments to their ideas</li><li> add your own What if.... ideas</li> All you need to do is <a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/">Join the Conversation</a>! Couldn&#39;t make the in-person Community Conversation? Check out the full report <a href="https://hopevalleyclimateaction.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Outputs-from-Bamford.pdf">here</a>- you can see the imagery people came up with - which of the future Bamfords would you want to see? And you can take part <a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/">online </a>whether you are a <a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/phase-2-for-residents/step1">resident</a>or a <a href="https://hopevalleytravellinglight.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/hope-valley-visitors-understanding-the-challenges/step1">visitor </a>to Hope Valley.

How do residents in Bamford think we can improve the travel choices in Hope Valley?

☑️ More people could get where they want to go
✅ Fewer cars travelling through Hope Valley
☑️ Less isolation for those who can’t drive
🟩 Maybe the villages and the valley would be an even nicer place to be?

Many of us are restricted to certain places and certain modes of transport.  Our recent survey showed that 55% of visitors in Hope Valley can’t do certain activities because they can’t get there. There’s plenty of ideas about how to progress - how about a lift sharing scheme? Or shared residential EV charge points? Or a park and ride? Or an affordable, regular and reliable bus service?

We’d like to understand more about the attitudes, barriers and motivations to different transport options so we can co-create solutions that will work. 

If you want a future where you can travel to and through Hope Valley sustainably and easily, all you need to do is join the conversation on our community listening site Commonplace and get involved in the next phase of the project.