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Positive action for environment, community and enterprise

Our mission is to support and encourage a thriving, sustainable community

Become a Grassroots Member We’ll add you to our mailing list for occasional email updates to keep you in the loop.

We’re a local group taking practical steps to reduce fossil fuel use and tackle climate change – supporting our environment, community, and local economy.

We’re part of the Transition Towns Network – a global movement of communities creating low-carbon futures together.

Through our Sustainability Hub, we connect local action groups, organisations, and businesses working toward a greener Wirksworth. Whether you’re starting a project, looking for support, or just curious, the hub is your first port of call.

What We Do

We focus on what we can do – supporting projects that benefit the environment, the community, and the local economy.

We support new ideas – If you’ve got a project idea that aligns with our values, we can help with the practical stuff – insurance, banking, getting the word out and a constitution – to get you underway and to create a path to securing funding if needed. If you’re starting a project and looking for support please contact us

Recently we’ve supported Wirksworth Repair Café, the Safer Roads campaign, Wirksworth Shares and the revival of Fairtrade Wirksworth.

We are very involved in the efforts to find a sustainable future for the Derbyshire Eco Centre as a community and sustainability education resource.

We take part in community events and host occasional environmental film nights at the Northern Light Cinema — got a film you’d love to see? Let us know!

**ECO CENTRE UPDATE – 29/9/25**

Visit our stall on the Farmers Market this Saturday 4th October to find out more about what is happening and how you can get involved. Meanwhile …

Things are moving on quickly in our efforts to revive the Eco Centre into a thriving hub for the community and for sustainability learning!

Our nomination of the Eco Centre as a Community Asset has been validated by Derbyshire Dales District Council, and a decision regarding the nomination will be made on or before the 14th November 2025. Accepting the nomination would mean that the community would have some time to fund-raise to buy the Centre if ever DCC wanted to sell it. Thanks to everyone who signed giving their support for this.

The Eco Centre CIC group met with the Institute of Quarrying (who run the National Stone Centre) and with Derbyshire County Council (who own the Eco Centre) on Sept 22nd to present our Expression of Interest. The meeting went really well. DCC are planning on marketing the Centre as available to lease in mid October so we are now working hard to secure more funding and partnerships, and to get ready for the formal bidding deadline which is in early December.

The CIC is being registered with Companies House this week and we will have a Crowdfunding campaign up and running by the weekend. IQ are offering to pay the lease cost which is a great help. We need funds for running the centre and setting up programmes up and running that meet the needs of the community.

Come and support us. We can all be a part of making the Eco Centre thrive!