Ilmington 20:20 Vison

20:20 Vision

What’s it all about?
The purpose of Ilmington 20:20 Vision is to think collectively and creatively about
ways in which we can build a resilient community in our village and also sustain it
through the next decade of diminishing resources.
It aims to inspire a range of projects which tackle the challenge of climate change
and investigation of the environment, heritage and history of our parish.
20:20 hopes to promote social interaction between all age groups living in our
community, including children and vulnerable adults.

Feeding birds in the garden is not as simple as you might think. Click on the image to get in depth information about feeding birds throughout the winter.

For further information please contact one of the following:-
Liz Garton - 01608 682542
Wendy Nelson - 01608 682049 Sheila Ribbans - 01608 682669 Sue Matthews - 01608 682674

What did 20:20 Vision do in 2010?

The 20:20 Vision group organised:
An Open Forum event in the village hall with presentations from visitors from neighbouring villages and towns re their ‘Transition’ activities
Screening of The Age of Stupid film followed by a ploughman’s supper
3 Coffee mornings in support of the Village Hall Fund raising £549.00
A ‘Go Green’ coffee morning with an exhibition of local trades involved in carbon reducing technologies.

This event was part of a consultation with Ilmington residents re proposed improvements to the village hall
A Harvest Supper of locally sourced foods and entertainment raising £250.00 for the Village Hall Fund

Visits to:
Snitterfield to learn about their energy projects - including rain water harvesting, photo voltaic panels, solar panels and wind turbine
Hidcote Gardens to learn about rain water harvesting, composting, planting up, vegetable growing, making fertiliser and to eat a BBQ
Warwick Museum of Biological County Records to research records of previous wildlife audits in and around Ilmington
Ratley Village Hall which received lottery funding to improve their facilities
Shipston Transition Energy Exhibition at the High School

Supported:
The village pantomime Cinderella, by contributing to the cost of a sausage and chip supper (cooked and delivered by Kath at the Red Lion) for the cast after show party
Acted as umbrella organisation for the Ilmington 1950s history project scheduled for June 2012 to mark HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The commissioning of an Energy Report for the village hall improvement project

We are grateful to Ilmington Parish Council who kindly allocated £400
to help support our start up activities

The 20:20 Vision Logo
Children from Ilmington Primary School St Marys Church took part in a competition to design a log for Ilmington 20:20 vision. The winning design was drawn by Jack Viljoen who was awarded a gift voucher. Well done to all those who took part!

Some of our Plans for the rest of 2011

Morning Coffee
Is served on the first Saturday of the month in the village hall from 1030-1230pm.
A way to meet your friends and neighbours – or meet new ones- all ages welcome.
All monies raised go towards making our Village Hall a greener, warmer and more
sustainable place:

The Fifties Project
Ilmington has been awarded a grant from the National Heritage Lottery Fund for a major oral history and drama project .
This exciting venture is being run under the auspices of 20:20 Vision and is a chance for the whole village to participate in the celebrations of HM the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

The aim is to discover what life was like in the 1950’s for those living in the village, to record their stories and build on them to create a play which will be performed as part of the nationwide celebrations of Her Majesty’s succession to the throne in June next year.
Research for the oral histories begins this month, with filming scheduled throughout the summer. In addition to providing
material for the play, memories of the 1950’s will be compiled into a film/DVD, form part of a special website and be archived by the county library.
Project Director Colin Edwards said that amongst other things the grant would enable the Village Hall to benefit from new staging and extra lighting ‘I hope the celebrations in June will incorporate a vintage ‘hop’, an exhibition of memorabilia of the decade and lots of fun for everyone,’ he said.

Whether you lived in Ilmington or elsewhere during that time and have memories, pictures or items of interest from the 1950’s then please contact Colin Edwards or Wendy Nelson on 01608 682049 colinlewisedwards@hotmail.co.uk