Impact

Our Strengths

The activities and impacts of Transition vary widely from community to community. This is one of our greatest strengths.

The Transition Framework has empowered people in over 67 countries to do what is best for their communities whilst also learning from one another.

Communities reported that the Transition model is particularly good at:

Taking practical action on local food systems.
Raising awareness of intersecting crises (ecological, social, economic).
Enhancing social cohesion and community spirit.
Sharing ecological principles and practices.
Building networks and coalitions.

Download our Theory of Change and Impact Statement to read more about the problems and global challenges we are addressing and what communities are doing to reimagine and rebuild a preferred vision of the future.

What difference does it make?

A big one. For COP 21 we harvested 21 Stories of Transition and found that just those 21:

inspired 18,527 hours of volunteer input,
created 43 new social enterprises,
raised over £13,155,104.88 for investment in renewable energy,
saved 21 tonnes of food from landfill per year,
saved 1,352,277 miles of car travel,
worked with 350 school children leading to improvements in schoolwork and health.

And this is only 21 stories. There are around 1,000 groups on our global map and many run ore than one project.

Case study: UK impact of Transition Together project

Below is a snapshot of Transition in the UK today. Read the full report online here or access it as a PDF here. You can also view a visually-simple version here here and also access the Impact Report in Welsh here.

Catalysts of change

Transition Network works in service to this international movement. From our place within the movement, we encourage Transition to spread and evolve. We facilitate the sharing of inspiration and learning, identify common needs and exciting possibilities, and curate and develop tools, training and resources. We cultivate peer-to-peer support and build capacity across the movement. Download our Pitch Deck and Theory of change here.

“It’s amazing. I’ve been living in Portalegre forever, 37 years, and I have felt my community and my city crumble, people turning their backs on each other. The community garden we created tells me it is possible to do things with other people. It is possible, we just need to wake up to each other again.”

Participant, Portalegre em Transição, Portugal

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Deep Dive: Movement impact

In 2021 a large evaluation project was undertaken to understand the difference that the movement has made since its inception in 2005. This presentation summarises the evaluation project and shares key lessons and perspectives from across the international movement.

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Donate to support our work

A regular donation allows us to plan with more confidence and contributes to our long-term objectives to support the Transition Movement across the world. If you would like a conversation about making a larger donation or for a specific purpose please contact Tanya

Ways to donate

- Make a regular or one-off donation in any currency via Open Collective.
- Consider making a Legacy Gift.
- Make a donation directly to our Voices of Transition project via our campaign page.
- Make a regular or one-off donation in £GBP using the form below. We can claim Gift Aid here if you are a UK taxpayer.