PRESELI Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb visited Fishguard’s Transition Café on Friday, November 13.

He congratulated Transition Bro Gwaun members on the success of their project which has fought off tough competition to feature in a new book which will be showcased at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

The book ‘21 Stories of Transition: how a movement of communities is coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world’ will be showcased at the conference which brings together 120 political leaders to commit to tackling climate change.

Fishguard's Transition group has been running since 2008, and is the only Welsh group to have two of its projects featured in this inspiring book which highlights 39 projects from local communities in 15 countries around the world that have had a positive impact not only on their communities, but on reducing carbon and waste.

During his visit to the café, which was also used to host his advice surgery, Mr Crabb said: “I am delighted that our local transition movement has been recognised in this way and is the only organisation in Wales to be highlighted in this book and showcased at the climate conference.

“They have created a successful operation which is not only serving a community need but is helping to reduce waste and cut carbon. All the staff and volunteers do an excellent job in creating affordable and healthy meals for sale from good food that local businesses and people would otherwise throw away.”

Chris Samra, one of the founder members of Transition Bro Gwaun, said: “Our surplus food project is more than just a way of reducing food waste. It’s an experiment – an attempt to put carbon reduction, sustainability and community resilience at the heart of a social enterprise and to make it a viable business suitable for a low growth, sustainable society.”