The Malmesbury Climate Action Network have embarked on an exciting new project in collaboration with local magazine Malmesbury Jackdaw, crowdsourcing a collective vision for the town.

Together, they will be building a picture of what the town could look like through the lens of an edition of the Jackdaw from the year 2040, if the community rose to the challenge of tackling issues such as the climate and ecological crisis and social inequality.

They're looking for contributions from anyone in the community to help bring the story to life, through short and long articles, poems, pictures, artwork, photographs, letters and any other medium you like.

All contributions in any form and from people or groups of any age are welcome.

The project only requires that contributors create from the perspective of being in the year 2040 with a positive and uplifting outlook.

"You might write as the leader of the community fridge project highlighting recent success, or as the co-creator of a thriving new science festival announcing the line-up of local contributors. You might be a local photographer showcasing the annual tree planting event or the artist-in-residence at the Abbey House Gardens, giving us a behind the scenes access into your latest collection" said a representative from the Climate Action Network.

"We want our edition to get people inspired and act as a call to action that inspires local change for the better".

"What will Malmesbury look like? What does it feel like to be a part of the Malmesbury community? What can we see? What does our environment look like? What has remains and what has gone? What will occupy the spaces in our High Street? What do we take part in, in the evenings and at weekends? What do we celebrate together and how? What will we have achieved together? What news and issues would we be talking about? These are the questions we want people to ask as they're creating".

The 2040 edition of the Jackdaw will be distributed in the Spring/Summer of 2021.

Please email your questions and contributions to malmesburycan@outlook.com by April 19, 2021, to be considered for inclusion in the issue.