Communities.
Working together
Neighbourhood Focus
How climate friendly is our area? Friends of the Earth has published a review.
Wirral has strong communities working together to focus on the environment in their neighbourhood.
- Incredible Edible Hoylake – voluntary community group who take un-used or forgotten space to plant and grow healthy food. Free food for all.
- Planet Heswall (Transition Town) and Cool Heswall – a voluntary group of concerned residents and local Rotary Environment Group, looking to make Heswall more sustainable in the face of climate change. Connecting with Heswall schools, churches, businesses & residents on topics like Food, Waste, Energy, Transport, Trees & Wildlife.
- Sustainability Central – a programme supporting transition to a low carbon, climate-ready place focused around the East and West Float redevelopment and the communities and neighbourhoods in the surrounding areas.
- Sustainable Seacombe – a programme that supports over 10,000 local residents in Seacombe to better afford to keep warm in their homes
- Transition Town West Kirby – community response to the climate challenges ahead
- Zero Carbon Bebington – a Facebook group that will help push for the necessary local changes to ensure that we meet our climate change targets.
- St James Centre, Birkenhead North – working to reduce the carbon footprint of the centre and support the local community to live sustainable lifestyles. Community garden, book swaps, clothes swaps, reduced energy use, recycling sessions and more.
For details of issue focused groups that may be neighbourhood based look on the Big Green List of Wirral Organisations
Get informed:
- Carbon Literacy with Energy Projects Plus (there may be costs) – https://www.epplus.org.uk/
- Distance Learning Course at Warrington & Vale Royal College – Understanding Climate Change and Environmental Awareness, Certificate Level 2 (free) https://wvr.ac.uk/courses-and-apprenticeships/adults-he-professional/distance-learning/
- WEN in person and online workshops (free)
- United Nations Climate Change Online Learning (free) – https://www.uncclearn.org/courses/
For online courses, you can access wifi and study at WEN or the St James Centre*. It’s also a chance to be exposed to the practicalities of sustainable lifestyles.
(*St James Centre can also supply tablets to get online).
Links
Wirral Climate Action Group
Friends of the Earth Climate Action groups are the local solution to a global crisis.
People across the country are joining forces to make their towns and cities more climate friendly and ensure a green and fair recovery from the pandemic. Friends of the Earth supports local climate action groups, providing every group with free webinars, resources and advice.
Wirral Climate Action Group (WCAG) initiates and takes part in regular actions that are important to local residents. As a resident group concerned about climate emergency, it is supported by Wirral Environmental Network, but operates independently.
For more information visit Friends of the Earth Climate Action Groups.
Members of Wirral Climate Action Group have:
- met with Wirral Council to recommend and discuss the Friends of the Earth Recommended Climate Action Plan for Local Authorities
- met with local MPs to ask for a Green and Fair Recovery
- organised Wirral Speaks on Climate Change, an online event, hosted by Roger Philips, with speakers including 3 local MPs, Chair of Wirral Council Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee and 7 other sector speakers.
- organised the follow up event, Wirral Acts on Climate Change, which had a focus on transport.
