Harbury Energy Initiative is a village low carbon group with a considerable success rate at implementing low carbon solutions in our village in Warwickshire. Since our founding in 2010 we have help our community buildings by internal wall insulation in the community library, cavity wall and roof insulation in the Read more [...]

Refill New Forest launched in 2018 with the aim of tackling plastic pollution in the New Forest by making it easier to locate free tap water.  This is part of a larger, national campaign which to-date has over 30,000 refill points in the UK. And over 190,000 refill stations globally. Read more [...]

EMERGE 3Rs has both an environmental and social purpose at its core.  Its values are community inclusion and waste prevention with the wider purpose of improving local social, economic and environmental conditions.  It is responsible for the operation of FareShare Greater Manchester, Touch Wood and Give and Gain.  We address Read more [...]

Proposed Community Workshops & Gardens @ Holme Farm CWG@HF is a multi-facility approach to health, wellbeing and community, and will provide a therapeutic environment in which people within North Surrey can socialise, learn and thrive.  A place for individuals to find support and get involved in activities and programmes, to Read more [...]

3 Local groups in the New Forest making beautiful reusable bags from waste fabric x Groups are in Lymington, Ringwood and Hythe. Plus there are a couple of local schools that are starting to join in and make bags too. We have previously had stalls in open air fetes, where Read more [...]

Twice a year we hire a hire and fill the tables with old jeans, shirts, fabric, ribbon, thread, buttons and much more …. We get inspired to make something by upcycling the old jeans and rescued denim into something useful. From cushions and draught excluders, bags, hats, teddies,  christmas stockings Read more [...]

Out of lockdowns, we run a Repair Cafe, 2-3 times a year in the Lymington Community Centre. We have a range of volunteer repairers looking at electrical items, clothing, jewellery, bikes and phones. We run a cafe and once have even run a clothes swap at the same time.

StarGarAllot is a community gardening project that was set up in Spring 2018 to work together to improve an area behind our local community centre.  We soon realised we needed more space to realise the dreams of the volunteers to grow fruit and vegetables to provide local people with healthy Read more [...]

Together for Colwyn bay supports grass-roots community action with a focus on improving wellbeing, and investing in the future. We do this as a collective of residents, working together, sharing our skills and connections, and making decisions on the direction of the project and how project funding is spent. Anyone Read more [...]

At BEAMZ, we have a vision: “To create beautiful, high-performance, bicycles from hardwood in the most sustainable, inclusive and environmentally friendly way.” As you can see the bike looks great, it brings joy to the rider and when people see a BEAMZ bike they “get it”! The next stage of Read more [...]

Our tree society would like to spruce up the local football ground with an additional 1000 hedging trees to not only help with local biodiversity but also as a means of managing flood risks, alongside increasing the aesthetics of the area. We have the trees already sourced, but we would Read more [...]

Axewoods is a not-for-profit volunteer organisation that aims are to provide free woodland management to local charities, woodland owners, farmers and other organisations.  We address local fuel poverty by supplying, free of charge, wood fuel to those in need. The Log Bank is an initiative to make dry, seasoned logs Read more [...]

A street by street collection scheme to provide disadvantaged families with food and household goods

UK national network of small ethical food businesses set up to support alternatives to the damaging mainstream food system, to amplify the voice of the sector and to collate evidence and data to prove the case for a better food system.

We provide practical support, advice, training and networking to community action groups in Devon who are doing all sorts of great things around waste reduction and sustainability in their communities.   Groups run community larders, surplus food cafes, tree planting, beach cleans and litter picks, repair cafes and much more.

We’re bringing the magic of timebanking to the Eastbourne and South Wealden area, rewarding every hour local people give to helping others with a time credit that can be spent either on whatever hour of help other local people are offering, or donated to others who have little or no Read more [...]

Community project encouraging the recycling & exchange of clothes & accessories in order to reduce consumption and raise awareness of consumer habits.

The Small Change, Big Difference campaign is part of a wider project called TRiFOCAL London – transforming city food habits for LIFE[1]. Small Change, Big Difference is all about how small changes can have a big impact on Londoners’ health and bank balance, while making our city a more sustainable Read more [...]

Linking mainly rural low carbon community groups to share ideas, stimulate new activity, support and inspire each other. This informal network was initiated at an event in April 2019 by Harbury Energy Initiative supported by the RSA. Since then other groups have joined in with an excellent event at Napton Read more [...]

H4H – Overview Background to the project. I flew as helicopter pilot all over the world for almost 40 years and I ‘know’ that the helicopter is the most versatile rescue machine EVER. The first controlled helicopter first flew in 1941 and when we first started raising funds for an Read more [...]

Craft at the Cowshed has been set up  to support The Cowshed Charity by upcycling unwanted clothing and textiles unsuitable for redistribution to those in need. Craft a the Cowshed meets currently on a weekly basis but we are hoping to expand to multiple locations. We are currently fundraising for Read more [...]

Litter enters the environment with terrible consequences, but what about if we can stop it entering? Working with local communities and businesses to identify the litter, pathway and sources we will be trying to intercept it before it becomes a problem, reduce waste and be more efficient with the resources Read more [...]

Microplastic sampling with Citizen Scientists from local communities along the Thames and Medway Estuaries

Microplastic sampling with Citizen Scientists from local communities along the Thames and Medway Estuaries.

Sustainable Futures Champion (Volunteer Role) Are you looking for hands-on practical experience of working at a grassroots community level to create a sustainable future? If the answer is ‘yes’ then our opportunity could be just what you’re looking for… Do you want to learn: Positive ways to tackle the environmental Read more [...]

Plastic-Free Hackney (PFH) is a campaign group looking to tackle society’s throwaway, excessive and unnecessary plastic.  Plastic pollution is an issue that connects the environment with all parts of society and is something that we need to take action on at every level to stop the flood of plastic pollution Read more [...]

Saturday, April 27, 2019 1:00 PM  3:00 PM Coalie Park EdinburghScotland (map) Let’s give Leith a spring clean to celebrate #EarthDay2019. Last year almost 400 people took part in 11 litterpicks around Leith and collected more than half a tonne of litter from our streets. Can we break this record in 2019? Meet: Read more [...]

Worried about Brexit? Not sure what happens after the 29th of March? Heard of the 4 meals before anarchy maxim? You’re not alone, what with news of people stock piling food and the newspapers and media bracing for hard Brexit and the prospect of supermarkets running dry, riots in the Read more [...]

This project is aimed at raising the health and ecological benefits of apples, we have already had two projects days which included foraging and picking wild applies and holding and Apple day to recruit people in the Breightmet area of Bolton who will receive a free Apple tree in the Read more [...]

The Share Shed is the world’s first mobile library of things. Based in Devon (UK), it offers over 350 items to be borrowed at a minimal fee, including tools, house appliances, camping and gardening equipment, bicycles, sewing machines, and much more! The project enables local people to borrow items at Read more [...]

An experiment in micro funding, where people come together, pitch ideas, eat soup and vote on the project they think will most benefit the Truro community.

Surplus with Purpose collects surplus fruit and veg from allotments, gardens and hedgerows and distributes it to people and places that could use a little help. We build partnerships with community fridge organisers, care homes and homeless shelters.

Our forest garden was started in 2016 after a patch of abandoned allotments, fast turning into a woodland choked by rampant undergrowth, was discovered in the Pevensey area. With the help of grants from Wealden District Council and Pevensey Parish Council, and a small but dedicated band of volunteers, we Read more [...]

This project develops local educational media content around Glasgow which helps people reduce their plastic consumption and waste.

Heeley City Farm is a community farm in Heeley, Sheffield.  Founded over 30 years ago, it began with £20 in the bank, donated saplings and flower seeds, a hut and a goat and masses of help from enthusiastic local people.  It now employs over 50 people, many who live near Read more [...]

Water for London (WfL) is a grassroots-movement, helping catalyse a network of accessible water refill fountains across London. We believe people who live, work and play in our city should have easy access to free, healthy hydration. Water for London believes that water refill and fountains present an amazing opportunity Read more [...]

Through Harmony Woods, our new and evolving community woodland, and associated growing gardens we teach care for and understanding of the natural environment and how our actions impact on it for better and for worse, locally and globally. We provide opportunities for volunteering, learning, training, enjoyment and enhanced well-being. It Read more [...]

Opened in April 2018, the garden is hidden between Hindrey Road and Tolsford road and is run by a volunteer group of local residents. Communal gardening in raised beds and wicking beds. The communal garden boasts raised beds and is a place to meet neighbours and have a chat. There Read more [...]

Your Pint Can is back for it’s second year, with Carling and Wetherspoon teaming up again to support local community projects across the UK.  All you need to do is buy a pint of Carling from your local Wetherspoon pub, then nominate a local project before the 31st August and Read more [...]

Off Grid is an ethical, eco-political community festival run by volunteers for social change, and exists to bring people together who want to build community, share information about agriculture and land rights, off grid technology and energy production, environmental issues, governmental structures, and the financial system, and it gives participants Read more [...]

Have you ever made Bunting on the Beach?  We are and we want you to join in! On the 24th June we shall be holding a workshop on the beach making a mile of bunting that will be use to line the route the Carnival will take. There will also Read more [...]

Volunteers Yeah – Training online and offline that builds our skills for involving people in the projects and causes we believe in. Facebook | Twitter | Live Online FAQs Involving volunteers? One hour sessions to improve the way we involve volunteers and make our lives easier… What’s your burning question Read more [...]

The UK Youth Climate Coalition are recruiting! Are you looking for an exciting volunteering opportunity? Are you aged between 18 and 29? Do you want to meet great people, develop new skills and be part of the global movement to stop climate change? Who are we? UKYCC is a youth Read more [...]

This project will make the existing school garden area an accessible, fun learning environment. We would like our children to learn the process of growing food, recycling, sustainable living and how to look after both plants and equipment. Our catchment is urban and many children do not have access to Read more [...]

Our aim is to grow fresh and healthy vegetables in our community garden to complement our healthy living project, we will be growing these vegetables, cook in our community kitchen and eat in our community centre, we will also be using this to teach gardening and other skills to our users enabling them Read more [...]

CPRE believes a beautiful, thriving countryside is important for everyone, no matter where they live. Millions of town and city dwellers recharge their batteries with a walk or a bike ride in the local Green Belt, spend weekends and holidays in the countryside, or enjoy fresh local produce. People who Read more [...]

Looking at improving, using and learning from our herb garden. Making scalable items from the herbs produced to fund further community work on the estate.  We will train 5 local residents in Food Hygiene Level 2 so they can utilise the herbs being grown to make interesting and unusual products Read more [...]

We run a former church as a community centre for local residents and last year took on the land around it from the council. We are developing a community garden for events, education, crafts, vegetables, composting, wildlife, volunteering, health and wellbeing. Over the next few months thanks to funding from Read more [...]

We are a community gardening group of volunteers based in the West End of Glasgow. Our aim is to improve and maintain green spaces in our community. Through planting and upkeep we are encouraging the community to enjoy the park areas in the middle of the city and to encourage Read more [...]

Plot 22 is a Community Allotment and one of the projects provided is Community Sundays. We want to increase the diversity of local people who come to Plot 22.   We are offering: a) Two facilitated taster sessions for up to 10 people (and their children), where participants: • plant, care for, harvest Read more [...]