As a Parish Council we are trying our best to encourage and aid our community to become as environmentally friendly as possible and generally meet the challenge of climate change. As well as helping the community, it will also help members of the community to save some money – which is vital at the moment.
We have lot’s of projects helping to tackle climate change from different angles these include:
- Preparing a Neighbourhood Plan (a type of planning document), which includes policies requiring new housing and other forms of development to be energy efficient and nature friendly.
- Supported the School uniform swap shop – aimed at recycling uniform and passing on to other families.
- Supporting wildlife, especially those species most at risk such as bees and hedgehogs – the Parish Council has ‘Hedgehog Hero’ status for its work in supporting this species.
- Working towards plastic free community status.
- Annual gardening competitions.
- Saving energy through activities as providing winter warm packs and energy saving advice – money saving too, click here.
- Promoting walking and cycling in the parish – see also https://www.ecclesfield-parish-walks.co.uk/.
- Increasing tree coverage in the Parish, including the planting of hundreds of trees.
What we are doing as an organisation
- We are ensuring that all council buildings are as energy-efficient as possible and that energy is not wasted through unnecessary heating and lighting.
- Limiting the use of plastics, especially single-use plastics, in Council buildings, meetings and activities.
- Reducing pesticide use, including as part of the No Mow May campaign.
- Minimising waste going to landfill and promoting recycling including through, for example, the introduction of a monthly waste paper collection at the Council offices.
- Ensuring that we ‘buy green’.
- Providing grants to community groups to help with becoming more environmentally friendly.
- We have passed resolutions declaring climate and nature recovery emergencies, making addressing these a priority for the Council and calling on the Government and others to do likewise”.
