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Zero carbon, nature friendly, socially just Leeds by the 2030s
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: FUNDRAISER/APPLICATION WRITER
About Horsforth Climate Action: Welcome to Horsforth Climate Action! We are a group of local volunteers from the Horsforth community with...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
Can you help find a new home for Imagine Leeds?
Earlier this year our City Movement Building team were on the verge of securing a new venue for 'Imagine Leeds', the climate action hub...
Oct 14, 20241 min read
Alwoodley residents start dialogue with Councillor Dye
By Simon Dixon, Admin and Logistics Lead for the City Movement Building team of Climate Action Leeds A packed room of residents from...
Oct 11, 20241 min read
Reinventing Urban Spaces through Co-Production: A Pathway to Inclusive and Nature-Friendly City Development
By Pete Tatham at Hyde Park Source -"Nature" Transition Partner for Climate Action Leeds. CAL continues to work with the University of...
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Partner Case Study: Compost Collective (FoodWise Leeds)
Compost Collective Leeds was established to address the lack of community composting options in Leeds and empower communities to take...
Sep 25, 20241 min read
New Funding Round for Community Energy Resilience Projects in Northern Powergrid Areas (Yorkshire)
Northern Powergrid Foundation provides grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 for projects that address community energy resilience...
Sep 24, 20241 min read
Statement from the Racial Justice Network
The Racial Justice Network have today released the below public statement following their departure from Climate Action Leeds. The full...
Sep 16, 20244 min read
Managing conflict in groups
If you’ve been involved in activism, social justice, political or community organising spaces for any length of time, you have probably...
Sep 12, 20245 min read
Our Future Beeston's Reuse Olympics!
By Abi Paterson, Hub Worker at Our Future Beeston Thursday 29th of August saw Cross Flatts Park become the home of a new upcycling event!...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Talking transport for a better Leeds - community action event
By Jane Turner, co-transition partner for Transport at Climate Action Leeds Community Action for Sustainable Transport : Celebrate -...
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Horsforth Climate Action - Mapping a greener future
Post from Andy Millard, Nature Group volunteer at Horsforth Climate Action. We are mapping those public green space sites where action is...
Sep 6, 20241 min read
Join us in Wakefield to discuss and bring Community Wealth Building forward
Join for a day of inspirational ideas and practical solutions to build Wakefield’s wellbeing economy. Although focused on Wakefield, the...
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Trust and movement building
What does it mean, to trust? If you trust another person, group, or organisation, it means you can be confident that a person - or group...
Aug 16, 20244 min read
Want to run a climate-action project? See here for ideas (part ii)
A key part of Climate Action Leeds is understanding what sort of impact the partnership's work is having and how it could help future...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Want to run a climate action project? See here for ideas (part i)
A key part of Climate Action Leeds is understanding what sort of impact the partnership's work is having and how it could help future...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Contributors wanted for CAL funded Radio show
Rangoli Radio are inviting participation from neighbourhood groups across Leeds If you'd like to share your initiative with a new...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
"Things that Go" (really, really well)
Report by Horsforth Climate Action Hub Chair Penny Lewis; photos by HCA Hub Worker Jenny Morgan HCA was delighted to take part in the...
Jul 29, 20242 min read
The Swifts' Homecoming Parade 2024
Some great footage available on YouTube shows the Swifts Homecoming Parade from earlier this summer. The Swift Project is a volunteer-led...
Jul 23, 20241 min read
Effective and empowering meetings
Being involved in activist groups can mean spending a lot of time in meetings. Meetings are important - they're a space to make plans,...
Jul 4, 202411 min read
Planting ideas: Horsforth Climate Action's Open Gardens
Members of the Horsforth Climate Action Nature Group recently opened up their gardens to visitors as part of a nature-friendly gardens...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
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