Read about the ways you can get involved and help fight climate change, from supporting biodiversity to joining a local group.

Get involved in a local group

Find a local community group in your area and help in fight against climate change.

Got an idea? Get funding

Here you can find the most recent grants to help enhance your community

Upcoming Events

Information about upcoming events that support our climate emergency declaration.

Support for schools

Swale Green Schools welcome parents, guardians and governors and provides training and support to help reduce your carbon footprint.

Green Grid

Green Grid helps support local communities through environmental projects aimed at green spaces.

Read about the things we're doing to help fight climate change, including the objectives of our climate and ecological emergency declaration.

Our Declaration

Information about our climate emergency declaration on 26 June, 2019.

Our progress

Information about the progress we're making towards a climate emergency declaration.

Planning

Information about planning policies that help support the aims of our climate emergency declaration.

Air quality

Information about the improvements we're helping to make to air quality across Swale.

Advice on the things you can do yourself to help in the fight against climate change.

Businesses

The climate crisis is escalating, but your business can all make a difference.

Transport

Reduce your emissions from transportation

Ecology and Biodiversity

Encouraging biodiversity in your gardens

Waste and Recycling

Find out what you can do to help reduce your affect on climate change by helping to manage your household waste.

Energy, Fuel and Water

Find out what you can do to limit your home's emissions, and how Swale can support you.

Food

There are lots of everyday ways that you can help to reduce the impact of climate change, including shopping locally.

Ways to get in touch with our Climate and Ecological Emergency Project Officer.

Air quality

We're helping improve air quality across Swale in the fight against climate change.

We're helping to tackle air quality and we've already:

introduced the Swale Borough Council Air Qaulity Action Plan (2023-2028). This can be read here.
helped establish a town-wide 20 mph speed limit in Faversham to improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, improve road safety and encourage walking and cycling
launched an anti-idling campaign to tackle air quality around the Borough
identified key measures to improve air quality through our approved Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP), and commissioned a study into the introduction of a Clean Air Zone along the A2
established the Clean Air for Schools scheme