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Climate in the Community

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

Tell us your idea and you could receive up to £1,000 to help get it started.

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.

What We're Doing

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.

Services

Information about the changes we're making to the services we provide to help fight climate change.

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.

What You Can Do

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

Residents

Advice about what you can do yourself to help support our climate emergency declaration.

Businesses

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

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

Services

We're making improvements to the services we provide to help in the fight against climate change.

We:

have installed EV charge points in public car parks in all 3 of the borough’s towns
have installed 8 charge points at the Swale House car park to support the new fully electric council fleet
are working with KCC to stop the export abroad of recyclables and are influencing KCC to maintain or improve the low levels of waste that go to landfill.
launched of the Fuel and Water Home Advice Service, supporting hundreds of households
are providing free sustainable period products via Swale Sisters
have completed climate change training with 80% of staff
have retendered the grounds maintenance contract to include electric vehicles, electric handheld tools and a commitment to the steady reduction and then complete elimination of the use of pesticides over the 5 year contract
established an anti-idling campaign around schools, with officers speaking to parents and able to issue FPNs
joined the Hedgehog Preservation Society roll of honour
established the Swale Green Schools Forum to support schools on their decarbonisation and biodiversity journey

The Solar Together programme saw over 450 referrals for solar PV installations.

A re-balancing exercise for the garden waste round last autumn within the Mid Kent Partnership has resulted in an approximate 60 tonnes of carbon saving across all 3 authorities. Garden waste subscriptions are increasing.