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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

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.

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.

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.

Businesses

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

Transport

Tips on how to minimise your impact on the environment whilst travelling

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.

Support tree planting

How to get trees:

The Woodland Trust has lots of opportunities for landowners and farmers, including trees, funding and advice.

Packs of tree's and shrubs of varying sizes and purposes, including fruit and nut packs, hedge packs, bee friendly packs, and wild wood packs. The full list can be found here.
If you are looking to plant 500+ trees on at least half a hectare, the Woodland Trust will visit, help design your woodland, create bespoke species mixes and cover up to 75% of the cost through their MOREwoods scheme.
Alternatively, landowners seeking to establish new hedgerows

Free Trees:

The Woodland Trust is also offering free tree packs for schools and communities. For the planting season 2024-2025, applications should be made by August so delivery can be made in November. A variety of different packs can be ordered, including copse packs, hedge packs, urban trees and packs for year round color.
The Branching Out Grant is supporting applications ranging in value from £250 to £2,500 for the planting of native trees across the UK. The grants are available to schools, parishes and town councils, small registered charities, tree warden networks and tenants and residents associations.
The Conservation Volunteers (TVC) have available free tree packs for communities, which include woodland packs, pollinator packs and school fruit tree packs. Further information and the register of interest can be found here.

If you are a landowner who is interested in tree planting on your land, get in contact with Swale Borough Council