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.

Sponsorship

Sponsor the Swale Green Schools' Forum

Would your business like to help influence the next generation in Swale to become greener, cleaner and healthier?

The Swale Green Schools' Forum was established in 2022 to bring together the local schools network to help them reach net-zero, increase biodiversity and

Gaps have already been identified where schools have the enthusiasm for projects but not the resources – some schools are even lacking recycling bins. By gaining sponsorship of this forum, we will be able to provide schools with the items they need to encourage students to make lifestyle changes or make their classrooms more sustainable.

If you are interested in sponsoring a school project, take a look at the pathways in this document, then contact climate@swale.gov.uk.