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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 from the FWHA

A Swale resident contacted the Fuel and Water Home Adviser to get free support improving her home. She is a single parent with 3 young children, struggling to keep the house warm and large debt with water, gas and electricity.

The adviser, Stevie, then spoke to utility companies on her behalf, arranging payment plans and getting the resident onto a better electricity tariff.

They also applied for the Warm Homes discount which will took £140.00 off her bill in March 2022. She also discovered the resident's water tariff had been incorrect and organised for the overpayment to be refunded.

Stevie also helped the resident get a smart meter to keep an eye on electricity usage, installed LEDs, reset the programmer on her boiler, and altered the thermostat - all to help save energy and money.

They also fitted radiator reflector panels behind the radiators in the children’s bedrooms and behind the radiator in the lounge, reducing heat loss by 45%, reflecting 95% of wasted heat energy back into the room.

“I am so very grateful for all your help, changing my tariffs and sorting out my water bill and setting my programmer has made a big difference to the money I have left over at the end of the week. And we are warm. I love the radiator panels they make such a difference. Thank you, Stevie.”