If you have good practice to share in developing climate action projects, please use the template below to record the key steps and email your experience to us at info@thecommunityworks.co.uk, so we can share it more widely through this webpage – Many thanks!

Blank template for climate action good practice

CASE STUDIES

As well as individual good practice reports, some links are provided below to case studies and examples published on other websites, including:

Case studies from District and County-level authorities are published on the Local Government Association (LGA) website, together with useful pages, guidance and reports from other websites.

The Planning Advisory Service is part of the LGA and publishes case studies around Local Plans as well as working on planning and the environment.

Friends of the Earth and climate action charity Ashden published 40 council case studies in March 2022.

Another good source is the Carbon Copy website with links to a host of local climate action initiatives.

See also the local climate action plans shared on mySociety’s CAPE website.

FUNDING

Funding for climate action projects has varied over time. Work continues to produce a comprehensive summary, but a draft document from October 2022 with several useful weblinks is available here.

The Local Government Association has published a guide to Financing Green Ambitions which looks at a range of funding options including loans and crowdfunding.

BIODIVERSITY

Guidance – Local Nature Action Plan

LGA case study – community environmental toolkit

Webpage – Bee Squares

LGA case study – local nature recovery strategy

CARBON OFF-SETTING AND REDUCTION

Report – Town Carbon Audit

LGA case study – zero carbon strategy

CLIMATE CHANGE FORUMS

LGA case study – developing a community forum

Website – Kendal Climate Change Citizens Jury

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Give and Take Event

Carbon Copy – community fridges

LGA case study – training community leaders

Involve case study – Local Climate Engagement Training

DESIGNING GREENER HOUSING

LGA case study – housing retrofit

ELECTRIC CHARGING POINTS

Webpage – Electric Vehicle Charging Point Installation

Carbon Copy – electric vehicle charging

LGA case study – electric vehicle charge points

ENERGY AND HEATING

Solar Lighting Scheme

Guidance – Energy Efficiency in Community Buildings

Proforma – Energy Survey for Community Buildings

Guidance – How to Save Energy in your Community Building

LGA case study – investing in renewable energy

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

Creating New Allotments

Wildflower and Tree Planting with Local Schools

Cleaner Tools

Blue Hearts, Wild Spaces

Report – Creation of a Community Orchard and Meadow

FLOOD ASSISTANCE

LGA case study – river park

GREEN TRAVEL

Road Closure to support Active Travel

Carbon Copy – bike upcycling

PLASTIC REDUCTION

LGA case study – plastics campaign

TREES AND TREE MANAGEMENT

Coppice Woodland

Creating a Community Woodland

Trees and Woodland Strategy Toolkit

LGA case study – tree strategy

This page was last updated on 25th September 2023.