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 Community Nature Fund Closing Date: 30th January 2025 Our Community Nature Fund supports community projects that are focused on creating, increasing or improving spaces for nature. Projects could include wildflower meadows, hedgerows, trees, ponds, community orchards or other nature projects. |  Tackling climate change in NE Derbyshire As part of our ongoing commitment to tackling climate change, we recently hosted two Climate Fresk workshops for councillors and officers. The Climate Fresk is an interactive workshop which is based on scientific evidence gathered from all over the world. | Community Climate Change Action Event Fast Followers Community Group Event - Friday 7th February - Climate Officers Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire County Councils, and Derby and Nottingham City Councils, are hosting an Innovate UK funded event on Friday 7th February 2025 in Derby (10am – 3pm) focused on community climate change action. |
 Climate Action North East Derbyshire Wednesday, 16 October 2024 This day-long, FREE event offers help to both community organisations and individuals to save energy, cut costs and help the planet. Community organisations can join local small businesses at a breakfast workshop from 8.30 to 10am. |  Climate Change Strategy Survey Chesterfield Borough Council is developing its new Climate Change Strategy to provide the Council with a pathway to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 |
Transition Chesterfield October News This month you can book your pre-orders for Potato Day, and we also have apple pressing, ecohome events, Ecohub events, a neighbourhood nature forum, a seed saving skillshare, a cake competition for International Repair Day and our usual LitterSorters, Repair Cafe and Inspire Community Garden. |
 Transition Chesterfield August News August is upon us and this means that the fruit picking starts in earnest. First the damsons and plums, then a few apples and pears, before there is an abundance in a few weeks time. Fruit picking for an hour or two is a productive form of exercise and way of sharing in nature's bounty
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Chesterfield Borough Council - Climate Change Forum
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Restore Nature Now March London 22 June |
Practical sustainability for small organisations Climate Action North East Derbyshire and Planet First Energy are organising a free breakfast workshop for small businesses and community organisations in Dronfield on 9 May |  Find out more about the work of Local nature recovery here |  Community Climate Action Newsletter |
 Summary of Key Points from Cop 28 | United for Warmer Homes The campaign has three calls on the Government:
|  Go green in 2024 and get involved with some of the sustainable community projects based here in Chesterfield organised by Transition Chesterfield and based mainly at The Hub, Lower Pavement, Chesterfield |
Solidarity with French Activist Repression & Against State Violence  |  Green entrepreneurs fund A £2 million grant fund to help businesses, organisations communities and individuals interested in developing skills in the green economy and investing in green energy and carbon reduction schemes. | Pension Fund’s dirty secrets revealed Residents of Derbyshire or Derby please note the press release about the Derbyshire Pension Fund |
 Council Climate Consultation |  Saturday 25th February 2023 – 9:30am – 4pm You're invited. Marches Energy Agency (MEA) and the Local Authority Energy Partnership (LAEP) are joining forces to host a Community Climate and Energy Day on Saturday 25th February - and you’re invited. |  Transition Chesterfield’s quarterly meeting 13th February 7pm - 8pm, Parish Rooms. St Mary's Gate Everyone is welcome to attend Transition Chesterfield’s quarterly meeting. |
 COP 27 Summary |  |  Climate Change Strategy Survey Chesterfield Borough Council is developing its new Climate Change Strategy to provide the Council with a pathway to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 |
 Festival of Christmas Trees At Crooked Spire Until Nov 27th Pay a visit to our plastic-free Christmas tree at the wonderful Crooked Spire Festival of Christmas Trees, open daily until 27 November. |  Transition will be at the Repair Cafe, Sat 19th Nov 10am - 1pm Learn how to make simple door draught excluder using surplus materials that might go to waste in landfill. This simple way to banish cold draughts, save money bills which all helps towards combating climate change. | 
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 COP27 is fast approaching |  Time to Join the Global Day of Action Nov 12th will see mass mobilisations across the country and put thousands of people on the streets to demand climate justice in solidarity with the Global Day of Action called by Egyptian groups at COP27. Join a regional Day of Global Action in Sheffield, meeting at 12 noon at Barkers Pool. |  Transition Chesterfield meeting 14 November @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Saints Parish Centre, St Marys Gate (next to Crooked Spire), Chesterfield S41 7TD |
