Climate Action Leeds is a partnership of 20+ organisations in Leeds from the community and voluntary sector, local council and university, working together to bring about a zero carbon, socially just, nature friendly city by the 2030s. Our role within this coalition is to work with communities across the city to support community-led responses to climate change. We have supported a network of eight neighbourhoods to develop climate action hubs and associated action plans, through in depth community engagement.
The impact of the hubs has seen over 500 volunteers come together, to bring about initiatives such as; an energy saving campaign, plant swaps, a community fridge, planter making, retrofit skillshares, car park pocket parks, craftivist awareness campaigns, a south Leeds green film festival, a library of things, local carbon roadmaps, a repair cafe, a bike fix project, developing Leeds Community Energy project, a community buy-out of a methodist chapel in Otley, a Community Supported Agriculture scheme, a forest garden and much more. The programme has distributed £45,000 of microgrants through a participatory grantmaking process, and reached over 14,000 beneficiaries across the city.
The Climate Action Leeds Team includes Sue Hoey, Joy Justice, Alice Wallace, Debbie Purdon, Beth Bingley & Jenifer Walper Roberts. You can find out more about the partnership on the Climate Action Leeds website here.
