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Here in Wealden there are lots of active community groups with motivated residents who are taking action to tackle Climate Change in their everyday lives.
If you are part of a community group or regularly take part in local initiatives to help reduce carbon emissions, protect our environment or avoid waste, we would like to hear from you. Please help, by plotting your activities on the map below. We want to build a picture of all the positive climate action community groups and local organisations are doing across Wealden.
On the map you will find a range of pins to choose from to describe your community group or initiatives, please see a picture of the pins below. Once you have chosen the most relevant pin please place on the map for where your organisation is based or in the general area where your initiatives reach the community. You can add a small description and a picture if you would like.
You can also follow the Climate Change team at Wealden on Facebook for climate friendly activities and events in your local area.
Here in Wealden there are lots of active community groups with motivated residents who are taking action to tackle Climate Change in their everyday lives.
If you are part of a community group or regularly take part in local initiatives to help reduce carbon emissions, protect our environment or avoid waste, we would like to hear from you. Please help, by plotting your activities on the map below. We want to build a picture of all the positive climate action community groups and local organisations are doing across Wealden.
On the map you will find a range of pins to choose from to describe your community group or initiatives, please see a picture of the pins below. Once you have chosen the most relevant pin please place on the map for where your organisation is based or in the general area where your initiatives reach the community. You can add a small description and a picture if you would like.
You can also follow the Climate Change team at Wealden on Facebook for climate friendly activities and events in your local area.
There are three rounds of grant-giving each year. A priority area for the general funding is climate action. Applications are open and can be made at any time but will only be reviewed after each deadline. The next deadlines for applications are:
The Grow Wild Youth Grant is open. Are you aged 16–25 and live in the UK? Apply for a £500 Grow Wild grant to bring your nature project to life this summer. - Applications for 2026 open in December 2025.
For more funding opportunities please check the East Sussex County Council Community Funding News web page.
Take Action
The Growing Community Toolkit is a free resource for community groups and volunteers in Sussex. It’s created by community volunteers to provide the accurate and practical information you need to set up and run a community group or community garden. You’ll find everything from getting insurance to growing carrots!
The Toolkit is aimed at groups working outdoors, in public spaces and community gardens and is supported by live events and workshops.
The guidance takes a hall committee through the benefits of obtaining a survey, explains different types of surveys and how to go about engaging a surveyor. The section for surveyors will be useful for hall committees to share when commissioning their surveyor. There is also a comprehensive chapter on energy surveys.
A Community Carbon Calculator, Impact is a free, open-source, online tool providing small communities with easy-to-understand data about where most carbon emissions come from in their local area.
The South East Climate Alliance has a collection of resources and actions that individuals can take to reduce their impact on the climate.
Friends of the Earth local action group has some great resources and is one of the largest environmental campaigning networks in the UK.
Energy Saving Trust has information on changes that you can make to save energy. This includes ‘quick wins’ like understanding your bills to larger projects like boiler replacement or installing solar panels.
Find out more about Wealden's Food Partnership, they're striving to increase food security in our communities.