Community climate action
Community business at the heart of meaningful & inclusive climate action.
We are putting the climate and nature crisis at the forefront and heart of every single decision that Power to Change makes.
We believe this will help to deliver on our vision and mission of strengthening community businesses so that they can play a leading role in a fair and rapid transition and in creating resilient places. We also believe it is the right thing to do as a charitable funder in the midst of this crisis and a decisive decade of action.
We will use our platform to advocate for wider, systemic change and the role of community business in this.
The everyday climate heroes
Meet two community business leaders who are the faces of a new campaign highlighting local action on climate.
Sandra Salazar D’eca
Sandra Salazar D’eca is the founder of GoGrowWithLove & head grower at Black Rootz, the UK’s first multigenerational black-led growing project.
Ibe Hayter
Community hero Ibe Hayter founded Cycle of Life to encourage people in his local area to take up cycling.
Community Climate Action
In our latest blogs
Learning about what works (and what doesn’t) for community energy businesses
You can learn from things going wrong as well as things going right....
Climate action support for community businesses
Supporting community businesses to make a real difference in the shift to a fairer, greener...
Real Ideas: From green shoots to mighty oaks
Real Ideas are a pioneering social enterprise supporting people to build better futures. In this blog, Ed Whitelaw reflects on the role of community business in parks and the importance of community climate...
How will COP26 encourage community climate action?
How will COP26 encourage community climate action? Will Walker, our climate action manager, blogs from...
Carbon Co-op: The people powered revolution
Carbon Co-op are a community energy organisation based in Greater Manchester. In this blog, Jonathon Atkinson discusses the importance of community climate action and reflects on what it all means at...
Sandra Salazar D'eca: Everyday Climate Hero
Sandra Salazar D'eca, founder of Go Grow With Love & head grower at Black Rootz, has been named as an Everyday Climate Hero in a new campaign shot by renowned photographer, Rankin....
Ibe Hayter: Everyday Climate Hero
Ibe Hayter, founder of Cycle of Life, has been named as an Everyday Climate Hero in a new campaign shot by renowned photographer,...
Empowering change through climate action | COP26
We are putting the climate crisis at the forefront of every single decision that Power to Change makes....
“We believe that climate injustice goes hand in hand with social injustice, and that caring for the planet provides a huge opportunity to care for ourselves and our communities.”
Community climate action
How you can get involved
LEARN WITH US
We’ve partnered with AimHi to run a Climate and Sustainability Leadership training course for the community business sector.
TELL US
We want to know how your community is tackling the climate crisis. How are you engaging local people with the issue? And could your action plan be replicated and implemented elsewhere? Let us know.
REACH OUT
Get in touch to help shape a new, multimillion-pound climate action funding and support programme for the community business sector, which will launch in 2022. Contact us today.
Driving positive change
The latest case studies from community businesses all over the country taking action on climate.
Pollenize
Pollenize uses the power of community and science to fight against pollinator decline.
Banister House Solar
Residents of Banister House turned disillusion into the UK’s largest community-owned solar energy project on social housing.