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Monthly Archives: August 2021

Great Big Green Week

This post is for the Great Big Green Week in 2021. For the list of events happening in 2022, go to this page. Great Big Green Week is a nationwide celebration of action on climate change, taking place across the UK from 18 - 26 September.    The aim is to collectively celebrate all the positive grassroots actions being taken to tackle climate change and protect green spaces, and encourage others to get involved too.  Great Big Green Week also calls on politicians to raise their ambition and champion action on climate change, ahead of November’s crucial COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.  CAfS has [...]

By |2022-08-31T14:04:08+01:00August 30th, 2021|Climate politics, Homepage, News|
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Job: Youth Projects Coordinator

Closing date: 9am on Monday 20 September 2021 We are launching a range of hugely exciting opportunities for young people in Cumbria to get involved in tackling climate change, and we're looking for an experienced and dynamic coordinator to take the lead. Ideally, you'll have experience of working with schools, youth organisations and other partners to coordinate the delivery of youth projects and make them a success. You'll love empowering young people, helping them to develop new skills and achieve real influence over climate action in the county, building effective working relations with schools, partners and contractors. [...]

By |2022-11-23T12:21:46+00:00August 26th, 2021|Vacancies - expired|
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Shed 1 continues with CAfS’ as its charity partner for 2021

The award winning, Ulverston based, Shed 1 Gin approached us to be one of their 2020 charity partners. They are committed to pursuing a low carbon path and were keen to help support our work while doing so. Each year they run fundraising events and donate the proceeds of their Gin Jelly Marmalade to local charities, as well as a donation from every bottle and jar returned to them. However, 2020 wasn’t a year in which we could hold any events, so we were delighted when they kept us on as a partner this year as well. Our first [...]

By |2023-01-26T10:09:55+00:00August 26th, 2021|Food, Homepage, News|
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New scheme boosts fruit and vegetable growing in Cumbria

Cumbrian farmers have dedicated acres of land to growing fruit and vegetables this year, thanks to support from a new initiative, Home Grown Here. The scheme will see a tasty range of fresh produce grown in the county, from peas and potatoes to apples to rhubarb. Fresh from the fields, it will all be enjoyed by Cumbrians and visitors through local retailers, cafés, restaurants, hotels, farm shops and veg box schemes. It’s the brainchild of the Eden-based growers’ co-operative VistaVeg, and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership’s ambitious emission-reduction [...]

By |2021-08-30T10:54:16+01:00August 25th, 2021|Food, Homepage, News, Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership|
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