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Read our latest newsletter for details of our Staveley ebike scheme, Cockermouth charity week, a call for thermal imaging volunteers and climate champions and more! We send our newsletters every couple of weeks. We'll let you know about our forthcoming events, webinars, and courses; top tips for cutting your carbon footprint, our services and projects. To get this direct to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe to get our newsletter direct to your inbox! Follow us on social media for the most up to date news! [...]

Community groups and town and parish councils across Cumbria are set to benefit from a total of £40,000 of funding to initiate or progress renewable energy projects in their area. Our Low Carbon Communities team have produced a comprehensive report which explains what community renewable energy is, and details different models. It covers key considerations and challenges and gives examples and mini-case studies of a wide variety of existing projects already in existence across the county. CAfS Low Carbon Communities Programme Manager, Molly Hogg, said “Our research and report gave us real insight into the help groups need to [...]

Read our latest newsletter for details of our new community renewable energy support project, the presentation of our platinum Carbon literacy award, climate champions in Copeland, The Big Photo Challenge and more! We send our newsletters every couple of weeks. We'll let you know about our forthcoming events, webinars, and courses; top tips for cutting your carbon footprint, our services and projects. To get this direct to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe to get our newsletter direct to your inbox! Follow us on social media for the most up to date news! [...]

This Thursday saw CAfS in Manchester for The Carbon Literate Organisation awards. As a Carbon Literacy platinum award winner we were there to receive our award from The Carbon Literacy Project and to celebrate our experiences with other award winners, learning from their success and challenges! These inspirational awards featured stories from around the world. From Australia to the UAE, Carbon Literacy accredited courses are being adapted for different cultures and different audiences globally.  Currently there are 62, 184 carbon literate citizens across over 23 nations and with over 4100 different organisations involved. And the different sectors. It was eye-opening [...]

Join our photography competition this June.  We’re looking for engaging and positive photos which best demonstrate how our work has supported your climate projects here in Cumbria.   The competition is open until noon, Wednesday 28th June. Great Big Green Week is the perfect time to get involved.   We are looking for inspiring images to share on our social channels and website that raise awareness of the broad array of climate action that we have supported in Cumbria. We will showcase the best photos on our website. At the end of the competition we will choose our three favourites [...]

Read our latest newsletter for info of all the 50ish Great Big Green Week events happening across the county, including three from CAfS, a report from our event celebrating our three year partnership with Shed One distillery, Climate & Carbon Literacy courses, plus more events and job opportunities. We send our newsletters every couple of weeks. We'll let you know about our forthcoming events, webinars, and courses; top tips for cutting your carbon footprint, our services and projects. To get this direct to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe to get our newsletter direct to your inbox! [...]

Funding success from Energy Redress means that our very successful Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria project can continue to provide support, advice and practical help to hundreds of householders across Cumbria. The Ofgem Energy Redress Scheme gathers funds from Ofgem’s enforcement and compliance scheme.  These are then distributed to organisations across Great Britain that provide energy advice, support decarbonisation activities and develop innovate energy-focused services and products. CAfS success in the second round of Energy Redress funding means that we have received vital funds of over £290,000 specifically to support our Cold to Cosy Homes Cumbria project. Andrew Northcott, our [...]

Last month, Shed One distillery hosted a fundraiser for us to celebrate three years of our charity-business partnership, alongside launching their new 100% recycled glass bottles. We were joined on the night by many local businesses, who all enjoyed the opportunity to sample Shed One’s award-winning gin whilst sharing lots of constructive conversation around green business practice. Since their launch in 2016, Shed One have won many awards for their sustainable business practices, providing a great role model for others looking to reduce the carbon footprint of their business in a manageable way. Distillery owners, Zoe and Andy, gave [...]