News, Funding, Events for Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network
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Environmental Network
Thanks for your interest in the Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network.
Sharing latest news, funding opportunities, events etc.
Any questions/thoughts/contributions, do get in touch...
Ellen Cheshire, VCS Support Lead
ellen@inclusionbarnet.org.uk
3 March 2022
Our Next Meeting
Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network
Thursday 17 March, 10.30 - 12noon
If you've already been to a Barnet VCFSE Environmental Network meeting then you'll automatically receive an invite and zoom link for our 13th on 17 March.
If you've not joined us yet, then do email Ellen. These are informal and informative networking sessions for those working in the Barnet Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, where we can come together to discuss environmental issues in the Borough, and work out how we as a sector can make a difference.
This networking group will raise awareness of environmental projects that are happening in the Borough, help to establish partnerships and joint initiatives and seek funding opportunities.
If you have any topics you would like to raise/discuss at future meetings, do let Ellen know.
Online Event
Climate Change Savvy: Resilience for Person, Plate and Planet
It’s no longer gardening as usual and this session will demonstrate how by working more closely with the natural world one can build greater resilience for person, plate and planet overall. Or how to be Climate Change Savvy.
With a nod to the pre Victorian peasant gardens of yore, Kim Stoddart will explain how to grow fruit and vegetables productively in the face of increasing extremes of weather.
Thursday 31 March, 6pm
Book now for this online event from Action for Local Food
Take part
Food Waste Action Week
Food Waste Action Week (FWAW) is taking place from 7 to 14 March.
Led by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), the campaign will aim to incentivise individuals to reduce food waste in their homes by making the connection that food waste feeds climate change.
If you would like to support FWAW on social media and encourage people in your area to take part in the activities throughout the week, you can find all the tips and resources in the partner pack including materials for Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or get in touch with WRAP for more information.
More via the Partner Pack
More Resources
Barnet's Sustainability Strategy
Anyone interested in taking part in one of the Sustainability Strategy Workshops being undertaken by the council in partnership with the Applied Negative Emissions Centre (ANEC) must register their interest by Sunday 6 March.
They will be holding separate engagement events with community groups, as well as residents, young people, businesses and partner organisations. This more formal engagement will provide a better opportunity for community groups to feed into the development of Barnet’s Sustainability Strategy.
All are encouraged to sign up via the link below, and as a thank you gesture, all community group attendees will be given a £40 voucher for your time.
DID YOU KNOW >> You can find an overview of Barnet Council's sustainability commitments in their summary document.
Report and Event on the...
Importance of Community Food Growing
Report: Fringe Farming
Leading UK food and farming organisations are highlighting the potential of agroecological farming at urban edges to be part of a green economic recovery. The Fringe Farming report shows that climate-friendly market gardens produce numerous social, economic and ecological benefits and propose that these can help to meet existing government targets on issues from climate change, food access, to education and training.
Event: How community growers are carving out space in the city's food
system
The creation of alternative food systems requires space to grow, cook and eat together, often in cities where there is competition for land. This FoodSHIFT 2030 webinar looks at projects in Wrocław, Poland and just over the border in Islington. Speakers will share their opportunities/challenges, as well as key lessons learned along the way.
Wednesday 9 March, 12 noon.
Update on the...
Tiny Forest
The Tiny Forest is now planted and it looks amazing. Six hundred trees and six huge bags of mulch went in in under two hours. The session with school kids in the morning was also brilliant and very heart warming.
What happens next?
First of all, remember that this is YOUR forest! We hope you will have time to come and visit and we will be organising regular events over the coming months. If you have any ideas about events we can organise around it, let us know.
We will publicise all of the above through this mailing list and through the GoodGym website.
Do keep in touch.
Funding News
Rewilding Britain
The idea behind the Rewilding Innovation Fund is to help remove barriers to rewilding projects within Britain.
They’re particularly keen to encourage those who are taking an innovative approach to land and marine rewilding, which will help develop learning and evidence for others within the Rewilding Network.
Deadline: 31 March
Lush Charity Pot Giving
Grants are available to small grass-roots organisations working in environment, animal protection and human rights, with priority for less popular causes that aim to create long-term change and struggle to find funding.
Grants range from £100 to £10,000, average between £2,000 and £4,000.
Rolling deadline
War Memorials Trust
Grants to protect and conserve war memorials marking any conflict, in communities in the UK.
Grants of up to £30,000 are available for up to 75% of total eligible project costs
Up to £5,000 for non-freestanding war memorials; £30,000 for freestanding, non-beneficiary war memorials.
Rolling deadline
Stop Press! Barnet Friends of the Earth, Vision for a Net Zero Carbon 2030
Over the past few months Barnet Friends of the Earth have created several briefing documents to help inform discussion and debate about how the borough can reach its net zero goals. One of them outlines our vision for a Net Zero Carbon 2030.
Take a read and let them know via the link below (use the ‘Action’ button on the right of the page) what you want Barnet to look like in 2030. They're especially keen to hear from other green groups in the borough so that they can share the great things everyone's up to, avoid any duplication and maybe link up on future projects. https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/net-zero-barnet-briefing/
