‘People supportingpeople to take

enterprising actionagainst climate

change’

1

What we want to achieve?

Support 200 community groups across Wales by

developing the capacity and capability of these groups

to take action on climate change.

Renew Wales is supported through the Sustainable Steps programme delivered through the Big

Fund and funded by money from dormant bank accounts.

2

How did the project come about?

3

Support a wide range of groups

We can support any type of community groups:Tenants and Residents groups Women’s groups

Rugby Club

Social Enterprises

Craft group

Community Councils Faith Groups

Youth Club BME Groups Mental

Health Charities

4

We can support any type of climate change project?

5

Building Connections?

6

What support can we offer?

30 local co-ordinators will register groups, support them to complete an action plan and identify appropriate support.

7

What support can we offer?

A pool of over 40 peer mentors who can provide mentoring, training and technical support to community groups.

8

What support can we offer?

Web and Social Media resources to share information about funding, other community groups, other support and news and events.

9

What has Renew Wales achieved in Year 1?

• 30 co-ordinators recruited from a diverse range of organisations throughout Wales

• A pool of 50 Peer Mentors with a wide range of knowledge, skills and experience

• Over 100 community groups signed up to receive support from Renew Wales

• About half of these have developed an action plan detailing what they want to achieve.

• Over 30 of these have received or have identified support via peer mentors and other support organisations to take their projects forward.

10

What has Renew Wales achieved in Year 1?

• A diverse range of groups receiving support from Renew Wales including:

Sports Clubs Youth Groups Community Centres

Community Councils Community Transport Associations

Faith Groups Schools St John’s Ambulance

Co-operatives Social Enterprises Local Action

Groups

Development Trusts Scout Groups BME groups

11

Some of the groups we’re working with.

12

What has Renew Wales achieved in Year 1?

• A diverse variety of projects being given support from Renew Wales including:

Energy Efficiency of Community Buildings Community Renewable Energy

Local Food Growing Redistribution of Waste Food

Sustainable Transport Solutions Awareness of Climate Change

Renewable Heating in Rural Areas Sustainable Land Management

13

What next?

• Renew Wales has just under 1 year left of it’s funding through the Sustainable Steps

programme

• During this time Renew Wales is aiming to engage with 200 groups and to provide

support to 150 of these.

• Renew Wales independent evaluators have produced the first interim report. A

further interim report will be available in the New Year and a final report available

before the end of the programme.

• Renew Wales is looking and applying for funding to continue and develop the

programme

• Build on the success of Renew Wales to ensure the long term support of bottom up

support for community action on climate change.

14

Your turn

I want to ask each of you the following questions and we will go around the room

getting the answers from everyone.

• Introduce yourself

• What organisation are you from?

• What are the aims of your organisation?

• What are the main challenges facing your organisation?

• Do you have any ideas around tackling climate change that your organisation

is interested in?

• Have you delivered or are you delivering any projects around climate change?

15

Your turn

Split into groups, in each group I want a mixture of people who have

delivered climate change projects and people that haven’t. If we’ve identified

themes we can try and split into groups or themes.

1) Those that are looking to develop a new climate change project share

their ideas in more detail with the group and in particular identify some

of the challenges and difficulties they face.

2) Those that have delivered climate change projects can then share what

they have done and in particular how they overcame those barriers, who

helped them, what they would do differently next time.

16

Summary

• Hopefully this session has given you the chance to do a little Peer to Peer

Mentoring with each other.

• You now have lunch so you can continue any conversations there or speak

to me.

• This is what we are trying to promote through Renew Wales. Standing on

the backs of Giants.

• We don’t need to re-invent the wheel.

17

18

Robert ProctorProgramme Director/Cyfarwyddwr Rhaglen

02920 19026007805 924558

robertproctor@renewwales.org.uk

www.renewwales.org.uk