Cornwall Community Climate Action Check-in!

Welcome and thanks for participating!

We're happy to share that we (a growing collective of communities and organisations across Cornwall) are working together to help communities take climate action, predominantly through connecting, sharing and supporting. We are hoping to put a bid to the Lottery’s Climate Action Fund to enable countywide support and are trying to identify what stage communities are at and what they need to drive forward change at the speed and scale needed.

We’d love to hear more about what is going on in your community and would appreciate 5 minutes of your time in sharing this.

If you are interested in being kept informed about the bid, relevant events, or would like a conversation with some of the people pulling the bid together please let us have your contact details. Your information will NOT be used for any other purpose.

Thank you!

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* 1. Which Cornish community are you/your group / organisation based in?

North Cornwall

SE Cornwall

Mid Cornwall

West Cornwall

Can you say specifically where?

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* 2. Has your town or parish declared a climate emergency?

Yes

No, and it would be pointless

It's in development

No, and we would love it to!

Did you want to expand?

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* 3. Has your community got / is it preparing a climate action plan?

No, and no sign of it

Yes, we have started preparing one!

Yes, it's written and ready to go!

We've started and could really do with some help.

Feel free to expand a little...

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* 4. What are you doing as an individual, and what as a group?

	as an individual	as a group	both as an individual and with others
Giving talks	Giving talks as an individual	Giving talks as a group	Giving talks both as an individual and with others
Helping run events	Helping run events as an individual	Helping run events as a group	Helping run events both as an individual and with others
Starting / running community projects eg repair cafe, community energy scheme	Starting / running community projects eg repair cafe, community energy scheme as an individual	Starting / running community projects eg repair cafe, community energy scheme as a group	Starting / running community projects eg repair cafe, community energy scheme both as an individual and with others
Starting conversations at work	Starting conversations at work as an individual	Starting conversations at work as a group	Starting conversations at work both as an individual and with others
Lobbying government (local, county or national)	Lobbying government (local, county or national) as an individual	Lobbying government (local, county or national) as a group	Lobbying government (local, county or national) both as an individual and with others
Using art	Using art as an individual	Using art as a group	Using art both as an individual and with others
Writing new strategic plans to change how we do things	Writing new strategic plans to change how we do things as an individual	Writing new strategic plans to change how we do things as a group	Writing new strategic plans to change how we do things both as an individual and with others

What other things did you want to say?

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* 5. What specific type of climate action are you currently taking as a group?

	Just started	Having conversations about what we can do	Getting groups/events up and running	Well established	Well established and now helping others get going	Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Protest	Protest Just started	Protest Having conversations about what we can do	Protest Getting groups/events up and running	Protest Well established	Protest Well established and now helping others get going	Protest Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Protest Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Managing resource use	Managing resource use Just started	Managing resource use Having conversations about what we can do	Managing resource use Getting groups/events up and running	Managing resource use Well established	Managing resource use Well established and now helping others get going	Managing resource use Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Managing resource use Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Food Growing	Food Growing Just started	Food Growing Having conversations about what we can do	Food Growing Getting groups/events up and running	Food Growing Well established	Food Growing Well established and now helping others get going	Food Growing Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Food Growing Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Habitat creation	Habitat creation Just started	Habitat creation Having conversations about what we can do	Habitat creation Getting groups/events up and running	Habitat creation Well established	Habitat creation Well established and now helping others get going	Habitat creation Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Habitat creation Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Working on transport	Working on transport Just started	Working on transport Having conversations about what we can do	Working on transport Getting groups/events up and running	Working on transport Well established	Working on transport Well established and now helping others get going	Working on transport Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Working on transport Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Working on energy	Working on energy Just started	Working on energy Having conversations about what we can do	Working on energy Getting groups/events up and running	Working on energy Well established	Working on energy Well established and now helping others get going	Working on energy Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Working on energy Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Working on education/communication/awareness raising	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Just started	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Having conversations about what we can do	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Getting groups/events up and running	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Well established	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Well established and now helping others get going	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Working on education/communication/awareness raising Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Just started	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Having conversations about what we can do	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Getting groups/events up and running	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Well established	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Well established and now helping others get going	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Helping our communities manage resource use - minimisation / reuse / repair / recycle projects Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Wanting to connect with others doing similar things	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Just started	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Having conversations about what we can do	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Getting groups/events up and running	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Well established	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Well established and now helping others get going	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Wanting to connect with others doing similar things Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!
Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Just started	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Having conversations about what we can do	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Getting groups/events up and running	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Well established	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Well established and now helping others get going	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Doing these things, but not involved in a group, and that's fine as it is	Working on lobbying councillors locally and at county level to help us make the change needed Doing these things, not involved in a group but would like to be!

Other thoughts?

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* 6. What are you planning to do in the next 12 -18 months / 2 years / 3-5 years?

In the next 12-18 months, we're planning to:

In the next 2 years, we're planning to:

In the next 3-5 years, we're planning to:

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* 7. If you have formed a a climate action group already, how old is it and who is in it?

	Mostly community members	Mostly parish or town council members	Mostly businesses	Mostly statutory sector (people like teachers, health professionals etc)	Mostly adults	Mostly school and college age members	We could do with mixing it up a bit and improving the diversity	It's a great mix
Our group is less than three months old, and consists of:	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly community members	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly parish or town council members	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly businesses	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly statutory sector (people like teachers, health professionals etc)	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly adults	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: Mostly school and college age members	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: We could do with mixing it up a bit and improving the diversity	Our group is less than three months old, and consists of: It's a great mix
Our group is about six months old, and consists of:	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly community members	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly parish or town council members	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly businesses	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly statutory sector (people like teachers, health professionals etc)	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly adults	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: Mostly school and college age members	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: We could do with mixing it up a bit and improving the diversity	Our group is about six months old, and consists of: It's a great mix
Our group is a year old, and consists of:	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly community members	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly parish or town council members	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly businesses	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly statutory sector (people like teachers, health professionals etc)	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly adults	Our group is a year old, and consists of: Mostly school and college age members	Our group is a year old, and consists of: We could do with mixing it up a bit and improving the diversity	Our group is a year old, and consists of: It's a great mix
Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of:	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly community members	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly parish or town council members	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly businesses	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly statutory sector (people like teachers, health professionals etc)	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly adults	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: Mostly school and college age members	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: We could do with mixing it up a bit and improving the diversity	Our group is well established, over a year old, and consists of: It's a great mix

Other thoughts?

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* 8. Have you had / are you helping other groups in Cornwall to take action too?

	meeting up to share ideas	hunting for funding together	working on things like our constitution and purpose	running community events and workshops	calculating things like carbon, energy use etc
Yes, we are helping others by:	Yes, we are helping others by: meeting up to share ideas	Yes, we are helping others by: hunting for funding together	Yes, we are helping others by: working on things like our constitution and purpose	Yes, we are helping others by: running community events and workshops	Yes, we are helping others by: calculating things like carbon, energy use etc
Yes, we are receiving help eg:	Yes, we are receiving help eg: meeting up to share ideas	Yes, we are receiving help eg: hunting for funding together	Yes, we are receiving help eg: working on things like our constitution and purpose	Yes, we are receiving help eg: running community events and workshops	Yes, we are receiving help eg: calculating things like carbon, energy use etc
No, but we could do with:	No, but we could do with: meeting up to share ideas	No, but we could do with: hunting for funding together	No, but we could do with: working on things like our constitution and purpose	No, but we could do with: running community events and workshops	No, but we could do with: calculating things like carbon, energy use etc
No, but we could offer:	No, but we could offer: meeting up to share ideas	No, but we could offer: hunting for funding together	No, but we could offer: working on things like our constitution and purpose	No, but we could offer: running community events and workshops	No, but we could offer: calculating things like carbon, energy use etc

What else would you like to add?

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* 9. What would help you and the people in your community to take more effective climate action?

finding more people to join us

knowing how to carry out a skills audit to see who and what we have already

one dedicated person to do a lot of the running around

examples of what we can do locally

access to support on communication, behaviour change and why we do and don't "get" climate change

access to people who can help us build eg local websites or portals to explain what we're doing

money!

a building to work from

information on how to start!

better engagement from councillors

better engagement from community members

ways we can join forces with local schools on this

better understanding of eg the planning system

What else? :)

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* 10. What skills do you have to offer community based climate action?

	not using but could!	using a little, could use them more!	using to the optimum on this agenda!
community development and organisational skills	community development and organisational skills not using but could!	community development and organisational skills using a little, could use them more!	community development and organisational skills using to the optimum on this agenda!	community development and organisational skills	community development and organisational skills
communication skills (written)	communication skills (written) not using but could!	communication skills (written) using a little, could use them more!	communication skills (written) using to the optimum on this agenda!	communication skills (written)	communication skills (written)
communication skills (spoken)	communication skills (spoken) not using but could!	communication skills (spoken) using a little, could use them more!	communication skills (spoken) using to the optimum on this agenda!	communication skills (spoken)	communication skills (spoken)
arts and creative skills	arts and creative skills not using but could!	arts and creative skills using a little, could use them more!	arts and creative skills using to the optimum on this agenda!	arts and creative skills	arts and creative skills
lobbying and campaigning skills	lobbying and campaigning skills not using but could!	lobbying and campaigning skills using a little, could use them more!	lobbying and campaigning skills using to the optimum on this agenda!	lobbying and campaigning skills	lobbying and campaigning skills
science understanding	science understanding not using but could!	science understanding using a little, could use them more!	science understanding using to the optimum on this agenda!	science understanding	science understanding
adminstrative skills	adminstrative skills not using but could!	adminstrative skills using a little, could use them more!	adminstrative skills using to the optimum on this agenda!	adminstrative skills	adminstrative skills
support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills	support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills not using but could!	support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills using a little, could use them more!	support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills using to the optimum on this agenda!	support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills	support, wellbeing, counselling, looking after tired people who are working hard, "regenerative culture" skills

What else would you like to say? Please do provide your name and email address here if you'd like us to know who you are! :)