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Towards the end of 2022 ClimateYouChange founder, Celia met Monika during the Beckton Parks Masterplan Co-Design.   Monika contacted us in April of this year to see if we could give a talk on climate change at the Abbey Gardens in Stratford, as part of their World Bee Day celebration. She thought that the event would “be a great opportunity for people to find out more about climate change”.   On their website, the Abbey Gardens is described as ‘a unique open-access community

We were invited by ClimateYouChange group member, Joseph to an event that he was holding for his local charity employer, the Renewal Programme. The session took place in a large, open community function space at the back of East Ham library. The charity-run event was aimed primarily at families, with a range of fun craft and sports-based activities for children with their accompanying parents and carers. Information on foodbank use, benefits and immigration support was offere

Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz (centre front) with Celia and Hannan and other fellow community partners We were approached in January of this year by the Renewal Programme and invited to work in partnership with them on an energy-saving initiative, as part of a wider project, entitled ‘Stay Warm in Newham’. We chose to be involved to increase our knowledge of measures we can all take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions through decreased energy use. We were also interested in

Cllr James Asser (Left) and Cllr Joshua Garfield (Right), Newham Council We originally arranged to meet with Deputy Mayor and Cabinet member for the Environment and Sustainable Transport, Councillor James Asser in 2020 and then Covid struck just before the agreed upon day! After being pulled in different directions and working on various projects, we were finally able to arrange and have a meeting! It only took three years! We were also able to organise to meet with Education

In July 2022, ClimateYouChange group founder, Celia met local resident, Alex at a council run event. Together they discussed a project which Alex and local organisation, Applecart Arts were hoping to run, subject to securing funding. They were attempting to create a child-friendly nature trail in Plashet Park in Newham (where Applecart Arts base their community performing arts non-profit and café in the Passmore Edwards listed building).   Celia was particularly interested in

Back in late 2019 when ClimateYouChange was in its infancy, group members contributed to the group plan, whereupon priorities were finalised. One such priority and aim was to include children’s climate change education as part of the group offer. Owing to working on various projects this was not realised until now!   In July of this year, group Founder, Celia, met youth coordinator, Joseph, at a local event. She told him about the group’s work and invited him to join the grou

In December of 2021, we were emailed by the Principal Environmental Improvement Officer for Parks and Green Spaces in the London Borough of Newham, to let us know about the co-designing opportunities for an extensive, 112-acre green space redesign taking place in the south of the borough.   The draft Masterplan focuses on a number of parks, one of which includes a lake; a sports field, woodland, a green corridor linking urban areas and the site of a former community farm, in

We were approached in January of this year by the Renewal Programme and invited to work in partnership with them on an energy-saving initiative, as part of a wider project, entitled ‘Stay Warm in Newham’. We chose to be involved to increase our knowledge of measures we can all take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions through decreased energy use. We were also interested in supporting the rollout of the Green Doctors programme within Newham, to help local people lower their

Towards the end of July we met with the Green Street Programme Manager, Clive Kershaw who is responsible for the development and delivery of the £5.3M Queens Market ‘Good Growth programme’, jointly funded by Newham Council and the Mayor of London.   This programme was set up by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. It is being implemented in Newham as a borough-wide initiative working on supporting economic development and community well-being. As part of this, significant funds h