What We Do
ChalCan is actively engaged with a range of exciting projects, from energy saving and generation, to recycling and waste reduction, and enhancing our local environment with trees and flowers. There’s a lot to be done and we need your help.
Food, Waste & Plastic
We can reduce our negative impact on the planet in lots of small ways from making relatively easy changes to our shopping habits, lifestyle and diets, using things up and buying less new “stuff”.
Energy & Transport
Both as individual households and by collaborating as a community we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, reconfiguring how we travel and both using and developing community resources.
Biodiversity
We live in an area of great natural beauty but like much of the rest of the world, our local environment is seriously threatened.
What we’ve achieved so far
We have:
- Created a mailing list in the parish of 330 people
- Created a Facebook page with over 420 people following
- Set up an Instagram page @chalford.can
- Published a monthly newsletter
- Sent reports, notice of events and news to other local newsletters
- Held Community Events such as Family Walks, a Screening of the film Demain, a community wildlife photography evening, an evening with local Fungi expert Merlin Sheldrake
- Participated in the Great Big Green week with a range of events
- Held Advice and Information Evenings on Heat Pumps, Solar PV Energy, Wind Energy, Home Insulation
- Provided personalised consultations to local householders on insulation
- Taken a stand at the Chalford Community Market
- Offered a Bike-ability free course for adults to gain confidence in riding a bike
- Created a “One Tonne” installation in Chalford Hill
- Created a Biodiversity 10km trail around the Parish
- Created a family friendly/new-to-biking trail
- Held a Pre-loved clothes sale
- Provided primary school and nursery children with equipment to ‘plant a potato in a sack’
- Handed out microgreens cultivation packs
- Installed bike racks at six locations
- Worked with the Parish Council on a ’20 is Plenty’ campaign
- Worked to preserve three small areas of community grassland to increase the range of wild flowers and plants.
- Planted native trees at many locations across the parish, and hedgerows at Bussage School and in Brownshill
- Worked with local schools to help them develop their wildlife areas.
- Worked to promote car clubs, community composting, e-bikes and a whole range of other issues.