Calderdale’s Climate Action Partnership are looking to recruit three new representatives from business and the voluntary and community sector. They are particularly interested in hearing from people with transport, education, trade unions or farming expertise as these sectors are not currently represented, but all are welcome.
If you are keen to drive climate action in Calderdale and want to find out more about how you can get involved, please join them on Thursday 12th December, 6 – 8pm at Halifax Town Hall.
What does being part of the Climate Action Partnership involve?
- Working collaboratively – shaping the Partnership’s delivery plans, goal and approaches to ensure these have impact
- Learning from the community and sharing your own expertise to ensure best practice ideas and approaches are being used in Calderdale
- Provide visible leadership and influence positive change within your own networks an via the Partnership on a broader scale
- Helping Calderdale to achieve the goal of being net zero by 2038 with significant progress by 2030
Calderdale’s Climate Action Partnership has a commitment to equalities and stronger towns, and this is a central objective of their work.
What time would I need to commit?
The Partnership meets 6 – 8 times a year. Meetings usually last two hours and take place on Wednesday evening, in person in Halifax.
Are there other ways to get involved?
The Partnership has five thematic working groups which are open to new members:
- Warm and Resilient Buildings
- Transport and Getting Around
- Community Climate Action
- Green Economy
- Land and Nature / Wilder Calderdale
Each of these groups meets every 4 – 6 weeks and looks at the detail of work within each theme to help progress climate action. These meetings take place on weekdays between 9am – 5pm.
Contact owen.brear@calderdale.gov.uk for more information and to sign up.