Climate Response: New Star Council Category

NALC’s Star Council Awards are the only awards in England that recognise local (parish and town) councils’ contributions to their communities. The long-running awards celebrate local councils, councillors, young councillors, county associations and...

General Election – 4th July

On 22 May 2024 the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced there would be a general election on 4 July 2024. For a general election to the UK Parliament the pre-election period of sensitivity is not set to a particular date.  The pre-election period for UK Government...

FoRGE: Friends of Radford’s Green Environment

As part of a series of “Green Conversations” across Warwickshire, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust were in Radford Semele early in May. Amanda Evans, Team Wilder Director, spoke about WWT’s goal, to help 1 in 4 people in Warwickshire, Coventry and...

Pupils Profit: Affordable School Refill Shops

Pupils Profit work with schools enabling children to set up ethical enterprises.  Children are very aware of the impact of plastic on the natural world and they are very keen to make a difference.  The ECO Refill Shop enables children to actively combat plastic waste...

NALC: Climate Emergency Network Update

At NALC’s recent climate emergency national network meeting. the guest speaker was Professor Jules Pretty, chair of the Essex Climate Action Commission, who informed network members about the work of the commission and the impact it’s had so far, including the...