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CCC Signposting & Support Resources

Below is a selection of links to important sources of information or support for taking action on key areas of impact and opportunity at the community level.

 

The following links are intended to signpost you to key sources of guidance and support for addressing major areas of impact and opportunity in your community, particularly in relation to energy, homes and the built environment.

Energy: guidance on planning and development of community energy projects, to shift to local level renewable energy generation, supply, ownership and management: 
Housing retrofit: guidance and training on low carbon retrofit, to create warm homes with low running costs through low energy use, through building local and regional expertise in retrofit design, project coordination and installation:
  • Retrofit Works - retrofit guidance for householders, community groups, businesses and local government
  • The Retrofit Academy - excellent technical training and skills development for key roles in retrofit programmes
  • Parity Projects - a long time pioneer in retrofit assessments and programmes with local authorities and social housing providers
  • Superhomes Network - a national network of examples of low carbon retrofit to learn from and be inspired by, many of which you can visit 
  • AECB Carbonlite retrofit training - excellent technical training on the principles and practices of low carbon retrofit
Built environment and new build housing: guidance and training on low carbon building principles and practices, to create warm and healthy how, with very low energy use, very low bills, and use of healthy low impact materials and products:
Energy and carbon to achieve zero carbon, for an overview of the actions needed at local, regional and national levels to create robust and resilient low carbon energy systems and food supply systems:
Food and farming system transformation:
  • The Real Farming Trust - connects and supports people who are transforming our food system from the grassroots up. Helping new ideas and partnerships to flourish; funding small-scale community food and farming; and building the evidence base for agroecology by measuring social impact.
Education, training & learning pathways for practical sustainability & regenerative action:
The wellbeing economy:
  • Wellbeing Economy Alliance - a collaborating movement of changemakers working to transform the economic system, with a strong focus on local economic empowerment
Education, training & learning pathways for facilitation & community engagement:
  • The Art of Hosting - an excellent training programme for group facilitation and engagement skills 
Training & tools for monitoring & evaluation:
Ethical choices on what we buy and how we use our money to support the positive:
  • Ethical Consumer - a website with a huge amount of information, numerous reports and guides, magazine, to help transform how we spend and utilise our money from unconscious consumer choices to being a conscious customer, using and directing our spending to support positive, ethical products, services and businesses, and actively withdrawing our financial support for those that are not actively supporting transformative change.  
Music, Arts and Culture