Environment Grants Workshop and Initiatives Summary

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A collection of images and text highlighting the Environment Grants Workshop and initiatives focusing on environmental conservation, sustainability, and community engagement. The content includes prayers, guidelines for accessing funding like the National Lottery, Diocesan policies, and strategies for ecological education and reducing environmental footprints. Emphasizing the call to stewardship, the text encourages activities to care for the Earth and promote sustainable practices across different sectors. Additionally, details about the National Lottery grants for environmental projects are mentioned, slated to launch in September under the theme "Together for our Planet."

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Environment Grants workshop September 2021

Living God, You call us to be still, to hear the whisper of our Sister Wind, to feel the radiance of our Brother Sun, and to be nourished by our Mother Earth. Renew us in your healing love. Inspire us to water the earth and nurture one another, so all may flourish. Together, as one family, may we always sing your praise. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

How to access National Lottery and other Funding

Our Diocesan Policy https://www.plymouth- diocese.org.uk/the-diocese/how-we- work/environment/

To pray, study the scriptures, reflect on Catholic tradition and educate ourselves about the interconnectedness of all aspects of our common home To advocate for and work with people on the margins and people living in poverty To ensure the mission of the church locally and on a diocesan level includes proclamation on environmental concerns in line with the living out of the gospel To encourage ecological education in our schools and parishes

To ensure that our buildings are managed with care for the environment To minimise our use of the earth s natural resources, reducing our carbon footprint, minimising waste generation, re-using and recycling To follow ethical purchasing practices To enhance the biodiversity of all Diocesan-owned grounds and gardens and our schools

TO ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENT POLICIES ADHERE TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES TO ASSESS ALL OUR ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE ALL THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS TO MEASURE AND REDUCE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT TO ACHIEVE YEAR-ON-YEAR REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS AND EXAMINE WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REACH NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2030

What does the Lottery offer? What does the Lottery offer? Launching this September Together for our Planet will offer grants from 1,000 to 10,000 of National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change.

1. This is a Citizen Engagement initiative People must have reflected on what matters to their community and identified what they want to do locally. It is better to take the time to do this than rush into an application. You have until 18 November 2021. Key points Key points 2. Bringing people together to start thinking about climate action must be part of the project. It must inspire climate action after November even if in small ways.

people and communities hit hardest by climate change people and communities who are starting to think about taking climate action groups who have not received funding from the Lottery before groups who do not have a current award with the Lottery smaller organisations with an annual turnover of under 100,000. National National Lottery Lottery priorities priorities

All projects must be about developing a community-led climate action project. Your project will also need to meet at least two of these criteria: 1.It supports the development of longer-term climate action within communities (that is, taking place after the COP26 event in November). National National Lottery Lottery criteria criteria 2.It encourages communities to plan for the climate emergency - to consider what climate action could mean to them and why it matters. 3.It celebrates the importance of community-led climate action and encourages more people to get involved. 4.It builds resilience in communities that are hardest hit by climate change. 5.It provides jobs, skills or training opportunities for communities which support climate action.

Community allotments Food Locally grown food schemes Active travel Transport Suggested areas Suggested areas Access to bikes Car sharing schemes Promoting public policies Capital costs such as small solar panels, wind turbines, roof insulation, new windows but they must be part of a wider project Energy Reducing food waste. Wormeries. Waste & Consumption Rainwater harvesting Reuse and repair schemes Changing behaviour Tree planting Natural environment Community spaces Wildflower meadows

Ideas for action at Ideas for action at parish level parish level Discuss and engage the parish on your climate risks (e.g. flood risks getthedata.com/flood-map/sidmouth) and ideas for action. Assess your environment can you create biodiversity in graveyards and gardens, support more plant varieties and animal life or grow food Are there education opportunities - ecological education for the parish community focus on helping people plan for climate change. Can you reduce the carbon footprint of church premises (insulate, save energy) Are there opportunities to reduce waste e.g. water harvesting and irrigation. Can the community re-use more e.g. swap shops, school uniform clubs and community larders

Next steps Next steps All parishes can apply any time between 1 September and 18 November. For those parishes who have applied for Digital equipment or Reducing Loneliness it is the same form & requirements (to have two independent contacts and a bank account in the parish s name). A decision from the Lottery will take 12 weeks so most projects won t start before December at the earliest. The diocese is looking at projects such as Youth Groups and Environmental roadshows but parishes stand a much better chance as they are smaller and local.