Act

Practical ideas to help your organisation make environmental change.

Every organisation starts somewhere. Whether you're looking for quick wins or planning longer-term improvements, these practical ideas can help you reduce your environmental impact in ways that fit your organisation.

Choose an area below to explore practical actions, guidance and useful resources.

Actions from the North
East

With support from the Energy Saving Trust, we've taken on two Energy Advisers to support households with all their energy issues in rural Northumberland.
Andy Dean
Community Action Northumberland
10-49 employees
Northumberland
Resilience
We have installed a bike shed and changing facilities on our workspace site to encourage cycling.
Tracey Moore
Project North East (PNE)
10-49 employees
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Travel
In July we got together for a staff picnic and decided to make it as green as possible by making the food, and being plastic and meat free. We're going to do this again a future staff events.
Carol Botten
VONNE
10-49 employees
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Food
We have installed better signage at all bins to encourage proper recycling practices.
Zoe Hull
Durham Wildlife Trust
10-49 employees
Durham
Waste

Have you taken action?

If you're a VCSE based in the North East and you've done something to improve or protect the environment or climate, please share your action with us. We'd love to share it so other organisations can see what is possible.