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Conversion of Gravel Pit to Nature Reserve. The Bumpy is a former Victorian gravel pit, owned by Littlebury Parish Council, in the hamlet of Littlebury Green. It is less than an acre in size, but is being managed by The Bumpy Volunteer Group as a nature reserve. We have had some success with badgers & owls moving in, and are currently trying to get the site recognised officially as a Local Nature Reserve, by Natural England. The site is open 24/7 to visitors, and we run Open Days, work parties, moth surveys etc to raise its profile.
- Biodiversity +
- Community +
- Ecology +
- Nature +
- Wildlife +
Clarance House Conservation Garden
- Community +
- Ecology +
- Sustainability +
- Well being +
Community Energy Pathways is a multi-award-winning organisation that is enabling communities throughout the UK to play a leading role in the transition to net zero.
CURAT is the umbrella body for groups of community volunteers passionate about saving and restoring the river Cam where it flows through north Essex into Cambridgeshire.
The first 11 miles of the river Cam lie within Uttlesford. Along this stretch are the villages of Newport, Wendens Ambo, Littlebury, Little Chesterford and Great Chesterford. The town of Saffron Walden also has an important influence on the river.
- Biodiversity +
- Ecology +
- Nature Recovery +
- Water +
- Wildlife +
Horticultural Society
Our Eco Church group is aiming to raise the profile of climate change and sustainability issues within our church congregations and the wider community.
Eco Thaxted is a combination of likeminded groups, Wild thaxted, Eco Church, Thaxted Parish Council and the Thaxted Society.
Eco-Church. https://www.ttsrh.org/eco-church
- Ecology +
- Heat Pumps +
- Insulation +
- Solar +
ECA is the umbrella group for all organisations wihin the parish of Elsenham. We own & manage Elsenham Memorial Hall.
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- Community building +
- Energy +
- Energy efficiency advice +
- Solar +
- Solar panels +
Elsenham Action Group for Local Environmental Sustainability. Running projects across Elsenham to improve the sustainability of the village, while also promoting biodiversity through creation and maintenance of habitats (eg. tree planting, meadow creation etc.)
- Community +
- Ecology +
- Sustainability +
LNRS, GI strategy & standards, water strategy
- Biodiversity +
- Climate Change +
- Flooding +
- Green space +
- Health and wellbeing +
- Nature Recovery +
- Planning +
- Water +
The leading society for wildlife and geology enthusiasts in Essex, England, UK.The Essex Field Club is a society for wildlife enthusiasts and people with an interest in the natural history and geology of Essex, run entirely by volunteers with a professional ethos. Our core objective is to study and record the natural history of the County of Essex (the biological recording county of Essex includes the London boroughs east of the River Lea, as well as small portions of administrative Cambridgeshire and Suffolk).The Club was founded in 1880 to promote the Study of the Natural History, Geology and Pre-historic Archaeology of the County of Essex and its borderlands; to establish a Museum and to issue publications. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace were amongst our founder members.
Biological Records Centre for Essex.
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Essex Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation charity in Essex, our Local Group is a self-financing independent group which manages the 8 nature reserves belonging to EWT in Uttlesford on an ongoing basis. Volunteers to join our group are welcome.
Village Hall energy usage
Wild flowers, grass cutting, rewilding nature area
We are a group of environmental enthusiasts who meet one Sunday morning a month to carry out tasks to enhance and protect the green spaces in Great Dunmow for the benefit of wildlife. Volunteers are warmly welcomed to join our friendly group and to offer as much help as they feel able.
Environmental Solutions for Sustainable Farming
We are the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group serving Cambs,
Herts, Essex, Beds and Northants.
Our independent advisory service helps farmers and land managers run profitable farm businesses whilst protecting the environmental value of their land.
- Environment +
- Sustainability +
The Gardens of Easton Lodge were redesigned by Harold Peto in 1902. They are being restored by a team of volunteers.
- Sustainability +
- Ecology +
Great Chesterford Parish Council
Great Dunmow Town Council
- Solar +
- Ecology +
- public +
- Community +
Study & advice on open space, riverside, biodiversity, potential & public use
Village Hall solar array and batteries
Hollymead Square Housing Development built with energy-efficiency at its core, offering a sustainable, eco-friendly home.
- Energy +
- Heat Pumps +
- Insulation +
- Solar +
- Sustainability +
Newport River Group – part of the Cam Upper Reaches Action Team (CURAT)
The group is led by a team of concerned and dedicated villagers, with specific interests and expertise, supported by volunteers who are able to help with various activities as and when they can. We have the following aims:
– Restore the flow of the river
– Reduce pollutants entering the water course
– Educate residents of their impact on the water course
– Restore habitat along the river (‘green corridor’)
– Restore aquatic biodiversity within the river
– Wetland restoration, river testing, wildlife monitoring, river rewiggling.
- Biodiversity +
- Community +
- Ecology +
- Nature +
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The River Roding and West Essex Cluster Group is a farmer led network of like-minded farmers within the west Essex area, who are interested in improving water quality, soil health and biodiversity on their land whilst maintaining sustainable farm businesses. The cluster holds focused and informal meetings throughout the year to share ideas and explore opportunities around these topics and has links with a network of organisations that can support farmers in securing novel funding sources to develop and deliver these projects
Saffron Walden Community Energy is a not for profit “Community Energy” organisation, set up in 2021 to work on grass-roots, carbon-reduction initiatives in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford & Essex primarily.
We are a group of renewable energy enthusiasts who are keen to foster and encourage local activity in the transition to zero carbon.
We are actively working on the problems faced by owners of Listed Buildings who are struggling to make meaningful improvements to their properties.
As part of our group’s goals and aspirations, we advise other groups locally on the work we have done and the lessons learnt, in the hope that this will help others avoid the speedbumps we’ve had to negotiate along the road and achieve their goals more easily.
We work closely with Essex CC, Uttlesford DC and Littlebury PC on Sustainability issues that affect us all in the drive to a carbon neutral future.
- Community energy +
- energy-efficiency +
- Sustainability +
- fabric-frst +
- responsible-retrofit +
- listed-buildings +
- Insulation +
- Solar +
- Heat Pumps +
- E-bike +
- Electric Vehicles +
- community-initiatives +
- asset-based-community-development +
- Biodiversity +
- Ecology +
- Wildlife +
Our Eco Church group is aiming to raise the profile of climate change and sustainability issues within our church congregations and the wider community.
- Community building +
- Renewables +
A Parish Council initiative. Sustainable Hadstock’s aim is to make this sociable, educational and fun whilst helping us all to create a more sustainable future for ourselves and future generations. Sustainable Hadstock is a residents’ initiative to help us all understand what we can do as individuals and as a village to create a more sustainable, low carbon future. It is focused on practical actions we can take – in our homes, how we live and for our natural environment. There are three major streams: Home&Energy; Biodiversity&Nature and Waste. A presentation summarising our activities in 2024 is on our website.
- Home Energy +
- Sustainability +
- Biodiversity +
- Nature +
- Community +
- Waste +
- green-technology +
- Habitat mapping +
We are a community group working together to help Stansted Mountfitchet become more sustainable. Set up with the encouragement and support of the Parish Council, we want to contribute to the fight against climate change. Our aim is to do what we can at a local level to improve the environment, promote biodiversity, and help local households to reduce energy use. We hope to support the Uttlesford District Council’s target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The Environment Group look for opportunities to protect local wildlife and help improve the quality of our environment. – The Energy Saving Group support local residents and organisations to reduce energy usage/bills as well as their carbon output.
Thaxted Parish Council
Thaxted River Wardens (now know as River Champions) work in conjunction with Essex Wildlife Trust. We are responsible for taking an interest in and monitoring our stretch of the River Chelmer. We take monthly three minute kick samples in two designated areas of the river. Our data is recorded on Cartographer, a national database. In addition we have several wildlife cameras in operation to record wildlife. These are used by us in conjunction with mink rafts as part of the mink eradication programme and it is hoped to able to reintroduce water voles locally.
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The Thaxted Society is a conservation organisation dedicated to the town of Thaxted in Essex.
The aim of TouchPoint Stansted is to help connect people who need support with those that can offer it, in a friendly and welcoming place.
We have a wonderful community garden, cared for entirely by volunteers. The Touchpoint Community Foodshare is saving food surplus from going to landfill by redistributing it for free.
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- Ecology +
- Environment +
- Waste +
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Walden Countryside is a community interest company that seeks to create public access nature reserves and to promote the conservation of traditionally managed countryside in north Uttlesford.
- Biodiversity +
- Environment +
- Schools +
Wicken Bonhunt Parish Committee
- Community building +
- Solar +
- Solar panels +
- Sustainability +
Community building aiming to reduce its carbon footprint. Installing double glazed windows was our 1st phase. Considering further loft insulation, heat pumps +/- solar panels
- Community building +
Wimbish wildlife – project to get all village landowners to work together to improve village biodiversity.
- Wildlife +
- Community +