We're taking part in Great Big Green Week 2025
We’re excited to be taking part in the Great Big Green Week, a national initiative to encourage people to make eco-friendly swaps in their daily lives. It’s a huge opportunity to show the strength of our green community.
We have lots going on in our green spaces, and our existing weekly initiatives already prove that we are pretty green! Here is what we do to help the environment and protect our natural world:
Community Allotment- The allotment reduces carbon emissions from food transport, captures and stores carbon (for example through composting), reduces waste, boosts biodiversity, promotes renewable energy (like through rainwater collection), and generally encourages sustainable lifestyles through social cohesion and seasonal eating.
Tree Canopy: We have numerous projects on our site (Space to Grow, Rewilding Forest School, Guided Wellbeing and the Elmbridge Tree Wardens) who foster a deep environmental connection, build awareness and eco-conscious values, support biodiversity, promote low impact living, encourage regenerative thinking and promote education which can spark interest in green careers, activism and policy change.
Gardening Club at Fenner House, one of our independent living schemes - By encouraging residents to come along and get stuck in with weekly gardening activities, we blend climate action, community care, and local collaboration.
The Bridge - our community hub and ‘shop-without-a-till’ for working families who are struggling financially is also very green - It reduces food waste, methane emissions and resources, reduces the footprint of emergency food through lower packaging and transport emissions and works to promote a circular economy. The school uniform pop-up shop we hosted last August was another great example of combining poverty tackling ideas with sustainability by reducing textile waste and emissions, lowering demand for new production, saving water and energy, and teaching sustainable values to people in the community.
You can find out more on our website about our green spaces and keep an eye on our Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn to see the regular events and activities we have on offer. Have a look at all our beautiful photos taken across our green spaces recently:
Want to get involved? Anyone can take part in a Great Big Green Week activity! There are so many events going on across Elmbridge, so check out their website to search for an event, or take part in one of ours. We are currently looking for new people to join our community allotment - everyone is welcome.
Article by Walton Charity’s Amy Dixon, Policy and Communications Officer and Anna Clifton, Community Development Officer