Brentwood Climate Action

Category: Wellbeing

  • Earth Day Gala Evening Wednesday 22 April 2026

    Earth Day Gala Evening Wednesday 22 April 2026

    We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all who performed, to all those behind the scenes and to all who came to witness our biggest and most ambitious event yet and also, to be a part of Earth Day 2026: a worldwide initiative to raise awareness of the realisation that our world – our only world – is so fragile and in deep need of our help.

    However, none of this would have even been possible without the vision, courage and dedication of Meryl, our very own BCA chair. So once again, let’s all raise our glasses and say a big thank you to Meryl, to each other and to our beautiful world, the planet Earth.

  • Top ten Brentwood Climate Action achievements of 2021

    Top ten Brentwood Climate Action achievements of 2021

    As we head into what we hope will be a landmark year for Climate Action in Brentwood, let’s take a minute to look back on the major achievements of Brentwood Climate Action since our group was formed in late summer of 2021.

    In no particular order, here’s our Top Ten of Actions taken so far:

    1. We held our first Schools Conference at Anglo European School in Ingatestone in November, as part of our Action around the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow – with more than 50 sixth formers from four schools across the Borough attending and taking part in educational activities related to COP26 and the Climate Emergency generally.
    1. We had a successful presence on both Brentwood and Ingatestone high streets to mark the COP26 Global Day of Action. Brentwood Climate Action members spent the day talking to members of the public to raise awareness of COP26 and the Climate Emergency, and promote the ongoing work of our group and how it can make a difference locally.
    1. We’ve been making contact with Brentwood Borough Council officials and administration Councillors – who have indicated a willingness to engage with us around climate and environmental issues on an ongoing basis – and also asked questions at Brentwood Borough Council meetings; as part of our lobbying process moving forward in 2022.
    1. We held our kickstart meeting back in the summer, as more than 40 people took part in the first meeting held at Chicken and Frog bookshop in Crown Street, and online via Zoom, on Thursday August 12. The meeting elected a Steering Group, agreed a constitution, as well as a vision and aims for Brentwood Climate Action.
    1. The number of activists / members of Brentwood Climate Action has climbed well over 100 in just four months. You can sign up here.
    1. Despite the ongoing issues with the Covid pandemic, we’ve managed to hold four monthly members meetings, at a variety of venues across the Borough and hybrid online via Zoom. The guest speaker at our November meeting was Ottilie West, the new Climate and Sustainability Officer at Brentwood Borough Council.
    1. As part of the ongoing administration carried out by your volunteer Steering Group, we’ve set up a bank account and started to look at potential funding sources to enable us to operate effectively in 2022 and beyond.
    1. We set up this website and social media channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from scratch – which have seen us gather hundreds of followers in quick time. And we’ve also set up a Membership database and been sending out regular emailings to our signed up activists.
    1. We launched a Petition calling on Brentwood Council to declare a Climate Emergency, and publish an ambitious Climate Action Plan – which has had more than 100 signatures online, and more than double that offline at our COP26 Global Day of Action stalls.
    1. We conducted a members skills audit, which allowed us to set up seven diverse Action Groups – such as Lobbying, Environmental, Funding, Wellbeing, and Education – which we hope will provide the focus for a lot of what will do during this year.
  • Action Group progress at September meeting

    Action Group progress at September meeting

    It was great to see so many Members in-person at Shenfield High School for our September 16 meeting  – with as many others joining in via Zoom as well.

    The technical challenges of running a hybrid meeting may have proved testing at times, but we persevered and covered lots of ground.

    That included looking ahead to potential activities on the Global Day of Action during COP26 in November, which is something we will return to, to formalise plans.

    And we also had some thought-provoking break-out sessions across the newly set up Action Groups to start those moving forward.

    For those that are unaware, we have to date set up seven of these, on the following Action areas:

    • Addressing wellbeing
    • Developing community energy and providing for electric vehicles
    • Engaging with public and partnering with business
    • Fundraising
    • Lobbying
    • Working with schools and monitoring climate change
    • Nature & environmental action and recycling

    There was lots of progress, in groups run in the room and mirrored via WhatsApp and Zoom. The groups will now continue to discuss potential Actions, and bring back their updates to the next Members meeting.

    If all of this sounds interesting to you, please do get in touch – and get involved!

    We’ll be holding our next full meeting of Brentwood Climate Action members on Tuesday October 19.

    That is set to take place at the Seymour Pavilion at Seymour Field in Ingatestone – also hybrid online via Zoom – and be a joint meeting with Ingatestone & Fryerning Parish Council Climate Emergency Working Group.

    Full details and sign-up information will be published soon.

  • September 16 meeting at Shenfield High School

    September 16 meeting at Shenfield High School

    Please join us tomorrow night for our Members launch meeting – in-person at Shenfield High School from 7pm, or online via Zoom if you prefer. If everyone could complete our attendance form to let us know how you wish to take part that will help us prepare, and will make sure you get the Zoom link emailed to you in advance of the start, if that’s your chosen method:  https://actionnetwork.org/events/brentwood-climate-action-launch We have a lot of Action ideas to discuss, and a lot to update you all on since our kickstart meeting last month. We will also discuss Great Big Green Week and COP26 as Action opportunities. Everyone is welcome! Please share the date/time/venue far and wide to those that you know will be interested. Shenfield High School is at: Alexander Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood CM15 8RY.