The Greening Campaign
The Greening Campaign tackles climate change at a community level where everyone is included, everyone has a voice and everyone has a valued role to play. The Greening Campaign is for the community, led by the community, always with the aim to provide space for the most vulnerable to have the loudest voice.
We provide a proven handrail supporting communities to tackle all aspects of climate change, bringing with us expert organisations to help make real changes such as reducing energy use and creating space for nature.
Uniquely, we make community action visible, championing action in every type of home. As a not-for-profit, over the last 15 years we’ve helped more than 200 communities make a measurable difference using our distinctive and trusted programme.
Our Vision
The Greening Campaign envisages communities where residents use less energy and have lower bills; waste is prevented by reducing, reusing, or sharing; nature can move freely along natural corridors in and between gardens; communities grow more of their own, climate-resistant food; they are resilient to climate impacts such as flooding and heatwaves; and families and individuals are healthier and happier.
How it works
The Greening Campaign is a handrail for communities to use to guide and support them to tackle various aspects of climate change action. We find that the handrail provides the confidence needed in spaces where communities want to see real change on the ground, without wondering which way to turn. Communities set off using our handrail as a guide, lead their own action, and develop and shape the support to fit with their own needs. Sitting along the handrail are expert organisations to provide support on areas such as governance, policies, and social media. Our key partners are specialist organisations who bring their expertise direct to communities to support effective action on five different climate change topics – we call them the 5 Pillars. Read more about the 5 Pillars below.
Importantly, our guidance on ‘Engagement’ supports our communities to bring all community voices together to be loud and heard. Our support enables those most at risk from climate impacts to have a voice, and those most vulnerable in society to be part of the action and planning. Our support gives residents the skills and confidence to make real change on the ground where they live. Every time we work with a community, we learn, and every bit of learning is captured to share with others.
Engage your community
At the start of your journey with us, we support you to bring everyone together in your community. We particularly want the most vulnerable to have a voice, as they are and will be most affected by climate change.
We provide personal support to find and raise diverse voices, and learn about whose voices are missing from the conversation. We feel it is important for any person- whatever their skills, to feel they can lead their community to make change that supports everyone.
Our specialist Engagement pack provides the fundamental and most important steps to engaging the wider community.
5 Pillars
Using specialist packs and working with funded expert support, your community will create effective change in the 5 Pillars:
- Create or improve ‘Space for Nature’
- Develop support for ‘Energy Efficient Homes’
- Raise awareness & protect from the ‘Health Impacts of Climate Change’
- Engage in effective ‘Waste Prevention’
- Improve understanding of food security, growing your own food, and the importance of Heritage Seeds, through our ‘Cycle of the Seed’ pillar.
Communities Together
Whilst bringing support to each community, we also bring communities together to share their knowledge. We run Share and Learns (formerly ‘Mini Conferences’) focused on a particular Pillar where all people from any community come together to share knowledge and passion, and we run a yearly Greening Campaign Celebration where everyone attends workshops and enjoys learning about the work in other communities, contacts get swapped and friendships and partnerships are born.
We don’t just bring communities together- we link communities with District and Borough Councils, with County Council, with other action groups and experts – we bring joined up action and learning.
If you would like to understand more, or if you have other ideas for making links between and with communities and others, please contact us to arrange a time to chat.
How to get started
We are currently accepting new communities across Hampshire to join our programme in Autumn/Winter 2026/2027. Contact us to arrange a chat and find out more!
We have National Lottery funding to support communities to tackle climate change.
Upcoming Greening Campaign Events
Waste Prevention Field Trip: Seeing Where Hampshire Waste Goes (afternoon trip)
Waste Prevention Field Trip: Seeing Where Hampshire Waste Goes (morning trip)
Interested in running a Greening Campaign group or finding out more?
