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🔦Spotlight on Local Climate Action🍦⚡ A new electric ice cream van, operated by Warrington based Ice cream business Lewis Bros. is on-site at @Walton_Gardens By switching to EV the van eliminates tail pipe emissions, helping to reduce pollutants in high footfall areas. #localclimateaction #Warrington #Electricicecreamvan #Sustainability

🔦 Spotlight on Local Climate Action 🌻 Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School has strengthened its sustainability across the board. Efforts include reducing single‑use plastics, growing vegetables on site, harvesting rainwater, and encouraging reuse through second‑hand uniform options and book swaps. Children also play an active role, using recycling bins, caring for wildlife, gardening, exploring the weather, and engaging in creative junk modelling. Together they are helping build a environmentally conscious community!

📣 Are you a hospitality business? The @energygovuk are funding free energy and carbon reduction assessments for 500+ small pubs, cafes, restaurants and hotels across the UK. A new online tool will enable business owners to access to affordable, straightforward support to manage their energy use 🔌 ⚡ Register your interest here: zerocarboncompany.org/energy-reducti…

Want to reduce your energy bills?💡 Get support from @EP_Plus to help improve energy efficiency and cut wasted energy in your home. You can call their Save Energy Advice Line for free on 0800 043 0151 or visit their website for more information: epplus.org.uk/about/who-we-a…

🔦 Spotlight on Local Climate Action ♻️ 🐦 A Warrington childminder is demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainability. As well as working towards a goal of ensuring that 90% of all toys and materials are preloved, families are encouraged to donate unwanted items to support a circular reuse system. Outdoor play is enriched through the Scrap Shed, where children use donated recyclable materials to develop creativity, problem‑solving and teamwork skills. Upcycling projects, such as a handmade bird feeder and a converted bird‑watching hide, further promote children’s engagement and connection with nature. Food waste is also reduced by creating a wormery, where children learn about composting and later use the compost on the allotment 🪱

🔦 Spotlight on climate action 🌻 🐝 @TheOldSchoolWA1 Project Warrington is a registered charity offering a inclusive community space for charities, community groups and artists. Over the past four years, part of it's car park has been transformed into an RHS award-winning urban garden. It is maintained by dedicated volunteers, from the MacIntyre Greater Communities “Garden Gang”, with a dedicated space maintained by @WarringtonVip (Visually Impaired People). What was once a unused plainly flagged area has become a flourishing, wildlife-friendly environment in the heart of an urban area. Across the site, vegetables and herbs are grown and used within the VIP lunch club and shared with the wider community!

Find out more about electric vehicles in Warrington here: warrington.gov.uk/electric-vehic…

🔦 Climate Action Spotlight ⚡ 🚘 Warrington Borough Council is partnering with charge point operator @Believ_UK to deliver new electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the town. As part of this programme, Time Square Surface Level Car Park will soon feature four new electric vehicle (EV) charging bays, including a dedicated bay for electric taxis. This investment will make it easier for residents, visitors and local taxi drivers to switch from fossil fuel vehicles to cleaner alternatives. Expanding the EV charging network will help Warrington become a more sustainable town with cleaner air!

🔦 Spotlight on local climate action 🌳 🌲 A partnership between @WaltonHallGolf and The Mersey Forest has formed thanks to introduction from Wild About Stockton Heath. The partnership will work with students from Myerscough College and local volunteers to help plant 4,000 new trees. The first planting days are already underway and will continue in phases. Once established, the new trees will help create a vibrant, more resilient space for wildlife, golfers, and the wider community. You can read more about the tree planting: waltonhallgardens.co.uk/the-mersey-for…

If you are a nursery or childminding business or Warrington sign up: New for Spring 2026 Early Years Climate Action training | Warrington Services Hub

🍎🧑‍🎓Warrington Borough Council is running a new Climate Action Training session for Early Years settings. The training aims to help support nurseries or childminding business to take meaningful, achievable steps toward sustainability. The short and engaging session will guide early years practitioners through the process of developing a Climate Action Plan, in line with the Department for Education’s sustainability guidance and national expectations for education settings.

🔦 Spotlight on local climate action ☀️ ⚡ Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to benefit from more than £1 million of funding as part of a major national decarbonisation programme to support the delivery of clean energy. 996 solar panels will be installed at Warrington Hospital and LED lighting at Halton Hospital. It is estimated that the installation of the solar panels and upgraded lighting will help to save the organisation almost £172,000 each year which will unlock funds for frontline services and patient care. You can read more about the programme: whh.nhs.uk/news/warringto…

🔦 Spotlight on local climate action 🌳 @Culture_WA Official Sky Garden project entered the @The_RHS Its Your Neighbourhood' awards and received the highest level of award - a level 5! The community garden is located on the top floor of the car park at Golden Square Warrington, transforming an unused area of concrete into a flourishing urban oasis. Find out more about the Sky Garden via their Facebook page: facebook.com/p/Warrington-S…

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🔦 Spotlight on local climate action 🌍 Warrington Community Energy provided grant funding for the installation of solar panels on the offices of Warrington Disability Partnership. The solar panels are installed across 4 roofs. As well as reducing energy bills for the local charity it has been estimated that over 25 years it will achieve carbon savings of 145 tonnes, helping to reduce pollution!

📣 Our annual report of progress for 2025 is now live 📃 Please read and share the report to spread the word. There are some themes in the plan where significant steps have been taken locally but there are also areas where not enough is being done currently. The main 'ask' in our strategy is for people to help translate it into action in their own context and accelerate progress. People are essential to making a contribution to reducing pollution and protecting nature that in turn may also result in cost savings and health and wellbeing benefits 🌳 🌍 ♻️ warrington.gov.uk/sites/default/…