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Hello!
We wish to review our current practices as Moorlands Climate Action as we are looking into our engagement with the Staffordshire Moorlands community post-pandemic.
Moorlands Climate Action are carrying out a SWOT analysis to take stock of where we are up to as a group after 12 months of 'working from home'. This is a chance to reflect on how we interact with others inside MCA and engage with wider society in the Moorlands.
The focus for this questionnaire is on Moorlands Climate Action.
This questionnaire will be anonymous.
We are using the Community Organiser model as a baseline for our analysis.
The review of this will take place on 21st May so please fill in the questionnaire before then.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY
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We are thrilled to have been invited to a few Parish Assemblies this year to represent Moorlands Climate Action to the local people across the Staffordshire Moorlands!
To view our presentation see here; Link to Presentation // text version
Please also sign up to our newsletter to stay completely up to date with what is going on and please become a member to join our Slack.
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We would like you to submit a photo to us. If you are a Staffordshire Moorlands resident please take part!
This photo just needs to be a photo of you (your head and torso) holding a banner or with a t-shirt with a environmental slogan on it.
- If possible, please ensure your picture is of the ratio 3 (High) x 2 (Wide) but we can crop it if necessary if you leave space around you.
- If you are under the age of 18, please provide parent or guardian consent along with the photo.
- Optional - share your first name and the first part of your postcode to help make this a local issue!
Please send the photo to us via email:
Also, don't forget to sign up to our mailing list to come along to the teams!
The Challenge!
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Great news if you're looking for project funding. We've just had the following from Severn Trent's Biodiversity Project Manager:
“We’re writing to let you know that our Boost for Biodiversity 2021 grant scheme will now be opening for applications on Monday 15th March and will close Friday 23rd April. We’re looking for projects between 0.5-30ha in size that will create or enhance habitats within the Severn Trent region.
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Hello everyone! I’m Alana, the new Moorlands Climate Action Communications and Admin assistant. I am a recent geography graduate of Keele University. I have always lived in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the local connections to nature have inspired me as an environmentalist.
During my time at Keele, I formed Keele Wildlife Society and have coordinated the Hedgehog Friendly Campus campaign at Keele. I assist Keele’s Sustainability as Senior Sustainability Intern with their projects and communications, as well as currently working towards a Masters in Geographical and Environmental Research, with a focus on climate change, conservation, community initiatives and youth engagement.
Read more: Introducing Alana Wheat - Our New Communications and Admin...
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MCA have been working with SMDC for several months on the development of an Action Plan that will set down how Staffordshire Moorlands will become carbon neutral by 2030. We were pleased to see the council recognise the need to review the way that this work was to be carried out, and they recently agreed to set up a number of sub-groups that can work in parallel, very much as how MCA organises our different groups.
We have now been advised that these sub-groups will fit under these headings
Natural Environment - third Wednesday of each month (TBC) - this group has already met.
Travel & Transport - second Monday of each month at 7.00 pm. The first meeting will take place on 12 October.
Housing - first Tuesday of each month at 7.00 pm. The first meeting will take place on 6 October.
Industry & Agriculture - TBC
Energy - TBC
The Council - TBC
We have had a number of people already come forward, but we would like to ensure we have 4 MCA members on every topic, so there are vacancies for most of these sub groups.
These groups will meet every month for 1 hour, with the idea that every month you will talk through an idea and present it back to the overall sub-committee. They will then pass all the approved ideas up to the Council for further work to be done working up the details and incorporate them into the Action Plan.
Whilst we welcome this more pragmatic approach, MCA have raised their concerns that the original Climate Emergency declaration stated that the sub-committee (which includes MCA members) would produce the Action Plan, but it now appears to be the responsibility of the Portfolio Holder, Clllr Joe Porter. We are concerned about the lack of transparency and meetings being held ‘behind the scenes’, but we will give this process a try for a month or so while it beds in. Better to be ‘inside the tent, than outside’ to paraphrase the common expression.
So, let’s give it a shot, get involved, put forward our ideas and see if we can work with the councillors to create the Action Plan that we know we need for our contribution to the overall plan to save our World.
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Please note: You will have to be a MCA member to take part on these sub-groups.