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Community Climate Projects 2024 – Leicester Community Links and Hindu Climate ActionBackground

Writer's picture: Chirag RathodChirag Rathod

A pilot project was delivered with Seed funding from the Transition network to address the

ongoing exclusion of minoritized communities in Leicester from accessing information about

the climate crisis, fuel poverty, grant aid for energy efficiency improvements and other

services represented solely in English. The project was seeking to take the climate.

conversation to the places where people naturally gather and to encourage them.

to design their community responses through interactive workshops. The project was

piloted in Hindu temples and community centres in Leicester as the partners have existing

links with those.

What we did

 

Four Hindu Community Connectors were trained to raise awareness on the impact of

climate change From April 2024 8 workshops were delivered in Hindu. temples across

Leicester by building on relationships forged with Hindu Climate Action and Leicester

Community Links.

The pilot project attracted interest from wider community members, so additional

workshops were delivered at community centres and online sessions were held.

The delivery was from April to September 2024 as there were many Hindu festival

celebrations after that time so we recognised that community and religious venues would

be busy from October onwards. Two of the HCC undertook carbon literacy training delivered

by Leicester City Council which supported this project. 10 bilingual workshops were delivered

across faith venues in Leicester.

 

As a result of the success of this pilot project, we were able to deliver further projects addressing Energy efficiency, and environmental concerns especially river pollution by working with the Community Engagement and Training Development Officer for the Restore the Soar project Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust. We are planning a local Climate Conference in 2025. 



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