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11th May 2012

Kate DamiralThe latest cohort of organisations to join our climate change project got off to a flying start last week. Twenty BME organisations working across Greater Manchester met up last Tuesday at Bridge 5 Mill for the first of three workshops to explore how climate change could affect the people they support and the

27th February 2012

Kate DamiralHere at NCVO, we’re getting ready to celebrate Climate Week which runs 12th-18th March.Climate Week logo

15th February 2012

Kate DamiralWe’ve now started work with our second cohort of organisations taking part in our vulnerable people and climate change project.

16th December 2011

Kate DamiralI keep imagining all the conversations about climate change that the participants in our climate change project have made happen in recent weeks; conversations about the evidence, the trends and the implications for older people.

16th November 2011

Becca Edwards photoWe need to utilise the full power of the voluntary and community sector to help people face up to the difficult issues that climate change presents, and to develop the right support for the transition we’ll need to undertake.

But is the sector ready to step up to the challenge, asks Dr Rebecca Edwards from the Third Sector Research Centre.

25th October 2011

Kate DamiralAnd off we go!  Here’s a round up of our first workshop held earlier this month.

People from eight different older people’s organisations took part in this session, including several Universities of the Third Age and others providing services and representing the interests of older Londoners.

12th September 2011

We recently met with the three organisations who’ll be helping to steer our work on climate change with older people’s organisations.

As this part of our project will be focusing specifically on London, we’ve recruited two pan-London bodies, Age UK London and the Greater London Forum for Older People. Both have great links to grassroots work happening across the capital, reaching a broad range of older Londoners.

10th August 2011

Kate DamiralLast month we brought together for an initial meeting the group of experts who’ll be helping NCVO to shape our vulnerable people and climate change project

They explain here why they decided to get involved.

29th July 2011

This is just a quick update to let you know that the doors are now open for organisations to join our climate change project.

8th June 2011

Kate DamiralEnjoying the summer sunshine? In my new job as Climate Change Officer here at NCVO, I’ve learnt we can look forward to plenty of hotter British summers in the future, with milder winters too. 

While this might sound rather nice, start to explore climate change trends a bit further and it isn’t at all good news.

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