How To Create A Climate Action Plan - For Sports Clubs and Organisations

During this 2.5 hour workshop we’ll explore how to come up with a practical Climate Action Plan for your sports club or organisation.

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent - and you may well have noticed how this can have a significant impact on how many people get involved in your activities - perhaps because of things like waterlogged pitches or heatwaves.

And whilst we can’t solve the climate crisis on our own, there are definitely things we can do as organisations. Yet it can be hard to know where to begin. With this in mind, we will:

• Explore the reasons why it’s important for sports clubs and organisations to take action.
• Understand where our main environmental impacts are - in areas such as energy use, travel and waste.
• Think creatively about the practical things we can do - to reduce our organisation's negative environmental impacts - and to make a positive difference in our communities too.
• Explore wider positive impacts from taking climate action - such as lowering your energy bills and breaking down barriers to participation
• Find out about sources of further support and funding

Benefits of the workshop

• Completely free
• Refreshments and food provided
• Examples of best practice for sports organisations
• Practical advice to fit your needs and capacity
• From experienced professionals who get results

Who should attend

Anyone involved in running or managing a sports club or community organisation in Wakefield that is:

• Involved in delivering any type of community sport / physical activity (can be affiliated or not affiliated to a National Governing Body)
• Supporting your local community as an un/constituted group, charity, social enterprise or community benefit society
• Generating an income of up to £500k

We are particularly interested in supporting volunteers, managers, staff and trustees from sports clubs running in the Wakefield area.

About the session

This workshop, led by Voluntary Action Leeds will be delivered by Rob Greenland, from The Social Business. Rob has worked with social enterprises and third sector organisations for over 25 years - specialising in offering support around environmental issues and climate action. He co-founded Zero Waste Leeds in 2018, and helped to set up a number of projects with social and environmental impacts, including Leeds School Uniform Exchange. He has also worked with local running clubs to look at how to reduce the environmental impacts of their activities. When not at work, he’s a keen runner - and has witnessed first-hand how extreme weather has had an impact on the races he likes to compete in.

What else is on?

There are other workshops available on hot topics – from funding to finding new volunteers. Book on to as many workshops as you’d find useful. More launching in June!

All the workshops for clubs in Wakefield can be found on this collection.

About Sport For Good

Sport for Good is a programme for people who run sports clubs and organisations in the most deprived areas of West Yorkshire to increase the resilience, engagement, sustainability and diversity of their organisation.