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AfSL stimulates, facilitates and supports local people to form Action Groups aimed at tackling certain sustainable living issues in their community. These are single issue groups that allow people in a community to work together in making a difference to the things that matter to them the most. The groups raise awareness, run local events, promote local projects and generally act as a focal point for that issue in the community. Once Action Groups are operating in an area, AfSL’s Local Project Managers broker links with other relevant local groups and organisations which are doing similar work in other localities. These links are maintained through forums on AfSL’s website. Initiatives and Action Groups include: car sharing schemes, publicising recycling facilities, distributing low energy light bulbs and much more. How the service develops in each locality depends on the the interest of key individuals, the support of other groups & organisations and the opportunities available. How to join an Action Group How to set up an Action Group Opportunities to sponsor an Action Group |
Action Groups
Featured action group
Hulme In Transition (HIT)
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Hulme is joining towns and cities across the UK in becoming a 'Transition Town'. HIT's aim is to reduce the carbon footprint of Hulme and to help in the ward's transition to a low carbon economy. The thinking behind it is simply that a town using much less energy and resources than we presently consume could, if properly planned for and designed, be more resilient, more abundant and more pleasurable than the present. HIT is a community-led initiative working towards the creation of an… [more about this action group] |