Action for Sustainable Living offers a range of tailored services for Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Schools, Colleges and Businesses, focused on meeting key environmental and corporate social responsibility goals.
The many organisations we’ve worked with recognise the value of utilising AfSL as an ‘intermediary’ to engage, enthuse and support residents, students, customers and stakeholders in realising environmental behaviour change.
Local Authorities
Over recent years we’ve worked in partnership with Local Authorities throughout the Northwest and beyond to assist them in meeting their objectives on waste management, energy saving, local food growing and building the capacity of communities to tackle wider sustainability issues themselves.
Funded programmes and direct contracts include:
• Engaging residents to increase recycling rates
• Evaluation of energy use and behaviour change by residents in new Code 4 apartments and houses
• Development of Environmental Community Engagement Strategy for a regeneration area
• Identification of disused land as potential sites for community food growing
For more information on our services please view the AfSL Training brochure.
Schools
AfSL are currently funded to deliver free workshops in schools around South . Also available is an inset workshop for staff and teachers. For further information and to book a free session, please contact the office on 0161 234 2939
Other school specific projects have included:
• Project Zero delivery significant energy efficiency savings
• Developing food growing infrastructure and transferring skills
• Working with energy specilists to deliver an 8.4kWp solar PV system
AFSS: AfSL’s Sustainable Schools programme, ‘A Few Small Steps’, adopts a ‘whole school’ approach working with staff, students and the wider school community. This encourages children to implement what they have learnt at home, leading to further environmental benefits and embedding schools more firmly in their communities. Packages available range from one-off workshops with individual schools, to ongoing sustainability mentoring programmes.
Business
AfSL has excellent experience of working with businesses to create employee engagement on sustainability topics, providing excellent support to achieve your targets, reduce your costs and bring a sense of community engagement into your workplace.
We offer a range of workshops and programmes to facilitate positive environmental change within your business, organisation or community. Our motivating Training Coordinators use a tailored approach, this ensures each session is focused on your desired outcomes and relevant to your specific needs.
Housing Associations
AfSL has an impressive track record in the delivery of the high quality Energy Saver programme, training both staff and tenants in cascading domestic energy saving advice and support to target communities. As the UK’s first RELISH approved adopter, our programme utilises the excellent communications materials developed for the multi-award winning RELISH programme. In addition we’re able to support tenants in local food growing and waste reduction programmes.
Recent contracts include:
• Eighteen month energy behavioural change prorgramme with Trafford Housing Trust, one of five national pilots funded by Housing Federation’s Count Us In programme
• Delivery of two major DECC LEAF projects in , Oldham and Tameside
• Supporting three housing associations in in an intensive 6-month programme of staff and tenant training achieving savings of 2,688 tons of CO2 (lifetime assumed) and annual savings of £27,919 on energy bills.
For more information on our services please view the AfSL Training brochure.
Further information
To discuss how AfSL might support your organisation realise its environmental and social goals please contact: [email protected] or telephone 0161 234 2939.
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