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Friends of the Earth is hosting a two-day Youth Gathering for 16-25 year olds on 21 and 22 July, featuring a range of workshops to empower young activists. Register now.

The newly revamped Norwich FOE are demanding Norfolk County Council creates a Climate Action Plan. They're off to a strong start with over 200 signatures already. Sign now and support their campaign!

Alongside other campaigners, Southampton Friends of the Earth has raised a truly impressive £15,000 for a legal appeal against the decision to approve Southampton's airport expansion.

Bury Climate Action Group are continuing to work alongside their local council and have been invited to partake in focus groups on their local plan, as well as holding their own consultation event. Great work!

Congratulations to Leicester Friends of the Earth who have been awarded a grant to establish a community green space in a deprived area of the city.

Our London groups have been working together and have formed a London Network. Their last meeting in July saw strong attendance, and we hope this fruitful collaboration continues!

Great work from Hillingdon Friends of the Earth who have been resolute in campaigning for a Climate Action Plan to be adopted in their area. Their work paid off – their council local plan has been adapted featuring many of their recommendations.

Welcome to new Climate Action Groups: Friends of Latton Island, Stop the Arc, Binsted Eco Network and Machynlleth Climate Action!

Leicester Friends of the Earth and The Race Equality Centre (now a registered Climate Action Group) launched a coalition to work for ‘a greener, fairer future’. Their amazing work has received local press attention, and we’re looking forward to seeing their work progress.

FOE Conwy worked with XR and other community groups to produce a lovely video to promote their litter picking.

Young Friends of the Earth Pontypridd were nominated for an RCT Good Citizen award. Congratulations to them for receiving this amazing recognition, as well as congratulations from the Mayor!

Thanks to the brilliant campaigning from Sheffield FOE, Sheffield City Council unanimously passed a motion recognising the nature emergency in Sheffield.

The Welsh Government has announced a suspension on all future road building. This monumental win is in part thanks to decades of campaigning from our amazing network!

Leicester FOE are demanding that their City Council stops spraying pesticides in their local parks. Help by signing their petition now.

Hundreds of you joined us for our online Groundswell event on 12 and 13 June, attending sessions on COP26 mobilisation and building a truly representative movement. Thank you!

Great news. Groups have been beginning to return to in person activity, including bike rides and evening walks in Cardiff, Portsmouth and St. Albans.

Eastbourne FOE are currently promoting SEEDS – a digital currency skewed towards common ownership and regenerative projects.

Wirral Climate Action Group held an event to discuss transport in the area, with three MPs in attendance.

New groups alert! Welcome to new Climate Action groups in Bedford, Exeter, Harrogate, Newcastle, Newry, Lichfield, Seaford and a new local group in Hackney.

Look out for CAGNE from June, a series of 6 talks about wider impacts of aviation expansion with topics including: Our Natural World, The Air that we Breathe and Alternatives to Flying for Pleasure.

Open now: supported by Birmingham FOE, a new pay-as-you-can Solidarity Kitchen has now opened at The Warehouse Café!

Cardiff FOE worked with Greenpeace, XR and Green Squirrel to create a life-sized mural of a humpback whale to highlight the climate crisis.

The Save Rimrose Valley campaign had a breakthrough on Highways England's handling of Freedom of Information requests, thanks to great work from Sefton Climate Action Group.

Our Nottingham group planted 4 fruit trees as part of their local food campaign at Nottingham College. This is just the beginning, as they have plans to create a fully fledged orchard.

Manchester FOE have been campaigning for bikes to be allowed on trams for ten years. Thanks to their work, Andy Burnham has now agreed this should be allowed.

Newbury FoE hosted first dedication event for one of the Lockdown Woods last week, with the mayor and other dignitaries in attendance.

Thanks to our network and their campaigning , six of the eight elected Metro Mayors signed our Climate Action Pledge. The network are now working to getting their elected representatives to take climate action.

South Bedfordshire FoE seemingly have secured a speaking commitment from Andrew Selous MP on plastics during second report day of Environmental Bill.

Check out the fantastic video made by students from the Hackney My World, My Home group to raise awareness about trees and encourage tree planting in their local area.

Manchester FOE campaigned and managed to secure an incredible 227 climate pledges from their council candidates.

Oxford FOE produced a report on climate emergency to assesses what the six councils in the area have done to combat climate breakdown and highlights what they still need to.

Ahead of the election, Manchester Friends of the Earth got 161 council candidates to sign up to the Climate Action Pledge and 153 candidates to the UK Divest Pledge.

Cumbria County Council shifted its stance on the Whitehaven coal mine from "supportive" to "neutral" thanks to the community groups fighting it, including West Cumbria and North Lakes FOE and Climate Emergency West Cumbria.

During the May elections, Manchester FoE surveyed all the council candidates in their area. They managed to get an amazing 250 pledge signatures and 200 divestment pledge signatures.

Darlington FOE created a beautiful film about saving the beautiful Skerningham woodland from housing developers.

Sefton Climate Action Group have arranged a meeting with Damien Moore MP (Merseyside's only Conservative MP) to discuss climate action.

Bracknell Climate Action Group were pleased to welcome Mike Childs to their group to give an introduction talk about climate change.

Birmingham Friends of the Earth is opening their office space The Warehouse to a pay-as-you-want community café from June 2021.

Check out the fab work from Greening Steyning Climate Action Group who have produced a drone video on energy leakage.

Greening Steyning, Bramber and Beeding have produced a fantastic video about emissions from housing and rating streets in their area. Watch now

Multi-faith group Footsteps mark Earth Day with a free online event focused on the power of interfaith action in tackling climate action, both locally and globally.

Friends of the Earth Cardiff co-hosted a public hustings online to quiz Senedd candidates on their plans to tackle climate breakdown. Watch a recording of the hustings on YouTube.

Liverpool Friends of the Earth hosts Trade Union Deputy General Secretary Paul Nowak at their local group meeting to talk about green jobs potential in the region.

Friends of the Earth delivered a webinar for the network to discuss climate justice and how to ensure it's part of every campaign. Read more

The newly formed Kingston group held a kick-off event which was attended by 40 people. The group will be concentrating their campaigning on rivers and divestment.

West Yorkshire Climate and Nature Network are asking local residents to join them in demanding robust and ambitious climate action plans from their mayoral candidates. Sign their petition.

Join Save the Trees Kirklees and Huddersfield Friends of the Earth in calling for a moratorium on all new major road schemes in Kirklees until their climate and ecological impact has been fully assessed. Sign the petition

Leicester Climate Action successfully lobbied their council to improve its local climate action plan. The new plan includes plans to reduce traffic and reach net zero emissions by 2030.

The UK government has dropped plans to build a climate-wrecking new road between Oxford and Cambridge following a successful campaign by local groups including Oxford Friends of the Earth.

Derbyshire Climate Coalition hosted an online event to discuss the current plight of Indian farmers following Prime Minister Modi's agricultural reforms.

Dane Valley in the Peak District is home to some 650 new trees thanks to community tree planting events organised by Dane Valley Climate Action and Cheshire Wildlife Trust.

Local leaders in St Albans have passed a motion to lower speed limit in the area, following a successful community campaign involving St Albans Friends of the Earth.

Chester FoE and Climate Action Chester & District held a two day event on topics including green space, carbon foot-printing and ‘breaking up with fast fashion’. Listen to their Crowdcast recording.

Welcome to Calderdale Green New Deal, who recently joined our network. The group hosted an online community even in February with over 100 people.

Sheffield FoE and Climate Action Rotherham ran a joint online event in February called ‘Simple steps to combat climate change’ to help people develop practical ideas. 120 people signed up!

Climate Action Preston has launched a children’s clothing library that allows families to rent a box of clothes for £2 instead of buying new ones. Great initiative Preston!

Liverpool FoE and Sefton Climate Action Group met Margaret Greenwood MP to discuss plans to support an amendment to the Environment Bill as part of their campaign to stop unsustainable imports of soya beans through the Port of Liverpool.

Leicester Climate Action Group held a Climate and Me event which comprised of 20 different workshops and discussions to think about the causes, impact and solutions to climate change. Find out more.

Liverpool Friends of the Earth has joined up with Biofuel Watch to campaign against the expansion of Liverpool Port. The alliance has secured the support of MP Margaret Greenwood.

Birmingham Friends of the Earth is asking University of Birmingham staff, alumni and students to declare a climate emergency. Sign the open letter

Leeds Friends of the Earth is urging local leaders to put climate first and stop the expansion of Leeds Bradford airport. Show your support and sign their petition.