This group was formed in May with the aim of looking at what as a church we could do to reduce our carbon footprint and help the environment.

To enable us to focus on priorities we completed the Church of England Net Zero Action Plan stage 1. We have also completed the A Rocha UK ECO church questionnaire. We are delighted we have been awarded their bronze award.

Having such a beautiful building is fantastic but brings challenges and there is a limit to what we can do structurally. However, there are some easy fixes like LED light bulbs, using environmentally consumables etc. We are currently looking at ways to improve the draft-proofing and plan in the longer term to investigate different ways to heat the church.

We have also looked at what we can do to increase environmental diversity. We hope to include people from our local community. We plan to include HCREW with building bat boxes, nest boxes and a bee day. Next year we intend to complete surveys of the insects and other wildlife in the churchyard.

If you have any ideas, expertise or are interested in becoming involved please email [email protected].