The Cadarn Scheme Handbook

The Cadarn Scheme Steps to sustainability and resilience for communities in Wales

SCIENCE SHOPS WALES

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The Cadarn Scheme Steps to sustainability and resilience for communities in Wales Pilot Programme Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4 The choices .......................................................................................................................................... 4 What are sustainability and resilience? .............................................................................................. 4 Why have an award scheme?.............................................................................................................. 5 Why is it called Cadarn? ...................................................................................................................... 5 What does the scheme look like? ....................................................................................................... 5 Developing the scheme(s) ................................................................................................................... 7 What kind of help and support will you be able to get? ..................................................................... 7

Cadarn – the Small Scheme ........................................................................................................... 8 How does it work? ............................................................................................................................... 8 The Five Goals ..................................................................................................................................... 8

Cadarn Small Scheme Awards Criteria........................................................................................... 9 1. Forming a Cadarn-Group ................................................................................................................. 9 2. Finding out about your area .......................................................................................................... 10 3. Planning your actions .................................................................................................................... 11 4. Recording your progress ............................................................................................................... 12 5. Involving the Wider Community.................................................................................................... 13

Summary of Cadarn Small Scheme Awards Criteria .................................................................... 15 Applying for an Award ................................................................................................................. 18 The three awards .............................................................................................................................. 18 Applying for a Bronze, Silver or Gold award ...................................................................................... 18 How we assess your application........................................................................................................ 18 When to apply ................................................................................................................................... 19 Further awards .................................................................................................................................. 19

The Cadarn Topics........................................................................................................................ 20 Saving resources and recycling.......................................................................................................... 21 Energy and water .............................................................................................................................. 21 Food for the community ................................................................................................................... 22 Transport ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Health and well-being ....................................................................................................................... 24 The local area and biodiversity.......................................................................................................... 24 Economy: shopping and trading ethically ......................................................................................... 25 Skills and knowledge ......................................................................................................................... 26

Useful documents, papers and templates ................................................................................... 27 Finding out about your area - checklist and idea bank ..................................................................... 28 Guidance in carrying out surveys ...................................................................................................... 35

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Survey for community groups ........................................................................................................... 39 Survey for households ....................................................................................................................... 41 Survey for businesses/shops ............................................................................................................. 44 Survey for schools ............................................................................................................................. 46 Directory of Useful Organisations and Contacts ............................................................................... 47 Cadarn Small Scheme Action Plan Template ..................................................................................... 82 Cadarn Small Scheme Application Form ........................................................................................... 84 The Cadarn Scheme Workbook ......................................................................................................... 88 Meeting Report Template & Progress Checker ............................................................................... 101

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Pilot Programme Introduction The choices Two choices face our communities in Wales: Either - carry on in the way we live now and face the consequences of climate change - food, water and energy shortages, rising living costs, economic crises, civil unrest, etc, as the impacts hit us one by one. This could be a grim picture indeed.

Or – start taking action now, so that we become stronger and more prepared for the challenges we face. As we set about doing this, it also makes sense to also do our bit to reduce the risk of greater problems hitting the lives of our children and grandchildren. To do this we need to cut right down on the greenhouse gases we emit. If we begin now to make changes to the way we live, it is very likely lives will end up richer, healthier and more fulfilling in the process.

We are inviting you to be part of creating the kind of future you would like to see for yourselves, your children and grandchildren. Come and join the growing number of people who are taking their futures into their own hands!

What are sustainability and resilience?

Sustainability The word sustainability comes from Latin. Since the 1980s, people have been using the word sustainability to mean human sustainability on planet Earth. The UN Brundtland Commission defines sustainability as meeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This means we need to think about effects of human activity on all parts of our societies: environmental, social and economic. (More information: http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/what/index.htm) Resilience Resilience is the ability of a system to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of unforeseen changes, or even catastrophic incidents. All kinds of complex ‘systems’ have to be resilient, from companies to cities to whole ecosystems. These systems constantly change as they grow, go through crises and renewal. A resilient system can withstand shocks and rebuild itself when necessary. It is about how structures cope with challenges and change.

For us in our communities, resilience is about how well we will be able to cope with the challenges and problems brought about by climate change and the fact that we are running out of cheap fossil fuels. (This is often called the problem of Peak Oil). It is likely that without so much cheap fuel we will have to change the way that we move ourselves and our goods and services around. We will have to grow more of our own food, and make more of our own products closer to home rather than having them shipped or flown in from abroad. Our changing climate also means that we will most likely have to cope with different weather patterns. These will affect the crops that we will be

5 January 2010 able to grow here; those living in coastal areas may have to move away from the water as flooding and land-loss will affect lifestyles.

As such, a resilient Welsh community is a community equipped to face the challenges of the future.

It is able to produce much of its own food, goods and services locally, and withstand extreme weather events that may affect both inland and coastal areas. This type of community has strong and varied economies made up of many local independent businesses and traders, and has healthy, active and well-educated societies that are able to take informed decisions about the way to lead their own communities.

Why have an award scheme?

We have set up this scheme to help you and your community get started in becoming stronger and more sustainable. It seeks to inspire communities by offering an award so that all the world will see that you are doing your bit in working for a sustainable future.

This resource pack aims to give you as much help as possible along the way – putting you in touch with the people in Wales who are there to give information, training and practical help.

We understand that your community may already be facing problems. We hope you will find that by taking action you will be helping to make living in your community a bit better for everyone in many ways – that is, helping to address the problems you’re facing right now as well as future problems.

We do not expect you to do all this over night! But, you’ll be surprised how easy it is to make a start on your first award with a small group of local people. When you have the taste, your community may then move on to a greater challenge.

Why is it called Cadarn?

We chose the name Cadarn for the scheme since we feel that it conveys an idea of a strong and resilient community. ‘Cadarn’ is the Welsh word for solid or mighty, and so a Cadarn Community would be a community that remains solid, or indeed resilient in the face of the problems and challenges brought about by Climate Change.

What does the scheme look like?

We know that all communities are different, so you may need to get started in a different way to the community down the road. Because of this, we have set up two ways of going about this scheme: the Small Scheme and the Big Scheme. We have tried to make it easy for you if you have just a small group of people new to this sort of project, and also to meet your needs if you are ready to take on larger scale projects. To briefly explain the two parts of the scheme:

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1. Within the Small Scheme, the awards are suitable for groups of any size, ranging from five or more people living in the same area, all the way up to much larger groupings. You and your community will be fairly free to choose which actions you will take – with examples and guidance from us, if you need them. Your group may decide to take action in your individual households. On the other hand, you may decide to do something all together as a community – or to do a bit of both. Apart from spot checks from time to time, we will not need to come out to assess your awards; we will make it easy for you to do this yourselves before you claim your awards.

The Bronze award is the first award. From there, we hope your community will progress to the next stages, the silver and gold awards.

At any point in working through these awards, you may find you are ready to start working with a larger group of people locally and also ready to take on more challenging targets. This is where the Big Scheme comes in.

2. For the Big Scheme, your grouping would need to be quite a bit larger. It may be your local community or town council who takes the lead, for example. Whichever group or organisation takes a lead, it is important that your grouping includes people in your community from various walks of life, e.g. business, schools, local government, youth groups, faith groups, third sector groups, etc. This will ensure that the whole community is involved in achieving the award, rather than a small number of very keen members of the community. In truth, this is a very practical requirement, since people from key organisations and institutions will be vital to you in securing the changes you will need to make happen in you communities. If they are already involved with your work it will be much easier to secure support from them, and get the decisions and commitment you will need from others to succeed!

You, or some of you, may have already worked through the Small Scheme awards.

Alternatively, you may decide to tackle the Big Scheme without having achieved any of these.

You still carry out much of the assessing yourselves when working on the Big Scheme, but we will check some of your achievements and evidence, so that the award is robust.

The Big Scheme helps you to measure how far down the road to sustainability and resilience you have travelled. So, you can choose which actions and projects you want to take on when working towards the award, and the scoring system will probably help you to decide on particular actions. Having worked out your score, we will award you a certificate, a medal or a green flag, depending on how much you have achieved.

After that, you can carry out more actions, improve your score and gain the next level of the award.

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Developing the scheme(s) We have not started from scratch in designing these schemes, but we have looked at the schemes that communities are using in other parts of the UK and the rest of Europe. This has meant ‘borrowing’ some features and adapting schemes to try to create awards that fit the needs of communities in Wales.

Having got as far as devising the bare bones of possible schemes, we have invited one or two communities to join us in designing and trying out the schemes. By working closely with the communities using the schemes, we hope that we will end up with initiatives that really work in practice.

We will report on how well these pilots with communities work out and make suggestions for improvements to the schemes as needed.

We will also talk to the many organisations in Wales that have experience in helping communities work towards sustainability and resilience.

What kind of help and support will you be able to get?

We will make sure that it is easy for you to get information, guidance, support and training. We will not set out to recreate resources and services that are already in place to help communities. Rather, we will support you in working with the organisations already up and running.

If you are not aware of the training that is available locally, we will help you find out what is on offer.

In addition, we offer Cadarn training to one or more members of your group, to help you run your group and set up your projects.

We will have a website in Welsh and English with a wealth of information and tools for you to use. It will also link you to support and advice organisations. All the paperwork you need will be there, for assessing your local area, planning your actions, claiming your award, etc.

We will also provide an ‘idea bank’ to inspire you in planning your actions. You will also be able to find out what other communities are doing and hear their stories.

Our team will also be there to help you, via our phone helpline, or by email. We are also able to make visits to your communities, especially if you are entirely new to this kind of project.

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Cadarn – the Small Scheme How does it work?

The Cadarn award scheme is looking for a commitment to improve and not perfection. Here is a summary of how the scheme works. There are four main stages to working towards your award:

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One or more of your group taking part in Cadarn training Working to meet the Scheme’s five goals Applying for one of the three Small Scheme Cadarn awards: bronze, silver or gold Renewing and updating your award every two years

You must have gone some way towards having all of the five goals in place before applying for an award. The type of award you apply for will depend on how well you have achieved each goal.

The Five Goals In order to gain a bronze, silver or gold award, your community will need to:

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Form a group Find out about your local area Plan your actions Record your progress Involve the wider community

The Five Goals

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Cadarn Small Scheme Awards Criteria 1. Forming a Cadarn-Group Forming your own Cadarn-Group is the first step towards becoming a Cadarn-Community. You may have a group who already meet for another purpose who agree to work on the scheme for your area, e.g. a faith group, residents’ association, parents and toddlers’ group, etc. On the other hand, it may be a group of friends or neighbours, even regulars at the local pub, who are willing to work together towards an award for the community.

For the Small Scheme, there is no requirement for your group to include all sectors of the community. However, it could be an advantage to have a mix of ages and backgrounds in your group. The group should keep records of their decisions (e.g. the minutes of the meetings), and report to the rest of the community.

Most Cadarn-Groups are likely to be made up of people who live in the same area – street, village, town, area of a city, etc. It will also be possible for groups made up of people who live in different areas to take part in the Cadarn scheme. These may be groups of people who come together because they share a common interest or concern. Of course, these kinds of groups should choose actions suited to their organisations, rather than to the places they live.

It is up to you how you run your Cadarn Group: whether you choose or elect a leader, or whether you prefer to adopt a ‘consensus’ type of approach in which there is no leader. If you choose to make decisions by consensus, you do not vote and then necessarily go with the majority decision.

Instead, you work together to find a way forward that takes into account all members’ points of view and needs. For more information on consensus decision making, see http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/free/consens.

1. Forming a Cadarn-Group Bronze award: A group with a minimum of five community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group meets a minimum of four times The group keeps notes of discussions at meetings – known as minutes The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community

Silver award: A mixed group with a minimum of seven community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group meets a minimum of six times The group keeps notes of the meetings The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community

Gold award: A mixed group with a minimum of eight community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group sometimes invites additional members on to the group for specific tasks

10 January 2010 The group meets a minimum of ten times The group keeps notes of the meetings The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community

2. Finding out about your area Before starting on any scheme to improve your area you must find out as much as possible about your current situation. You have to know where you are starting from so you can set realistic targets and measure your success. You can also use the review to let the people in your community know what it is you are trying to do. The sustainability review will: Give you a picture of some of the your community’s impacts Give you an idea of how your community may be affected in future if no action is taken Help others in the community understand some of these impacts Help you to decide which actions to take at this stage When you carry out your sustainability review, you will find that a checklist is useful. There is one you can use contained in this handbook on page 28. The checklist covers the main areas in which your community may not be as sustainable or as resilient as it could be: What your community does with its waste How your community uses energy Whether it uses energy from renewable sources What forms of transport people in your community use How your community uses water Whether lifestyles promote health and well-being The amount of green spaces for community use How friendly your area is to wildlife How much locally produced food is available to your community Whether there are opportunities to shop and trade ethically Whether people in the community have the necessary eco-skills and knowledge Whether there are opportunities locally for people to gain these skills and knowledge Each question in the checklist can be answered ‘yes’ or ‘no’. If you answer ‘No’, this means that you may be able to make improvements.

In some cases, you may not know the answer to some questions without asking some members of your community. If you choose to carry out a survey to be able to answer more questions about your community, look at the guidance and sample surveys on page 35.

You may choose to use a different technique to find out about your area, rather than the Cadarn checklist provided on page 28. The Cadarn checklist is there to help you, but it is not necessary to use it if you have another way of performing an area check. It is important that the Cadarn Scheme complements other sustainability projects. If there is another way for you to find out about your area that will deliver the relevant results you are welcome to use it. Whatever method you choose to use to carry out your area check, you must submit a copy of the findings as part of your application for your award.

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2. Finding out about your area Bronze level The group carries out an informal area check or ‘community review’. The ‘Finding out about your Area’ checklist on page 28 will help you.

The review covers all the scheme topics The Cadarn-Group discusses the results of the review Following the review, the Cadarn-Group plans some activities that will change and improve the sustainability and resilience of the community

Silver level The group carries out an area check using the Cadarn checklist (page 28) or a similar checklist The review covers all the scheme topics The group records the results The group makes the results known to the wider community The Cadarn-Group discusses the results of the review The Cadarn Group plans specific action resulting from the review

Gold level The group carries out an area check in consultation with non-group members The review covers all the scheme topics The group records the results in a review document that covers most areas of sustainability The group makes the results known to the wider community The group collects suggestions for action from the wider community The Group discusses the results of the review The Group plans specific action resulting from the review The group carries out an sustainability review once a year to assess overall progress

3. Planning your actions The action plan is the core of your Cadarn project. This is the list of agreed goals or targets for improving your area. You put together your action plan using the results of the review. As well as the agreed goals, it should include deadlines for achieving the goals.

You must make sure that the targets you set are realistic – that you will be able to achieve them. Do not be over ambitious – if you fail to meet targets, you may lose heart. If your review has shown that you need to set many targets, do not feel you need to tackle them all at once. Instead, decide which ones you will tackle first and divide them into short, medium and long-term goals. It is better to go forward with small steps and celebrate each success. Remember: the Cadarn award scheme is looking for a commitment to improve and not perfection. There is nothing to stop you applying for an award if you have tackled two or three areas needing improvement.

There are two main types of action you can take when working towards the Small Scheme:

12 January 2010 Actions that households can take, for example, cutting down on energy use and keeping a record of meter readings over a few months, or weighing the waste you put out for collection (apart from recycling, composting, etc.) It maybe difficult to persuade all households to join you in these projects – to start with, anyway. For the Small Scheme, this does not matter – your group members’ households are a good start – and if you can persuade other households to join you, so much the better!

Actions that involve more people than your group members and their households. Examples include a community ‘junk swap’ or a gardening club for local youngsters.

It is your choice which kinds of actions you choose – one or other kind, or a combination of both sorts.

Working out how you will tell if you have made progress is important. You must plan carefully how you will do this at this stage. It will help you be very clear about what you are setting out to do, what you are doing it for, and how you will know you have succeeded.

When planning your actions, try to involve all the group members and the rest of the community as much as possible. It is important to keep a record of who will lead on each activity.

An action plan template is included in this handbook. You can adapt it to suit your needs.

3. Planning your Actions Bronze level The Cadarn-group decides on at least one action for the community based on the informal review.

The group agrees on who will be responsible for taking forward the action

Silver level The Cadarn-Group draws up a plan for action to make your community more sustainable and resilient The action plan includes specific targets with a timeframe for completing them The plan covers a range of action relating to at least two aspects of sustainability or resilience

Gold level The Cadarn-Group draws up a plan for sustainability action

The action plan includes specific targets with a timeframe for completing them The plan covers a range of action relating to at least four aspects of sustainability or resilience The plan shows how much the actions will cost The plan shows how the group will monitor and evaluate their activities

4. Recording your progress To find out whether you are achieving the goals laid out in your action plan, you must check on your progress. This will help to find out how successful your activities are. If need be, you can make changes to the plan.

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Exactly how you check your progress will depend on the goals you have chosen. In some cases, there will be simple and accurate ways to measure progress: for example, taking meter readings, calculating bill savings and weighing collections of rubbish – for small-scale projects. For other areas, you will need to record that community members have carried out an activity, such as a litter pick, on a certain date. As well as keeping notes on your progress – in your action plan - you could also keep a record of before, during and after photographs, or you could capture progress regularly on video camera.

Stop and assess your progress, so that you can change your action plan if necessary.

Make sure that you inform other people in your community about your progress. One idea is to put up posters telling people about what you are doing and what you have achieved. Members of your Cadarn-Group could visit other groups that meet to tell them about what is happening, etc.

Celebrate any success loudly, and this will help to keep the project going.

4. Progress recording Bronze level The Cadarn-Group makes a note of progress towards set targets The group discusses the action that is being carried out

Silver level The Cadarn-Group reviews progress against set targets The Cadarn-Committee reports progress to others in the community on a regular basis

Gold level The Cadarn-Group regularly checks on progress against set targets The Cadarn-Group makes sure that it monitors action in ways that are appropriate for the activity being monitored Others in the community are aware of the progress of the sustainable action being taken and have the opportunity to discuss its effect The Cadarn-Group meets to review progress and analyse data collected. The group builds on successes and corrects less successful areas

5. Involving the Wider Community Part of the aim of the Cadarn scheme is to raise general awareness of your sustainable activities – throughout the community as a whole – and to make sure that as many people as possible get a chance to take part.

One of the best ways of involving the whole community is to organise a community Day of Action. A Day of Action is an opportunity for everyone in the community to get together to work towards achieving some of the targets set out in your action plan. You will need to plan your day of action carefully, both to allocate responsibilities and to make sure everybody knows about the event.

Involving the wider community brings a range of benefits and wealth of knowledge and expertise ready to tap into. Neighbours, local businesses and the local authority can be sources of advice,

14 January 2010 information, practical help and even money. There is so much potential out there, as well as opportunity to create extra publicity.

The following is a list of possible opportunities for making your activities public: When you form the Cadarn-Group:

Put posters in suitable places in your area, e.g, the library, post office, newsagent, pub etc.

Write a short article and send it to the local press, perhaps seeking nominations Contact your local radio station Use community websites to publicise your group and activities At the review and action planning stages: Letters to local recycling businesses / local authority, to find potential takers for waste Letters to local businesses seeking resources for possible schemes Press releases (local newspaper and radio) about Cadarn activities Surveys of the community area to gather views and opinions As part of the monitoring process: Display of results on posters Visits to meetings of local groups to report progress When celebrating success: Photo calls, press releases and activities to mark stages in the Cadarn scheme

5. Involving the Wider Community Bronze level Other members of the community learn of the sustainability activity going on

Silver level The group uses at least one method of regularly informing others in the community of activities and successes, for example, posters in suitable locations Cadarn activities are reported in local newspapers and/or on local radio

Gold level The group uses at least two methods of regularly informing others in the community of activities and successes, for example, posters, reports for the local press, etc.

The group holds an event for the whole community to take part, such as a “Day of Action� or similar

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Summary of Cadarn Small Scheme Awards Criteria The 5 Goals Forming an Cadarn-Group or Committee

Finding out about your area – the review

Bronze level A group with a minimum of five community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group meets a minimum of four times The group keeps notes of the meetings The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community

The group carries out an informal area check The review covers all the scheme topics The Cadarn-Group discusses the results of the review Following the review, the Cadarn-Group plans some activities that will change and improve the sustainability

Silver level A mixed group with a minimum of seven community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group meets a minimum of six times The group keeps notes of the meetings The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community

The group carries out a areas check using the Cadarn checklist or a similar checklist The review covers all the scheme topics The group records the results The group makes the results known to the wider community The Cadarn-Group discusses

Gold level A mixed group with a minimum of eight community members meets to discuss sustainability action for the community The group sometimes invites additional members on to the group for specific tasks The group meets a minimum of ten times The group keeps notes of the meetings The results of group discussions and the actions to be taken are communicated back to other members of the community The group carries out a area check in consultation with non-group members The review covers all the scheme topics The group records the results in a review document that covers most areas of sustainability and resilience The group makes the results

16 January 2010 The 5 Goals

Bronze level performance of the community

Silver level the results of the review The Cadarn-Group plans specific action resulting from the review

Planning your actions

The Cadarn-group decides on at least one action for the community based on the informal review.

The group agrees on who will be responsible for taking forward the action

The Cadarn-Group draws up a plan for action The action plan includes specific targets with a timeframe for completing them The plan covers a range of action relating to at least two aspects of sustainability or resilience

Recording your progress

The Cadarn-Group makes a note of progress towards set targets

The Cadarn-Group reviews progress against set targets The Cadarn-Committee

Gold level known to the wider community The group collects suggestions for action from the wider community The Group discusses the results of the review The Group plans specific action resulting from the review The group carries out an review once a year to assess overall progress The Cadarn-Group draws up a plan for action The action plan includes specific targets with a timeframe for completing them The plan covers a range of action relating to at least four aspects of sustainability or resilience The plan shows how much the actions will cost The plan shows how the group will monitor and evaluate their activities The Cadarn-Group regularly checks on progress against set targets

17 January 2010 The 5 Goals

Involving the wider community

Bronze level The group discusses the action that is being carried out

Other members of the community learn of the sustainability activity going on

Silver level reports progress to others in the community on a regular basis

The group uses at least one method of regularly informing others in the community of activities and successes, for example, posters in suitable locations Cadarn-Community activities are reported in local newspapers and/or on local radio

Gold level The Cadarn-Group makes sure that it monitors action in ways that are appropriate for the activity being monitored Others in the community are aware of the progress of the sustainable action being taken and have the opportunity to discuss its effect The Cadarn-Group meets to review progress and analyse data collected. The group builds on successes and corrects less successful areas The group uses at least two methods of regularly informing others in the community of activities and successes, for example, posters, reports for the local press, etc.

The group holds an event for the whole community to take part, such as a “Day of Action� or similar

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Applying for an Award Once you have put in place the five key goals in the Cadarn process you can apply for an Cadarn Small Scheme award. There are three levels of award. You can apply for any one of these levels depending on how much you feel your community has achieved.

The three awards The first two levels of the Cadarn Small Scheme award are the Bronze and Silver certificates. The top level of award is the Cadarn Gold Award. The five goals section and the table contain give you the criteria so that you can judge what level of award to apply for.

Applying for a Bronze, Silver or Gold award In order to gain one of these awards your group will have to assess your achievements. You can apply for an award through the Cadarn website at www.scienceshopswales.org.uk/Cadarn, or by post using the forms enclosed in this handbook. If you are successful, you will receive certificates by post.

You do not need to work through Bronze and Silver levels before applying for a Gold level award.

You may find it useful to work through the bronze and silver awards first as a way of encouraging your community. However, if you feel your community can meet the criteria for the Gold award, then you should work towards and apply for that level. Remember that the Gold award does not mean that you have reached sustainability perfection. The Cadarn Small scheme is about your community engaging in an on-going process of improving.

To apply for any of these awards you will need to answer questions about your sustainability activities and fill out an application form. You will find the form and the list of questions at the back of this book. Post your answers and completed form to: The Cadarn Scheme Science Shops Wales University of Glamorgan 4 Forest Grove Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1UB. You can also email your application to scishop2@glam.ac.uk

How we assess your application When we receive your application, we will judge whether you have met the criteria for the award you have applied for. If we need any more information we will contact you.

When we have agreed that your community has met the criteria for the award, we will send you a certificate and stickers for display in your community.

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When to apply You decide when you are ready to apply for an award.

Further awards The Bronze, Silver and Gold awards remain valid for two years. After this point, you will need to reapply to renew your award. If your community is reapplying for the award please look again at the original criteria and fill out a new application form, indicating how the community has sustained previous actions and progressed with others.

We hope that you will move on to a higher level award, or on to the Cadarn Big Scheme award.

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The Cadarn Topics In this section we give some basic information about some of the issues your group may choose to tackle. In some cases, we make some suggestions that may help you carry out the review, decide on actions and measure your progress.

Do not feel that you have to tackle all the sustainability activities covered here in one go. Set realistic targets and concentrate on the areas that are most relevant to your community and group. The activity ideas are just a starting point, we expect you to come up with interesting ideas of your own.

Many of the issues in this section overlap or are closely related. For example, transport can be related to healthy living. You may often find that by making progress in one area, you are taking steps to improve in another.

The Cadarn Topics

The 5 Cadarn Goals

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Saving resources and recycling This section aims to get your community to think about the waste that you produce.

Waste, or rubbish is what people throw away because they no longer need or want it.

Almost everything we do creates waste, and as a society we now produce more waste than ever before. Disposing of waste is difficult and costly. Most of it ends up in holes in the ground (landfill sites) or is burnt in incinerators which create emissions that are pumped into the atmosphere.

A low waste community follows the 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. These represent the order of importance of waste reduction and minimisation actions. By cutting down on ‘consumption’ (the amount of ‘stuff’ we buy) in the first place waste is not created. Re-using items that still have a purpose means that another purchase of the same kind is avoided, thereby stopping that from reaching landfill. Finally, only when we are unable to Reduce and Reuse, we should recycle.

More than 60% of the waste produced by households can be recycled, by recycling you can help to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. The materials you recycle are passed on to companies which turn them in to new products. Using recycled materials to make new items can be cheaper than using ‘raw’ or new materials and could mean less energy is used.

By recycling you will be helping to preserve natural resources and to protect the environment for you and for future generations.

It is important for communities to understand that reducing waste doesn’t mean making sacrifices – quite the opposite in fact! A low waste lifestyle can be less hassle because it is less cluttered. You could be spending less time shopping, have more money in your pocket and be leading a simpler life. For the environment, it means less energy and fewer raw materials are used to make new products. This in turn reduces carbon emissions and keeps valuable and sometimes rare materials out of landfill sites.

Energy and water This section aims to get your community to think about our natural resources (such as coal, oil, gas and water), and the need to use them carefully.

Energy and water are crucial to our modern lives but there is only a limited amount available in the world so we need to be more careful about the way we use them.

Traditionally we rely on ‘fossil fuels’ to make the energy that we use in our homes and industries. Fossil fuels are formed naturally by the earth over thousands and thousands of years and include all the main sources of energy that we currently rely on – oil, coal and gas.

Fossil fuels are ‘non-renewable’, that is, they are limited in amount and will run out, unlike ‘renewable’ forms of energy which can be generated from the wind, water-flows and the sun.

The amount of energy used throughout the world every day has trebled over the past century. To keep up with our demand to heat and light our homes and to power our industries, power stations are burning more and more fossil fuels. Our increasing use of these limited resources not only means that we are in danger of running out, but their use also contributes to climate change. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and CO2 is the gas most responsible for climate change.

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We know that energy use will continue to increase for the time being. It has been calculated that if present energy use continues, by 2010 global energy consumption and CO2 emissions will be almost 50% above 1993 levels. This runaway demand for energy is worrying since we are facing an era of ‘Peak Oil’. Peak oil is a phrase often used to describe the situation when global oil supplies reach the point where demand outstrips supply. Put simply, it means the moment when we reach the point where we need more than is available. Leading scientists predict that peak in oil supply and demand is either happening now, or will happen by as soon as 2015. Given this short timescale, it is clear that we must act now to reduce our demand for oil in order for it to last longer.

Water is not just for drinking and washing, but it is also used by industry and farming as part of the process of making almost any kind of product. Similarly to the Park Oil situation, demand for water has grown to the point where the natural water cycle can’t keep up.

Pollution, mainly caused by sewage leaks and chemical discharges has made clean water rare and valuable. Water companies have an important role to play in managing, treating and distributing water to make sure that our demand for clean, fresh water is satisfied. But this process is expensive – and will become more so as our demand for water grows. Water itself doesn’t cost money, but we do pay water companies for treating water to supplement the environment’s natural recycling process of evaporation and rainfall. Water is big business in England and Wales, where water and sewerage services are mainly under private control. The more we waste water and the more polluted natural supplies get, the harder water companies have to work to make sure we have enough of the clean water we need – which means bigger water bills.

By being more aware of our own demands on water and energy we can start to reduce the amount that we use - and the more we save, the more there is to go around. Measures to save and reduce our demand for energy and water are known as ‘conservation’ and ‘efficiency’ measures.

We can’t change where we get our water from, but we can change the sort of energy that we buy at home. By buying energy from renewable sources the energy you use does not add to CO2 levels in the atmosphere and will dramatically reduce your own carbon footprint (the amount of CO2 you are personally responsible for creating).

Food for the community This section aims to get your community to think about your ability to feed yourselves. Here in Wales we are lucky to have a wonderfully rich and varied food heritage, which includes plenty of meat, fish, cheese, preserves, fruit and vegetables. A huge range of fresh, local produce is available from season to season throughout the land, making growing and buying locally-produced food possible to all.

Local food is important for many reasons: Local food is fresher than shipped-in food and so it tastes better and is more nutritious; Local food has fewer food miles and is better for the environment; Local food helps support the local economy; Local food is more easily traced back to its origins

23 January 2010 However, in recent years the rise of supermarkets and desire for convenience has found us filling our supermarket trolleys with pre-packaged food that’s been flown in from across the globe. As a result, consumers and producers have become disconnected from each other, leading society to lose its understanding of the land and where food comes from.

A fifth of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions come from food - the climate impact of eating fruit and vegetables rivals that of petroleum refining! This makes food a key area to tackle in the bid to create more sustainable communities. Strong local communities with experience of working together to meet their basic needs will be much better placed to thrive in an oil-poor world than societies that rely on globalised production and distribution systems. Communities with well-developed local food systems will be economically better off too. Research has shown that money spent locally on local goods circulates around the local economy for longer than money spent at big chain stores whose profits are paid to distant share-holders.

This is why the Cadarn scheme is keen to get communities working to support local food schemes.

Transport This section aims to get your community thinking about the way you move yourselves, goods and services into and around you community.

Society’s love affair with the car continues to grow – more and more people drive every day.

While for some communities cars are a necessity due to poor public transport links, convenience is the main reason that we use our cars more. Our reliance on the car has a variety of environmental, social and health consequences. As well as the threat of accidents and negative health effects of less exercise, our transport choices have some less obvious impacts on our lives too.

For example, the gases and chemicals released by engines make a large contribution to global warming and air pollution. The more we use cars, buses, lorries and trains the more the air becomes polluted. Exhaust fumes contain harmful emissions that both pollute the atmosphere and contribute to CO2 levels. These emissions also damage our health – increasing conditions such as asthma and causing our fitness levels to drop. The health impacts resulting from transport are wide and varied as the below findings show: On average, 1 in 7 children suffer from asthma; but this figure rises to one in three in inner city areas.

Pollution levels are higher inside cars than outside in slow moving traffic.

Cycling or walking briskly for half an hour a day can halve the risk of heart disease.

Because people feel less at risk driving as compared to walking or cycling, more and more trips are being made by car. Greater distances between our homes and work and increasing amounts of traffic in built-up areas have created a fear of traffic.

However, it is not just health and environmental impacts that transport affects. It also affects our economy. Diesel and petrol engines not only mean we can get around easily, it also means that goods can be shipped in easily. We import a huge amount of goods from other areas where they can be produced more cheaply – meaning increased competition for local manufacturing businesses.

24 January 2010 The Cadarn scheme wants communities to address community reliance on the car and move towards more sustainable forms of transport. This will help prepare our communities for a future where it will be too expensive to use the car too often. Sustainable transport includes any means of transport which reduces fuel consumption, pollution and car use – meaning cycling, rail and bus transport, walking.

Health and well-being This section aims to get your community thinking about improving and creating healthy lifestyles that give a sense of well-being.

Healthy living is not just about encouraging people to eat well and exercise, it’s a much broader approach to living well which focuses on the physical, social, mental and emotional well being of people. Communities have an important role to play in promoting the health and well being of young people and have an opportunity to shape the attitudes and behaviours that affect these conditions. ‘Sustainable health’ is achieved when people and communities can take control of their lives and are able to live their lives to the full. The factors contributing to a state of well-being include feeling safe, having the security of a home and enough to live on, satisfying relationships, interesting and varied activities, and having a sense of moving forward.

A person's social and financial circumstances are the strongest influences on health, avoidable sickness and early death. But there are strong links between the pattern of deprivation and the pattern of ill-health and disease. Where you live and whether you are in work are factors influence your diet choice, whether you smoke, your stress and lifestyle.

The term ‘social capital’ is often used to describe the way that people work together to solve common problems, seizing opportunities to improve collective life – communities that work closely together to achieve common goals are said to be rich in social capital. Health and well-being is closely linked to this idea. It is thought that people who mix with others in their community tend to be healthier, have a higher overall sense of well being, and possess greater ability to fight illness and cope with trauma. This is why the Cadarn scheme is seeking to encourage communities to reflect on their own health and well being and to work to improve it where necessary.

The local area and biodiversity This section aims to get your community thinking about your local environment and the richness of the wildlife in your area. Biodiversity literally means ‘the variety of life’, and is concerned with the wealth of wildlife in the world around us, from wildflowers and insects to mammals and birds. It includes all the woodlands, meadows, wetlands and other natural habitats, as well as man-made places such as plantations, fields, canals – even ‘wasteland’ can be valuable for wildlife.

Human life itself depends on the relationships between all living creatures and their environment. Biodiversity and the condition of our local area matters because it impacts on all our lives, both directly and indirectly.

For example: Wild plants and animals have provided most of our foods, drugs and medicines.

Natural systems help control flooding and recycle waste.

People enjoy nature and wild places, encouraging eco-tourism.

25 January 2010 It is widely believed that all species have as much moral right to exist as we do.

No one knows just what benefits may be lost when species become extinct.

The quality of our lives is greatly enriched by the natural environment, yet a lot of human activity is having a negative impact on biodiversity across the world. Here in Wales, urban development, intensive farming, increasing transport and pollution has led to huge losses of several habitats and species. Quite apart from this, living in a nice area promotes a sense of health and wellbeing. This is why the Cadarn scheme asks communities to look after, and take steps to improve their local biodiversity.

Economy: shopping and trading ethically This section aims to get your community thinking about where your goods and services are bought, and how we can use the ‘power of the purse’ to help cut carbon and support the greener shopping choices available to us.

The act of buying is itself an act of choice – we choose one product over another or one supplier over another. We usually think about how much money it costs or how nice it looks.

But there are other factors that your community could consider when choosing products, whether it’s where to buy your energy from, or whether you do your shopping at big chainstores. Buying some products will create needless waste from packaging. Other goods might be made by companies that exploit their workers.

Today when it comes to spending, we have more choice than ever, but we need to start using these choices more responsibly. We can try to make sure that the choices we make have more ‘good’ impacts than ‘bad’ on the world around us – this includes our environment, our economy and our social worlds. A ‘best buy’ in terms of the effect on our planet may not mean the ‘cheapest’. This is why the Cadarn scheme aims to get communities to use their spending power wisely and think about where their money might end up before you spend.

Some very simple rules to stick by are to aim to buy Green, Local or Fair. These principles help to ensure that your money and the impacts of your choices are positive. Buying green products, such as an eco-washing up liquid or renewable energy means that the products have a smaller impact on our environment – these products usually mean less pollution, less carbon and less waste is created. Buying locally made products helps the local economy, providing jobs and ensures that the money you spend locally stays in the area instead of going out to shareholders or even other countries. Local goods also help reduce carbon as they need to travel fewer miles to get to shops and ultimately into our homes. Fairly traded goods on the other hand cut worker exploitation. Goods that cannot be made or produced locally, such as tea and chocolate, often come from third world countries where workers, including adult and children, are exploited. That is, they are paid very poorly and work extremely long hours. Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. By requiring companies to pay fair prices (which must never fall lower than the market price), Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers. It enables them to improve their position and have more control over their lives.

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Skills and knowledge This section aims to get your community thinking about the importance of skills, training and knowledge. This is because a well informed community is a well equipped community, since it is through knowledge and learning that we are able to find solutions to problems.

Communities can be and should be directly involved in finding solutions to their own problems and work to improve the local community. Schemes and solutions to problems that are made by the community are more likely to work for that community.

Skills and knowledge are important to all aspects of everyday community life, and they are of particular importance to the Cadarn scheme. This is why we provide training for those communities taking part in the programme. The skills and information you will receive (and need!) will help you work to reduce your negative impacts and improve the quality of your contribution to not just the Cadarn scheme itself, but to creating a resilient and sustainable community.

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The Cadarn Scheme RESOURCES: USEFUL DOCUMENTS, PAPERS & TEMPLATES

28 January 2010

Useful documents, papers and templates Finding out about your area - checklist and idea bank This checklist has been developed to help your group achieve the second Cadarn goal – Finding Out About your Area. The checklist covers the main areas in which your community may not be as sustainable or as resilient as it could be. Each question in the checklist can be answered ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

If you answer ‘No’, this means that you may be able to make improvements.

This Cadarn checklist is there to help you, but it is not necessary to use it if you have another way of performing an area check. It is important that the Cadarn Scheme compliments other sustainability projects. If there is another way for you to find out about your area that will deliver the relevant results you are welcome to use it. Whatever method you choose to use to carry out your area check, you must submit a copy of the findings as part of your application for your award.

Saving resources and recycling Does your community have a project to cut down on the waste it produces?

Do most households in your community make use of local recycling facilities?

Do your local allotments have a community compost scheme?

Does your local school encourage composting?

Do local shops promote re-usable bags?

Do community groups use recycled paper and environmentally friendly stationery?

Has your community carried out at least one litter pick?

Do you have a local scheme to reuse or swap unwanted items in the community?

If you have a community newsletter or parish magazine, is it available electronically?

If you have a community website or newsletter, does it give information on cutting down on waste and recycling?

Your idea: Your idea:

Yes or no?

29 January 2010

Using Energy and water Does your community have a project to cut down on the energy it uses?

Do events or meetings venues in your community have measures to cut down on the energy they use?

Have households transferred to an electricity provider that uses renewable energy sources such as wind? This is often known as a ‘green’ tariff.

Does your community have a local renewable energy scheme, such as micro-hydro, a wind turbine, solar panels, biomass systems, ground/air/water source heating, etc?

Are you aware of any local businesses and organisations that use renewable energy sources?

Are you aware of any households that use local renewable energy sources?

Have households installed energy saving light bulbs?

Have households turned down hot water and heating thermostats?

Have households installed secondary double glazing?

Have households installed insulation?

Has heating in households been set up to only come on at critical times?

Have local businesses and organisations carried out energy saving measures?

Have local schools carried out energy saving measures?

Have local businesses and organisations carried out an energy efficiency audit?

Have local schools carried out an energy efficiency audit?

Does your community have a project to cut down on the water it uses?

Do events or meetings venues in your community have measures to cut down on the water they use?

Have households with gardens installed water butts to collect rainwater?

Have households installed cisterns or devices to reduce the amount of water used for flushing toilets?

Yes or no?

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Using Energy and water

Yes or no?

Your idea: Your idea:

Food for the community

Yes or No?

Do local shops stock local produce?

Is there a wide range of wholesome (possibly organic) produce available for community members?

Do local pubs produce meals using local ingredients?

Are school meals sourced locally and supplemented with produce from the school and/or local allotments?

Do local schools offer gardening activities for pupils? Do schools grow some of the produce for on-site catering?

Does your community have a local food growing scheme? This may be may a scheme to share garden space, or a ‘community-supported agriculture’ scheme with a local farmer, for example Do households make use of their own gardens, window sills, etc, to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs?

Do you have a local farmers’ market?

Does your community have a food co-op scheme?

Does your area have a ‘community café’ or a ‘community shop’?

Does your area have an active allotment group?

Have members of your community altered their eating patterns in order to cut down on carbon emissions?

Your idea: Your idea:

Transport

Yes or no?

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Transport Does your community have a car or lift sharing scheme?

Has your community completed a transport needs survey or a green travel plan?

Does your area have bike storage facilities?

Does your community promote cycling and walking for short journeys?

Does your community actively promote the local community transport scheme?

Does your community take action to ensure that local public rights of way are maintained?

Does your community ensure that local people are aware of the local footpath network and how it can be used to access services (for example a local walking guide)?

Does your community have a walking group?

Does your community run its own Community Transport Scheme, such as a village mini bus that takes members of the community to the shops or the doctor’s?

Does your community have a community cycle training scheme?

Does your community promote National Lift Share Day/Car Free Days/Travel Blending or other sustainable travel campaigns?

Does your community have a ‘Walk to School Week’?

Has your community worked with your local authority to set up a walking bus scheme in the area?

Are community events promoted with a travel plan advising on sustainable travel alternatives to the car?

Does your community promote cycle routes to the local hospital/school/shopping and the local cycle network? Have you got a local cycle guide?

Do members of your community run vehicles on alternative fuels that are less damaging to the environment than traditional petrol and diesel?

Have members of your community pledged to avoid travelling by air unless it is essential?

Your idea: Your idea:

Yes or no?

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Health and well-being

Yes or no?

Does your community have opportunities for people to get together socially and/or to work on projects?

Does your community have access to sports facilities?

Does your community have a healthy living group?

Does your community have a community cycle training scheme?

Does your community have a walking and/or running group?

Do the people in your community have access to pleasant recreational areas?

Is there a ‘green gym’ in your area?

Does your community have a cooking or healthy eating group?

Does your community have a self-help group to help people lose weight?

Does your local school promote healthy lifestyles?

Do households make use of their own gardens, window sills, etc, to grow vegetables, fruit and herbs?

Are there local activities, groups or courses to help people relax or cope with stress?

Examples are yoga or meditation sessions.

Are there opportunities for faith groups to meet?

Are there local self-help groups for those with health conditions or disabilities?

Your idea: Your idea:

The local area and biodiversity Has your community created a space for wildlife, e.g., with bird feeders, nest boxes and wildflowers?

Do you have a community orchard, woodland or meadow?

Has the community completed a local biodiversity audit?

Yes or no?

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The local area and biodiversity

Yes or no?

Does your community have a plan for enhancing its local area?

Are local groups involved in nature conservation, for example, the local youth group?

Does the community have campaigns to reduce litter? Do you hold litter picks?

Does the community have a tree planting scheme?

Are community allotments well maintained and well used?

Does the community liaise with local landowners regarding landscape management?

Is public furniture (e.g. benches, seats, signs, etc) available and well-maintained?

If yours is a coastal community, is there a ‘Blue Flag’ beach?

Your idea: Your idea:

Economy: shopping and trading ethically Does your community have any enterprises that are run primarily for the benefit of the community as a whole (social enterprises)?

Does a ‘time banking’ or ‘LETS’ scheme operate in your community?

Do community groups have policies to ‘buy locally’, minimise travel and support local businesses?

Do community groups use recycled and environmentally friendly paper, stationery and equipment?

Are local shops widely promoted?

Do local shops actively promote ‘fairtrade’ goods?

Do community groups purchase ‘fair trade’ goods as much as possible?

Does your community have ‘fairtrade’ status?

Have households pledged to buy local and/or ‘fairtrade’ goods as much as possible?

Yes or no?

34 January 2010

Economy: shopping and trading ethically

Yes or no?

Do locally businesses take part in schemes to improve their environmental performance?

One example is the ‘Green Dragon’ award scheme.

Your idea: Your idea:

Skills and Knowledge

Do local schools take part in the Eco-Schools scheme?

Is there a range of local training opportunities on sustainability themes offered to adult and youth community members? (This could include courses on gardening, nature conservation, permaculture, climate change, healthy eating and cookery, saving/producing energy, traditional crafts, etc).

Do community members take advantage of sustainability training opportunities?

Does your community have members who have a good level of skill and knowledge in areas of sustainability and resilience?

Does your Cadarn-group have members who have learnt new skills in areas of sustainability and resilience?

Has your Cadarn-group undertaken training to improve members’ skill and knowledge in areas of sustainability and resilience?

Are there opportunities for different generations of community members to share skills and knowledge, such as allotment gardening skills or traditional craft skills?

Your idea: Your idea:

Yes or no?

35 January 2010

Guidance in carrying out surveys When you start using the checklist to find out how sustainable and resilient your community is, you will probably find that you don’t have answers to some of the questions. There are questions that you can answer by observation, or by making an ‘educated guess’, e.g. you can judge whether a community undertakes recycling of its waste by observing how much material is put out on recycling collection days. Other questions may be more difficult to answer from the knowledge you have at this point. If this is the case, one option you have is to leave these questions unanswered and return to them when you tackle a more advanced award.

If you decide you want to gain a more accurate picture of your community’s level of sustainability and resilience, we have designed some straightforward surveys that you may choose to use. There are four: Survey for community groups Survey for households Survey for businesses/shops Survey for schools These surveys are intended to be flexible; you can pick and choose which one(s) you use – if any, and you can add or remove questions, if you wish.

Choosing your survey subjects When you carry out a survey, it is not usually realistic to aim to ask your questions to everyone in your community. Instead, you select a ‘sample’ of people who represent the wider community. There are two issues to think about: how big your sample group needs to be, and also how well it reflects the mix of different people in your community.

The size of your sample will depend on two main factors: firstly, how many households, businesses, organisations, schools, etc, there are in your community, and, secondly, how much time your group is able to give to this activity.

36 January 2010 In the case of households, there are likely to be a large number in your community, e.g. 1000 or more. For the purposes of the Cadarn scheme, you should aim to include 50-100 homes in your household survey. The more you include, the more accurate the results of your survey are likely to be. For particularly big communities, consider surveying a greater number of households.

There will be fewer businesses, community groups and schools in your community than households. As a rule of thumb, consider including 20 businesses, 15 community groups and 6 schools in the relevant surveys. Of course, feel free to vary these quantities according to the size of your community and capacity to carry out surveys. If you are in doubt, contact Science Shops Wales for advice.

Next, you need to think about getting a good representative mix in your sample. In the case of the household survey, the best way to do this is to select streets or sections of the town/village/suburb with different types and qualities of housing, e.g. housing association/ local authority rented accommodation; owner occupied houses of various sizes/ types; apartment blocks; sheltered or dedicated accommodation for elderly residents, students, etc. Note down a list of streets that represent the main types of housing in your community area. Then, work out how many households in each street you’ll need to take part in your survey, so that you reach the total you need.

You should then, consider whether the list you have selected is likely to give a mix of household types that represents your community. Will there be too few or too many elderly households/ households with children/student households? Will it include an appropriate mix of households with employed members and those without employment? Will it reflect the ethnic mix of your community? Is it likely to include a suitable mix of people who are in good health and those with health conditions or disabilities? Will it give a suitable proportion of Welsh/non-Welsh speakers? Obviously, designing a representative sample of your community’s population could become complicated, but it doesn’t need to for these purposes. If you choose your streets mainly according to type/quality of housing, most of the other population factors are likely to correlate. So, adjust your list of streets if you can see that it obviously gives an unbalanced sample of your community, otherwise stick with it.

Follow the same principles in compiling lists of schools, community groups and businesses. In the case of schools, include a mix of types of school – infant, junior, nursery, secondary, special, independent, etc. For community groups, include a range of types – faith, interest, support, etc. For businesses, select a range of different types, sizes and locations. It is to be expected that some may not be willing or able to take part in your survey, so be prepared to select alternatives.

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Accessing your survey subjects In the case of households, calling door to door in each of the streets on your list is probably the best approach. If you are carrying out the survey, your own safety should be your first priority – do not carry out this activity alone, and conduct the survey on doorsteps rather than inside the houses. Do not allow anyone under the age of 18 to take part in collecting survey information.

In the case of schools, community groups and businesses, the best approach is to telephone first to explain the purpose of the survey, and to make an appointment for your visit to conduct the survey. Again, it is advisable to have a companion when calling at premises to carry out the survey, to ensure your safety.

Conducting the survey interview These surveys have been piloted to make sure that the wording of the questions is likely to produce the information needed. So, if you find you need to adapt the questions to a large extent, we recommend that you ask Science Shops Wales to look over your survey before you use it.

When you ask your subjects to take part in the survey, explain the purpose of the survey and how the results will be used. Assure the householder that there will be no record of identities, and that there will be complete anonymity and confidentiality. Explain how long the survey will take, e.g. 5-10 minutes.

Ask each question clearly, and provide clarification if the person does not understand the question. Each question has been designed to be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Sometimes, the person will give more information in their answer, or explain why ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is not the best answer. They may wish to answer ‘yes, but…’ or ‘no, but….’. In these cases, you may wish to make a brief note of their reply.

Take a neutral approach when you ask the questions to avoiding leading the person in replying one way or the other.

When you finish asking the survey questions, thank your subject. If you have time, this could also be an opportunity for explaining more about your Cadarn project, and opportunities for getting involved.

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Analysing the results of your survey You will have ‘yes’ or ‘no’ responses for almost all your replies. If you have additional comments against questions, this may lead you to adjust positive or negative responses in a few cases.

The next stage is to take an uncompleted paper or electronic copy of the survey and put totals for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ responses against each question. If you wish you can change these figures into percentages. You can then use this information to complete the Cadarn checklist.

39 January 2010

Survey for community groups Yes or no?

Saving resources and recycling: Does your community group use environmentally friendly stationery (e.g. recycled paper)?

Using Energy and water: Has your organisation carried out an energy efficiency audit?

Has your organisation tried to cut down on the energy it uses?

Does your organisation use energy from any renewable energy sources?

Has your organisation tried to cut down on the water it uses?

The local area and biodiversity: Is your group involved in any nature conservation activities?

Economy: shopping and trading ethically: Does your group have a policy to ‘buy locally’ as much

Comments – for clarification

40 January 2010 Yes or no? as possible?

Does your group purchase ‘fair trade’ goods as much as possible?

Does your group buy ‘eco-friendly’ goods as much as possible?

Comments – for clarification

41 January 2010

Survey for households Yes or no?

Saving resources and recycling: Does your household make use of recycling facilities?

Using Energy and water: Have you installed energy saving light bulbs in your home?

Have you turned down hot water and heating thermostats in your home?

Does your home have secondary or double glazing?

Is your home well insulated?

Have you set your heating to only come on at times when it’s most needed?

If you have a garden, have you installed a water butt to collect rainwater?

Have you installed a cistern or a device in your toilet to reduce the amount of water used for flushing?

Has your household transferred to an electricity provider that supplies renewable energy (often

Comments – for clarification

42 January 2010 Yes or no? known as a ‘green’ tariff)?

Does your household use power that comes from local renewable energy sources?

Transport: Do members of your household make short journeys on foot or by bike as much as possible?

Do members of your household make longer journeys by public transport as much as possible?

Do any members of your household use vehicles that run on alternative fuels that are less damaging to the environment than traditional petrol and diesel (e.g.

LPG, bio-diesel)?

Have members of your household pledged to avoid travelling by air unless it is essential?

Food for the community: Do you make use of your garden/ window sills/ etc to grow vegetables, fruit and/or herbs?

Comments – for clarification

43 January 2010 Yes or no?

Have members of your household altered their eating patterns in order to cut down on carbon emissions?

E.g. by choosing local seasonal food, or by eating less meat Economy: shopping and trading ethically: Have members of your household pledged to buy local and/or ‘fairtrade’ goods as much as possible?

Have members of your household pledged to buy ‘eco-friendly’ goods as much as possible?

Skills and Knowledge: Do members of your household have skills and knowledge that could be useful in becoming more sustainable and resilient? E.g. a gardening course, nature conservation training, etc.

Have members of your household been on any training to gain skills and knowledge for these purposes?

Comments – for clarification

44 January 2010

Survey for businesses/shops Yes or no?

Using Energy and water: Has your business carried out an energy efficiency audit?

Has your business tried to cut down on the energy it uses?

Does your business use power from a renewable energy source?

Does your business take part in any schemes to improve its environmental performance, e.g. ‘Green Dragon’?

Food for the Community: If you run a catering business (café, restaurant, pub, etc), do you use local ingredients when preparing meals?

Economy: shopping and trading ethically: Does your shop or business actively promote ‘fairtrade’ goods?

If you provide bags for customers, do you promote re-

Comments – for clarification

45 January 2010 usable bags?

46 January 2010

Survey for schools Yes or no?

Using Energy and water: Has your school carried out an energy efficiency audit?

Has your school carried out any energy saving measures?

Food for the community: Are ingredients for school meals sourced locally?

Are school meals supplemented with produce from the school grounds or from local allotments?

Health and well-being: Does your school promote healthy lifestyles?

Skills and Knowledge: Does your school take part in the Eco-Schools scheme?

Comments – for clarification

47 January 2010

Directory of Useful Organisations and Contacts Organisation & Contact Details

Organisation Role GENERAL CONTACTS

Cadarn Website c/o Science Shops Wales University of Glamorgan 4 Forest Grove Treforest CF37 1DL www.cadarn.org.uk

The Cadarn scheme website contains all the information and resources needed to follow and apply for the Cadarn Award

Science Shops Wales University of Glamorgan 4 Forest Grove Treforest CF37 1DL www.scienceshopswales.org.uk

Science Shops are units that carry out FREE or very low cost research with and on behalf of local community groups. Science Shops carry out projects on topics such as the environment, health, social problems, and even history and law. SSW also produce a range of easy-to-use information leaflets covering some of the many sustainability topics raised by our projects

Cynnal Cymru Ground Floor Cambrian Buildings Mount Stuart Square Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF10 5FL Tel: 02920 19 20 21

Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that promotes sustainable development and provides practical information to help people live sustainably

48 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Email: enquiries@sustainwales.com

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National Assembly for Wales Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF99 1NA Tel: 029 2082 5111 www.wales.gov.uk

The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales and holds the Welsh government to account

Sustainable Development Commission Wales Room 1 University of Wales, University Registry King Edward VII Ave Cardiff CF10 3NS www.sd-commission.org.uk/wales.php

The SDC Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development. The Commission reports direct to the First Minister for Wales on key policy areas including local government, regeneration and health. This ensures that the work which is going on over the breadth and depth of the sustainable development agenda is widely recognised

Welsh Local Government Association Local Government House Drake Walk Cardiff CF10 4LG

The Welsh Local Government Association represents the interests of local authorities in Wales

49 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Telephone: 029 2046 8600 www.wlga.gov.uk

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One Voice Wales 24 College Street Ammanford SA18 3AF http://www.onevoicewales.org.uk

One Voice Wales represents and provides support services to community and town councils in Wales.

Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) Baltic House Mount Stuart Square Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF10 5FH Tel: 029 20431700 www.wcva.org.uk

WCVA is the voice of the voluntary sector in Wales. It represents and campaigns for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities Good source of funding information

Environment Wales Baltic House Mount Stuart Square Cardiff CF10 5FH Tel: 029 2043 1727 www.environment-wales.org

EW works to provide community and voluntary groups with advice and support and also operates five grant streams to support voluntary organisations and community groups undertaking practical projects that promote sustainability

Friends of the Earth Cymru 33 Castle Arcade Balcony

Friends of the Earth Cymru was set up in 1984, 13 years after Friends of the Earth's foundation in the UK in 1971, to campaign in Wales specifically on environmental issues

50 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Cardiff CF10 1BY Tel: 029 2022 9577 www.foecymru.co.uk

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Oxfam Cymru Fifth Floor Market Buildings 5/7 St Mary Street Cardiff CF10 1AT Tel: 029 2080 3293 www.oxfam.org.uk www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet

Oxfam Cymru is an integral part of Oxfam GB and works to end poverty and suffering, locally and globally, and make this central to public and political life in Wales

WWF Cymru Baltic House Mount Stuart Square Cardiff CF10 5FH Tel: 029 2045 4970 www.wwf.org.uk/cymru

WWF Cymru is the Welsh office of WWF-UK, which in turn forms part of the world's largest environmental network. The Wales team focuses on policy work and lobbying, and aims to ensure that the environment and sustainability are high on the political and media agendas

SAVING RESOURCES AND RECYCLING

Keep Wales Tidy Campaign 33-35 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HB

Keep Wales Tidy works to achieve its vision is of "A Clean, Safe and Tidy Wales". As such KWT works to encourage local action to protect and enhance the environment of Wales

51 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Tel: 029 2025 6767 www.keepwalestidy.org

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North Wales Office Harbour House, Slate Quay Caernarfon Gwynedd LL55 2PB Tel: 01286 674081 www.keepwalestidy.org

Waste Awareness Wales Local Government House Drake Walk Cardiff CF10 4LG Tel: 029 2046 8656 National Recycling Hotline: Tel: 0845 3305540 www.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk

The Welsh Assembly Government has funded Waste Awareness Wales since 2002 to provide official information to the public about managing materials and resources more sustainably, and reducing waste

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Suite 16 Bay Chambers West Bute Street Cardiff CF10 5BB www.wrap.org.uk

WRAP works with local authorities, business and households to prevent waste, increase recycling and develop markets for recycled and sustainable products

52 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Recycle Now www.recyclenow.com

Organisation Role Recycling advice for householders and individuals, including a guide on what can and can’t be recycled

Cylch Cardiff Business Technology Centre Senghennydd Road Cardiff CF24 4AY Tel: 029 2064 7015 www.cylch.org

Network organisation helping social enterprises and charities across Wales who are involved with reuse or recycling

Waste Watch 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4JX Tel: 020 7549 0300 www.wastewatch.org.uk

A leading national organisation promoting waste reduction, reuse and recycling

Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau (SCRIB) c/o Corus Steel Packaging Recycling Trostre Works Llanelli SA14 9SD www.scrib.org

Very informative website to encourage the ‘3 R’s’: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

RECOUP 1 Metro Centre

Recoup is a source of information on plastic recycling for industry, local authorities and other partners

53 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Welbeck Way Woodston Peterborough PE2 7UH Tel: 01733 390021 www.recoup.org

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www.recycle-more.co.uk

Recycling information website

Community Composting Network 67 Alexandra Road Sheffield S2 3EE Tel: 0114 2580483 www.communitycompost.org

The Community Composting Network supports and promotes the community management and use of waste bio-degradable resources. It is a member's organisation, self-managed by an elected committee of members

ENERGY & WATER

Energy Saving Wales www.energysavingwales.org.uk

A Welsh Assembly Government advisory portal which signposts enquirers to relevant partners and sites

Energy Saving Trust Albion House Oxford Street Nantgarw

The Energy Saving Trust is an independent, UK-based organisation focused on promoting action that leads to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions - a key contributor to man-made climate change.

The EST is a source of free advice and information for people across the UK looking to save energy, conserve water and reduce waste

54 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Cardiff CF15 7TR Tel: 01443 845930 www.est.org.uk

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The Carbon Trust in Wales Albion House Oxford Street Nantgarw Cardiff CF15 7TR Tel: 01443 845944 www.carbontrust.co.uk

The Carbon Trust's mission is to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies for the future by providing business and the public sector with expert advice, finance and accreditation to stimulate demand for low carbon products and services

CREATE Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy Vermont House, Bradley Lane Standish Wigan WN6 0XF Tel: 01257 422800 www.create.org.uk

CREATE is a not for profit body working with communities and organisations to reduce the effects of climate change and build a sustainable future

West Wales Eco Centre The Old School Business Centre Lower St Mary Street Newport Pembrokeshire SA42 0TS

The West Wales Eco Centre promotes issues surrounding energy use and the environment, by the advancement of public education in all aspects of energy conservation and energy use; the relief of fuel poverty in the local population; the advancement of public education in matters relating to the environment, insofar as they relate to energy conservation and energy use

55 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Tel: 01239 820235 www.ecocentre.org.uk

Organisation Role Housed within the West Wales Eco Centre, the organisation advises individuals and organisations about energy use locally

Mid and South West Wales Energy Efficiency Advice Centre Tel: 01239 820235 Free Energy Advice: 0800 512012 (This will put you through to your nearest EEAC)

South East Wales Energy Advice Centre Floor 6, Clarence House Clarence Place Newport NP19 7AA www.sewenergy.org.uk

South East Wales Energy Agency is a registered charity. Through our projects and advice centre we aim to combat climate change fuel poverty and poor health by promoting and facilitating the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy

Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) Machynlleth Powys SY20 9AZ Tel: 01654 705950 www.cat.org.uk

CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. Within this search the role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives

The Centre for Sustainable Energy 3 St Peter's Court, Bedminster Parade, Bristol BS3 4AQ www.cse.org.uk

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) helps people and organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors meet the twin challenges of rising energy costs and climate change

56 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Good Energy Monkton Reach Monkton Hill Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 1EE http://www.goodenergy.co.uk

Good Energy is the only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier – all its energy comes from clean sources

Ecotricity Ecotricity Group Limited Axiom House Station Road Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 3AP http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/customerservice/contact-us/

Ecotricity are the UK’s oldest and most successful independent electricity company. spend more per customer building new sources of green energy than any other company in the world and more than all other UK suppliers put together.

Green Energy UK www.greenenergy.uk.com

Green Energy is an energy supplier that supplies energy from renewable and accredited combined heat and power sources

BWEA Cymru ll.rhys@bwea.com

BWEA is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries

British Gas – Generation Green Think Energy 2nd Floor

Generation Green was launched by British Gas in May 2008. Its aim is to bring together schools, children, their family and friends to create a greener future

57 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge UB11 1BN www.generationgreen.co.uk

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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Head Office Pentwyn Road Nelson, Treharris Mid Glamorgan CF46 6LY Tel: 01443 452 300 www.dwrcymru.co.uk www.livingandlearningwithwater.com

Welsh Water is the sixth largest of the ten regulated water and sewerage companies in England and Wales. Responsible for providing over three million people with a continuous, high quality supply of drinking water and for taking away, treating and properly disposing of the wastewater that is produced

Water Aid Prince Consort House 27-29 Albert Embankment London SE1 7UB Tel: 020 77934500 www.wateraid.org.uk

WaterAid is an international charity. Their mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education

Marine Conservation Society Unit 3, Wolf Business Park Alton Road, Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire HR9 5NB

The Marine Conservation Society’s vision is for seas rich in wildlife, abundant fish stocks and pollution free beaches and bathing waters – seas that are fit for wildlife to thrive and for people to enjoy and seas that will support future generations with abundant resources

58 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Tel: 01989 566017 www.mcsuk.org

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Water UK 1 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9BT www.water.org.uk

Water UK represents all UK water and wastewater service suppliers at national and European level.

We provide a positive framework for the water industry to engage with government, regulators, stakeholder organisations and the public

FOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY

British Nutrition Foundation High Holborn House, Holborn London WC1V 6RQ Tel: 020 7404 6504 www.nutrition.org.uk

The British Nutrition Foundation was established over 40 years ago to deliver authoritative, evidencebased information on food and nutrition in the context of health and lifestyle. Accurate interpretation of nutrition science is at the heart of all we do

Food Standards Agency 11th Floor, South Gate House Wood Street Cardiff CF10 1EW Tel: 02920 678999 wales@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk www.food.gov.uk

The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food

59 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming 94 White Lion Street London N1 9PF Tel: 020 7837 1228 www.sustainweb.org

Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity

Soil Association Bristol House 40-56 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6BY Tel: 0117 3145000 www.soilassociation.org

The Soil Association is the UK's leading organic organisation, and works as the UK’s organic accreditation body

Organic Centre Wales Institute of Rural Sciences University of Wales Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3AL Tel: 01970 622248 www.organiccentrewales.org.uk

Established in 2000 as a focal point for the dissemination of information on organic food and farming to producers and other interested parties in Wales, OCW also focuses on public education, public procurement, policy and strategy development, thus providing support to the whole of the organic community in Wales

Farmers Markets in Wales Rose Cottage Watery Lane Llanishen

A site designed to further the important role that Farmers Markets and the small scale local producers that attend them have in re-establishing local food networks

60 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6QT Tel. 0845 610 6496 www.fmiw.co.uk/

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True Taste Awards Food & Market Development Division Welsh Assembly Government Rhodfa Padarn Llanbadarn Fawr Aberystwyth SY23 3UR www.walesthetruetaste.co.uk/en/Home

Wales the True Taste Food & Drink Awards, managed by the Welsh Assembly Government and in their 8th year of operation, have become widely recognised by the food and drink industry and consumers alike as providing evidence of good quality produce

Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens Wales Office, 22 Ninian Park Road, Riverside Cardiff CF11 6JA Tel: 02920 225942 www.farmgarden.org.uk

The Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens exists to support, represent and promote community-managed farms and gardens across the United Kingdom

Garden Organic Ryton Organic Gardens Coventry CV8 3LG Tel: 024 7630 3517 www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, has been at the forefront of the organic horticulture movement for 50 years and is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food

61 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Sustrans Cymru 107 Bute Street Cardiff CF10 5AD Tel: 029 2065 0602 www.sustrans.org.uk

Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. Our vision is a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. Every day we are working on practical, innovative ways of dealing with the transport challenges that affect us all

Brake The Road Safety Charity PO Box 548 Huddersfield HD1 2XZ Tel: 01484 559909 www.brake.org.uk

Brake is a registered charity with two aims: 1. to prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for road safety. Road deaths are no accident; every death has a cause that can be prevented 2. to care for people bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services by our division BrakeCare

Department for Transport Great Minster House 76 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DR Tel: 020 7944 8300 www.dft.gov.uk

The Department for Transport's aim is transport that works for everyone. This means a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society.

The Department for Transport provides leadership across the transport sector to achieve its objectives, working with regional, local and private sector partners to deliver many of the services

62 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Road Safety Wales www.roadsafetywales.org.uk

Organisation Role Road Safety Wales has been established to create 'unity from diversity' by developing and sustaining co-operation and interaction between all 22 Local Authorities in Wales and/or agencies with the responsibility for local authority road safety promotion

Campaign for Better Transport 12-18 Hoxton Street London NI 6 NG Tel: 020 7613 0743 www.bettertransport.org.uk

Campaign for Better Transport is the leading transport NGO. Our compelling arguments and ideas have won us the support of national decision-makers and local activists, enabling us to secure transport policies and programmes that improve people’s lives and reduce environmental impact

Travel Wise www.travelwise.org.uk

ACT TravelWise is the UK’s premier network for all organisations working to promote sustainable travel

Community Transport Association South Wales: Room 10, Forge Fach Hebron Road, Clydach Swansea SA6 5EJ Tel: 01792 844 290 www.ctauk.org

The CTA is a rapidly growing national charity giving voice and providing leadership, learning and enterprise support to a wide range of organisations delivering innovative and flexible transport solutions to achieve social change in their communities

North Wales: Unit 17, Morfa Hall Church Street, Rhyl Denbighshire LL18 3AA Tel: 01745 356 751

63 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Traveline Cymru PO Box 83 Cardiff CF11 1NA 0871 200 2233 www.traveline-cymru.info

Traveline Cymru is the public transport information service for Wales. We are funded by the Welsh Assembly and our purpose is to offer a “one stop shop� for travel information in Wales to include bus, coach, rail, air, ferry. We also aim to help if you want to use your car, walk or cycle all or part of your journey

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Health Challenge Wales Health Challenge Wales Team Welsh Assembly Government Cathays Park Cardiff, CF10 3NQ Tel: 02920 825793 http://wales.gov.uk/hcwsubsite/ healthchallenge/?lang=en

Health Challenge Wales signposts members of the public to information or activity to help them improve their own health. It also engages with organisations to look after the health of their staff and customers

NHS Direct Wales 0845 46 47

NHS Direct Wales is a health advice and information service available 24 hours a day, every day. NHS Direct is available on 0845 4647 if you are feeling ill and are unsure what to do, or for health information on a wide range of conditions, treatments and local health services

Health of Wales Information Service http://www.wales.nhs.uk

NHS public information site on all aspects relating to health

64 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Eatwell: FSA Health Campaigns 11th Floor South Gate House Wood Street Cardiff CF10 1EW www.eatwell.gov.uk

Eatwell is the Food Standards Agency's consumer advice and information site.

It is packed with reliable and practical advice about healthy eating, understanding food labels and how what we eat can affect our health

Sports Council for Wales National Sports Centre for Wales Sophia Gardens Cardiff CF1 9SW Tel: 029 2030 0500 www.sports-council-wales.co.uk

The Sports Council for Wales is the national organisation responsible for developing and promoting sport and active lifestyles. It is the main adviser on sporting matters to the Welsh Assembly Government and is responsible for distributing funds from the National Lottery to sport in Wales

British Heart Foundation 21 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HA Tel: 029 2038 2368 www.bhf.org.uk

The British Heart Foundation play a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation, so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death

BBC’s Big Fat Problem Programme www.bbc.co.uk/wales/bigfatproblem

The BBC’s guide to eating well, getting fit and living longer

65 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Lets Walk Cymru www.ww2h.org.uk

Organisation Role ‘Let’s Walk Cymru’ is a new Wales-wide initiative developed in partnership with the Sports Council for Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government and Countryside Council for Wales - tasked with increasing the number of people participating in walking as a regular activity

THE LOCAL AREA & BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity Wales Partnership c/o Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales Fountain Road Tondu Bridgend CF31 0EH http://www.biodiversitywales.org.uk/

Wales Biodiversity Partnership (WBP) brings together key players from the public, private and voluntary sectors to promote and monitor biodiversity action in Wales

National Botanic Garden of Wales Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire SA32 8HG Tel: 01558 668768 www.gardenofwales.org.uk

The National Botanic Garden of Wales exists to develop a viable world-class national botanic garden dedicated to the research and conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable utilisation, to lifelong learning and to the enjoyment of the visitor

BTCV Cymru Wales Regional Office Conservation Centre Forest Farm Road, Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 7JJ Tel: 029 2052 0990

BTCV is a charity which was set up in 1959. It has a successful history of environmental conservation volunteering throughout the UK and around the world

66 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details www.btcvcymru.org

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Groundwork Wales 20 Centre Court Main Avenue Treforest Industrial Estate Treforest Pontypridd CF37 5YR Tel: 01443 844866 www.groundworkwales.org.uk

Groundwork Trusts enable an integrated, bottom-up approach to regeneration, involving and empowering local people to care for their environment, utilising sustainable development as a catalyst for action and promoting excellence in the partnerships we establish or are invited to join

Forestry Commission Wales Welsh Assembly Government Rhodfa Padarn Llanbadarn Fawr Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3UR Tel: 0845 604 0845 www.forestry.gov.uk/wales

Forestry Commission Wales acts as the Welsh Assembly Government’s Department of Forestry. They are responsible for managing the 38% of Welsh woodlands owned by the Assembly and advise on the development of forestry policy and its implementation. FCW also encourage sustainable woodland management within the private sector and are responsible for administering grants and regulatory work, including licensing for felling and replanting

Forestry Stewardship Council Charles Thwaites 11-13 Great Oak Street Llanidloes SY18 6BU www.fsc.org

FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Established in 1993 as a response to concerns over global deforestation, FSC is widely regarded as one of the most important initiatives of the last decade to promote responsible forest management worldwide

67 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) www.rhs.org.uk/learning

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening.

Their goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire all those with an interest in gardening

The Woodland Trust Wales (Coed Cadw) 3 Cooper's Yard Curran Rd Cardiff CF10 5NB www.woodland-trust.org.uk www.naturedetectives.org.uk

Founded in 1972, the Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and relies on the support of its many members and other supporters to continue its work

Field Studies Council – Welsh Centres Margam Discovery Centre Margam Park Port Talbot SA13 2UA

The Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity committed to helping people understand and be inspired by the natural world. Thousands of students every year experience the FSC through fieldwork and cross-curricular courses at our network of 17 centres across the UK

Orielton Field Centre Pembroke Pembrokeshire SA71 5EZ Dale Fort Field Centre Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SA62 3RD Rhyd-Y-Creuau

68 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details The Drapers Field Centre Betws-y-Coed Conwy LL24OHB Tel: 01690 710494 www.field-studies-council.org

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Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) Tŷ Gwyn 31 High Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7YD Tel: 01938 552525 www.cprw.org.uk

CPRW’s aims are to conserve and enhance the landscape and quality of life in the communities of rural Wales and influence change in these areas for the better

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds RSPB Cymru Wales Headquaters, Sutherland House Castle Bridge Cowbridge Road East Cardiff CF11 9AB Tel: 029 2035 3000 www.rspb.org.uk/wales

The RSPB’s work is driven by a passionate belief that we all have a responsibility to protect birds and the environment. Bird populations reflect the health of the planet on which our future depends

North Wales Office Tel: 01248 363800

69 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details CADW Plas Carew Unit 5/7 Cefn Coed Parc Nantgarw Cardiff CF15 7QQ Tel: 01443 336000 www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

Organisation Role Cadw is the historic environment service of the Welsh Assembly Government. It aims to protect the historic environment of Wales by working with partners and private owners. CADW want people to enjoy it, to learn from it, and to preserve it for our descendants, and to share it with others

Environment Agency Wales Tš Cambria 29 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0TP Tel: 0845 933111 Tel: 029 2077 0088 www.environment-agency.wales.gov.uk

EAW’s principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development. We play a central role in delivering the environmental priorities of central government and the Welsh Assembly Government through our functions and roles

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Maes Y Ffynnon Penrhosgarnedd Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2DW Tel: 0845 130 6229 www.ccw.gov.uk

The Countryside Council for Wales is the Government's statutory advisor on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore waters

The Wildlife Trust

The Wildlife Trust is the largest UK voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of

70 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details The Kiln Waterside, Mather Road Newark Nottinghamshire NG24 1WT www.wildlifetrust.org.uk

Organisation Role the UK’s habitats and species, whether they be in the countryside, in cities or at sea

National Wetlands Centre Wales Llwynhendy Llanelli Carmarthenshire SA14 9SH T: 01554 741087 www.wwt.org.uk

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a leading conservation organisation saving wetlands for wildlife and people across the world. WWT is the only UK charity with a national network of specialist wetland visitor centres

Headquarters: WWT Slimbridge Tel: 01453 891900 www.wwt.org.uk www.wwtlearn.org.uk

National Trust Office for Wales Trinity Square Llandudno Conwy LL30 2DE Tel: 01492 860123 www.nationaltrust.org.uk

The National Trust protect and open to the public over 350 historic houses, gardens and ancient monuments. But it doesn’t stop there. We also look after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages - forever, for everyone

Ramblers Association Wales

The Ramblers is Britain's biggest charity working to promote walking and to improve conditions for all

71 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details 3 Coopers Yard Curran Road Cardiff CF10 5NB Tel: 029 2064 4308 www.ramblers.org.uk/wales/

Organisation Role walkers. With 135,000 members in England, Scotland and Wales, we've been working for walkers for almost 75 years

Think Ark thinkark.blogspot.com http://thinkark.wikispaces.com/

Ark’s aim is to encourage discourse and response with public, business, designers and students in social design. Social design questions how people organise their social life, and thus how people design our world – an elusive but interesting concept!

ECONOMY: SHOPPING AND TRADING ETHICALLY

Wales Co-operative Centre Llandaff Court Fairwater Road Cardiff CF5 2XP

The Wales Co-operative Centre is a co-operative development agency which delivers a range of projects to promote social, financial and digital inclusion. Our advisors work across Wales, helping communities to start businesses or projects which value people and the environment as much as profit

FairTrade Wales c/o Oxfam Cymru 5-7 Market Buildings St Marys Street Cardiff CF10 1AT www.fairtradewales.com

Fair trade is about creating opportunities for producers in the developing world to receive a fair price for their goods and to work their way out of poverty. Put simply, it is an opportunity for them to improve their lives and the lives of their families, and is as simple as the choices you make on your weekly shop. Fair Trade Wales exists to grow the Fair Trade movement in Wales

72 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Eco Home Centre / Rounded Developments / Sustainable Building Centre 16 Wyndham Crescent Canton Cardiff CF11 9EH www.sustainablebuildingresource.co.uk

The Eco Home Centre is a Rounded Developments Enterprises project (a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to championing sustainable building in Wales

Green Economics Institute 6 Strachey Close Tidmarsh Reading RG8 8EP www.greeneconomics.org.uk

The Green Economics Institute is at the forefront in helping governments, institutions and individuals find solutions to the current crisis which will bring long term and real prosperity to people, nature and the planet and its systems

Timebanking Wales Aneurin Bevan House 40 Castle Street Tredegar Gwent NP22 4RR www.timebankingwales.org.uk

Welsh timebanks work are ‘hosted’ within public and community agencies. Community members are then invited to actively engage and take ownership of public services rather than being passive recipients. The ‘host’ agency acts as the central bank and acknowledges members for their time with credits. These credits can then be used for recreational services, to go on trips or attend local events

Lets Link UK 12 Southcote Road London N19 5BJ www.letslinkuk.net/regions/wales.htm

LETS - Local Exchange Trading Systems or Schemes - are local community-based mutual aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another, without the need for money

73 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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nef (the new economics foundation) 3 Jonathan Street London SE11 5NH

nef (the new economics foundation) is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being

SUSSED 92 John St Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AP 01656 783962 http://www.sustainablewales.org

SUSSED is a community co-operative that provides a permanent high street presence for fair trade, eco-friendly and Welsh products in Porthcawl. It also acts as an information and outreach education project for the Bridgend and South Wales area

Consumer Focus Wales 5th Floor Longcross Court Newport Road Cardiff CF24 OWL Tel: 029 2025 5454 www.consumerfocus.org.uk/wales

Consumer Focus Wales is the new consumer champion for Wales. The voice of the consumer, CFW works to secure a fair deal on their behalf. Created through the merger of three consumer organisations ; Energywatch, Postwatch and the National Consumer Council the new approach allows for more joined-up consumer advocacy, with a single organisation speaking with a powerful voice and able to more readily bring cross-sector expertise to issues of concern

Not Just Nuts 26 Dunraven Place, Bridgend CF31 1JD www.notjustnuts.co.uk

Established by Gofal Cymru, one of the leading mental health charities in Wales, Not Just Nuts is a cooperative that sells products that have a positive link with mental health and well-being

74 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details

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Swansea Environment Centre Shop The Old Telephone Exchange Pier Street Swansea SA1 1RY www.environmentcentre.org.uk

Providing an ethical range of products for Swansea’s locals, the shop carries a wide range of goods from food to cleaning products

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

The National Grid for Learning 245 Western Avenue, Llandaf, Cardiff, CF5 2YX www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk www.ngfl.gov.uk

The National Grid for Learning Cymru (NGfL Cymru) has been given an enhanced remit to develop its library of interactive resources for teachers and learners at all levels. It consists of nearly 3,000 high quality downloadable educational resources which support all Key Stages of the Curriculum, from Early Years to Post 16. Many of the resources are interactive, and all have been produced by practising teachers

National Federation of Women’s Institute Wales Office 19 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9HA Tel: 029 2022 1712 www.womens-institute.org.uk

National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI), is the largest voluntary organisation for women in the UK. NFWI play a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities

Green Up Guide –Community Development

This indispensible plain English guide explains how community groups can use everything from Local

75 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Foundation Community Development Foundation Wales Williams House 11-15 Columbus Walk Cardiff CF10 4BZ 02920 020 632 wales@cdf.org.uk www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/newsheadline?id=143686

Organisation Role Area Agreements to Sustainable Community Strategies to get their work supported. The guide also explains all the words and vocabulary commonly used by councils, so local groups can clearly understand ‘council speak’

National Museums and Galleries of Wales Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NP Tel: 029 2039 7951 www.nmgw.ac.uk

SCAN is an Amgueddfa Cymru — National Museum Wales project, which helps schools promote Education for Sustainable Development

SCAN Project Education Department National Museums and Galleries of Wales Tel: 029 2057 3304 www.museumwales.ac.uk/scan

Global Action Plan www.globalactionplan.org.uk

Global Action Plan, we're an award-winning charity. We offer a unique blend of creativity and environmental expertise to help you actively cut your carbon emissions. Our approach is inclusive, collaborative and refreshingly optimistic. For new ideas, effective strategies and enviable results, find out how to get involved with us today

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Global Dimensions www.globaldimension.org.uk

The Global Dimensions website is a guide to books, films, posters and web resources which support global, intercultural and environmental understanding for all age groups and subjects

Education for Sustainable Development & Global Citizenship www.esd-wales.org.uk

A Welsh website to share information about services, resources and organisations working to support ESDGC throughout Wales

Sustainable Wales 1st Floor, 41 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP Tel: 01656 783405 www.sustainablewales.org.uk

Sustainable Wales is an independent charity passionate about encouraging sustainable lifestyles at a community level achievable by thinking globally while acting locally. We seek to foster behavioural change, offering practical solutions and guidance that are replicable, to support that change

The Environment Centre The Old Telephone Exchange Pier Street Swansea SA1 1RY www.environmentcentre.org.uk

The Environment Centre is here to help environmental groups in the S. Wales area and to provide information regarding sustainability issues. The Environment Centre is an independent charity who's focus is environmental information, education and activity in South West Wales

Sustainable Swansea The Environment Centre Pier Street Swansea SA1 1RY

The Sustainable Swansea initiative was established in 2004 and aims to help make Swansea to be a more sustainable place to live, work, and visit

77 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details http://sustainableswansea.net/

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Ymlaen Ceredigion Canolfan Rheidol Rhodfa Padarn Llanbadarn Aberystwyth, SY23 3UE

Ymlaen Ceredigion contributes to positive solutions to community development and regeneration through projects in fields such as health promotion, sustainable energy, recycling and waste minimisation, as well as providing education, information and consultancy services. Ymlaen Ceredigion also works with other community organisations, the public and private sectors at the strategic planning level, to promote policies for sustainable development in Ceredigion, Wales and beyond

Sustainable Gwynedd Gynaladwy Uned A1 Parc Busnes Penamser Porthmadog LL49 9GB www.gwyneddgynaladwy.org.uk

Sustainable Gwynedd Gynaladwy is a voluntary organisation committed to raising awareness of sustainable development in the area. We aim to develop the skills and confidence of community groups and individuals to take action towards initiating community projects and sustainable lifestyles

Menter Cwm Gwendraeth 11 - 15 Heol Coalbrook Pontyberem Llanelli Sir Gaerfyrddin SA15 5HU

Menter Cwm Gwendraeth aims to promote and extend the use of Welsh at community level and takes a pro-active approach to engaging local communities in sustainability work

PLANED The Old School Station Road Narberth Pembrokeshire SA67 7DU www.planed.org.uk

PLANED - Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise & Development - is a community led local development partnership.

Their role is to encourage the widest possible participation of local people

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Tyndall Centre Tyndall Centre (HQ) Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ www.tyndall.ac.uk

The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level - not just within the research community, but also with business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public in general

Cyfanfyd, Temple of Peace Cathays Park Cardiff, CF10 3AP Tel: 029 2066 8999 www.cyfanfyd.org.uk

Cyfanfyd is a national membership organisation working to promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship (ESDGC) in Wales. We support organisations working in all fields of education helping them to incorporate a global dimension into their work

Wales Carbon Footprint www.walescarbonfootprint.gov.uk

Welsh Assembly Government’s own carbon footprinting tool

Climate Change Community Action Pack Climate Change and Water Team Welsh Assembly Government Cathays Park Cardiff CF10 3NQ

The Welsh Assembly Government’s Climate Change Team produced this community resource which is full of information on information on what communities can do, successful projects and where to get help with community projects

79 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details Organisation Role http://wales.gov.uk/walescarbonfootprint/home/com munity/?lang=en

Planning Aid Wales First Floor, 174 Whitchurch Road, Heath Cardiff CF14 3NB http://www.planningaidwales.org.uk

Planning Aid Wales is an independent, charitable organisation helping individuals and communities across Wales to participate more effectively in the planning system. PAW provide free, independent, and impartial advice and support to people and groups who can not afford to pay a planning consultant. They also encourage people to get involved in the planning system to improve their local environment

Communities First – Central Hub http://www.communities-first.org/

Communities First is the Welsh Assembly Government’s flagship programme to improve the living conditions and prospects of people in the most disadvantaged communities across Wales

Transition Towns http://transitionculture.org/ http://transitiontowns.org/

Transition Initiatives / Transition Towns are communities that working together on the issues of Peak Oil and Climate Change by following the Transition Handbook, a model developed by Rob Hopkins

LAMMAS Eden The Crossroads Llanycefn Pembrokeshire, SA66 7LP www.lammas.org.uk

Lammas recently attained planning permission to build an ecovillage in Wales which combines the traditional smallholding model with the latest innovations in environmental design, green technology and permaculture.

The proposal is for a new settlement of 9 eco-smallholdings, a campsite and a community hub building. It is sited on 76 acres of mixed pasture and woodland next to the village of Glandwr, Pembrokeshire. Construction began in the autumn of 2009

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Down to Earth 72A Manselfield Road Murton Swansea SA3 3AP http://www.downtoearthproject.org.uk/

The Down to Earth Project is a social enterprise specialising in Sustainability Education and Natural Building

Coed Hills St Hilary Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7DP http://www.coedhills.co.uk/

Coed Hills is a Rural Artspace situated in the Vale of Glamorgan. Set in 180 acres, the Artspace was established in 1997 and is designed following principles of low impact development

10:10 Campaign www.1010uk.org

Campaign to cut 10% of emissions in 2010 – includes individuals, business, education and organisations

350.org www.350.org

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand. Their mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—creating a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid is a film by Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One

81 January 2010 Organisation & Contact Details www.ageofstupid.net

Organisation Role Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? The film is available to communities for showing at a very low cost, check www.indiescreenings.co.uk for details. WCVA will be making available some grants for communities to view and host discussion on this film. Contact WCVA.

OneClimate Initiative OneWorld UK CAN Mezzanine 32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EE www.oneclimate.net

Devoted to the subject of climate change, users share thoughts, ask questions, and post videos and images creating their own personalised website. OneClimate is an initiative of OneWorld UK, a notfor-profit organisation whose mission is ‘to leverage media innovatively for a fair and sustainable world’

Community Based Social Marketing http://www.cbsm.com

An invaluable resource on behaviour change methods. CBSM is a site consisting of resources for those working to foster sustainable behaviors, such as those involved in conservation, energy efficiency, transportation, waste reduction, and water efficiency

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Cadarn Small Scheme Action Plan Template Name of group _________________________________________ Date of action plan__________________________________________ Action (including the steps you will need to take to achieve it)

Aim of the action – what will have changed when you complete the activity?

Who will lead on the activity?

What is the deadline for completion?

Cost of taking the action

For you to complete later: what progress have you made so far?

(Example Action)

5 of 6 local shops will promote re-usable bags locally, thereby reducing the number of plastic bags distributed locally and educating members of the community about the problems associated with single-use plastic bags

Angharad

July 2010

Print materials – posters for shops to display promoting the action

3 out of 6 local shops signed up

Encourage local shops to promote re-usable bags Understand the plastic bag issue as a group Discuss and plan work on action Visit local shops & explain action, providing the support and information the shop may need to agree to the action Create promotional materials for local shops to display to show their support for the action Review progress on the action / check the shops are playing their part

Target 5 of 6 local shops to take part in action to promote bag re-use

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Cadarn Small Scheme Application Form If you would like to apply for an Cadarn Small Scheme award, please fill out this form and return to the address below, together with a duplicate copy of: Your action plan A summary of your area check Send your application to: The Cadarn Scheme, Science Shops Wales University of Glamorgan 4 Forest Grove Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1UB

Where is your community based?

Tell us a little about your community

Tell us a little about your Cadarn-Group.

For example, who takes part in your Cadarn-Group? How are decisions taken and how often does it meet?

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Describe how you found out about your area? (Please enclose a copy of your findings).

How did you decide on the targets for your action plan? (Please include two copies of your action plan).

How far have you progressed towards your targets?

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Describe how you have measured your achievements

How were others in the community informed of, and involved in, aspects of the Cadarn scheme? If you have any examples of press releases, or similar, please enclose copies

What are your plans for future Cadarn activities?

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How has the experience of Cadarn benefited your community?

Level of award (Bronze, silver or gold) that you are applying for: ___________________________________________________________

Contact name Contact email address Address Contact telephone number

I, the undersigned, declare that the enclosed is a true record of our Cadarn experience and we apply for an Cadarn award on behalf of our community.

Signature________________________________________________________ Date ____________________________________________________________

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The Cadarn Scheme Workbook Steps to sustainability and resilience for communities in Wales The Cadarn Scheme Workbook Name of group Level of award (Bronze, silver or gold):

The aim of this Workbook is to provide a framework to help you monitor your progress both on the overall goals of the scheme, and on the topics that your group will plan its actions around.

Each goal under the scheme has its own space in this workbook which guides you to keep track the most important information that you will need about your group’s activities and progress when it comes to applying for your award. A further table is provided for you to specifically monitor the work that you carry out under each topic for action. You are not required to use this workbook to monitor your progress, but it will be very useful if you do decide to use it. Please feel free to put as much or as little information in this handbook as you like – it is there to help you. We do not require you to submit the workbook as part of your group’s application, although you would be welcome to submit a copy as evidence of your group’s work.

You should use this Workbook to track the work that is undertaken by the group towards the scheme’s requirements. Please refer to the Cadarn Scheme Handbook for more information about the goals. A meeting template is provided separately for your group to keep track of your meetings, while an idea bank and checklist is also provided within the Cadarn Scheme handbook to help you choose your actions under each topic.

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Progress on goals Goal

Forming an Cadarn-Group

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Finding out about your area

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Planning your actions

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Recording your progress

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Involving the wider community

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

95 January 2010 Goal

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

96 January 2010 Goal

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Actions Completed Y/N

Goal Completed Y/N

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Progress on topics Topics Saving resources and recycling

Energy and water

Food for the community

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Action completed Y/N

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Transport

Health and wellbeing

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Action completed Y/N

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The local area and biodiversity

Economy: shopping and trading ethically

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Action completed Y/N

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Skills and knowledge

Date

Notes on actions taken, progress made and obstacles encountered

Action completed Y/N

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Meeting Report Template & Progress Checker The aim of this template is to help your group to keep track of all its discussions and decisions at each meeting.

The template is split into sections according to the Cadarn Goals your group will be aiming towards.

The template is there to help your group make sure that each part of the Scheme is discussed, planned and moved on with each meeting. The template also gives you space to keep note of any actions group members agree on so that the group is easily able to keep track of its work from meeting to meeting. It is standard when using a monitoring tool such as this template to send copies of meeting reports to each member of the group before the next meeting takes place.

The Cadarn Scheme does not require you to submit your meeting reports as part of your group’s application, although you would be welcome to submit copies as evidence of your group’s work.

Please refer to the Cadarn Scheme Handbook for more information about the goals. A workbook is provided separately to help your group to keep track of your progress, while an idea bank and checklist is also provided within the Cadarn Scheme handbook to help you choose your actions under each topic.

An example of how to use the meeting template is provided below.

Name of group Meeting date & place: Group members at meeting: Apologies from:

AWARD LEVEL

CADARN ELEMENT

ACTION

Complete Y/N

KT agreed to invite FS the local school teacher

Deadline 14/12/09

Element 1: Forming the Group Silver

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Group discussed need to recruit a 7 member to meet target

Element 2: Finding out about your area

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Element 3: Planning your Actions

Element 4: Recording your progress

Element 5: Involving the Wider Community

Date & place of next meeting:

ACTION

Complete Y/N