Who are we?
In August 2021, Aylsham Town Council declared a climate emergency looking towards achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The council formed a group – ACE (Aylsham Climate Emergency) and this community-led membership set up five sub-groups, each working towards a strategy to achieve this.
It’s not just about reducing carbon emissions on a local scale, but also raising awareness of global climate change.
Each sub-group will target the main areas which contribute to the crisis. If you would like to get involved, or if you have a project for consideration, please…
The strategy guidelines:
We aim to:
What is ACE?
ACE has been formed as a result of the Town Council declaring a Climate Emergency.
It consists of some Town Councillors but is mainly comprised of interested members of the community.
Who sits on ACE?
Town Councillors Trevor Bennett, Mary Evans, Cheryl Bould, Kay Montandon, Catherine Fletcher and Patrick Prekopp
District Councillor Sue Catchpole
When does it meet?
ACE normally meets every month on the first Monday at 7:00pm.
Agendas for future meetings are available at least 3 days beforehand, and minutes published within two weeks.
ACE News
One-stop recycling points on the map
The ACE Waste group is increasing the range of items that can be recycled in Aylsham by offering collection points in the town for people to be able to bring items such as cosmetic packaging, Marigold rubber gloves, pens, toothbrushes, stamps, broken lunchboxes, plastic storage containers, reusable water bottles, spectacles, contact lenses, Babybel packaging and [...]
Aylsham rises to the challenge at Green Day 2024
Aylsham Climate Emergency’s 3rd annual Green Day took place on Sunday 22 September in the Town Hall and Market Place featuring stalls, live music, delicious locally produced foods and the popular games and activities we have come to expect from ACE such as the famous “blister pack mangling machine”. Opened by Nicholas Crane, writer and [...]
Sign up to demand ‘Big Pharma’ help pay for recycling
In August 2023, when the ACE Waste group first started collecting blister packs, it took eight weeks to fill one box. One year later, we collected enough blister packs in just ONE month to fill TWO boxes. Aylsham residents have really rallied to the cause and, every month, regularly take their medicine tablet blister packs [...]
