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
All change for the ACE recycling offer
ACE Waste are relaunching their scheme to help you recycle more of the waste we all produce. This follows the end of the free recycling programmes being offered by Terracycle and continued demand for toothbrush and stationary recycling. The medicine tablet blister pack recycling scheme continues to grow with more than 40kg a month being [...]
Climate scam and what you can do about it
A lively discussion about the issues. February’s ACE Film and Conversation event screened the film ‘#Climate Scam? Who's Shaping the Climate Debate?' in Aylsham Town Hall. The film, produced by Cornwall Climate Care, is based on conversations between a young hairdresser in Cornwall, local people and national experts. Through interviews with leading climate [...]
Why gardens matter
The most recent Nature and Biodiversity (N&B) project is focusing on gardening for soil health. Aylsham has a strong gardening community that we want to capitalise on and share everyone’s expertise in promoting in soil healthy gardening. Gardens are important in the battle against climate change, as there are over 10 million acres of gardens [...]
