Lottery awards £1.5m to refurbish Village Halls across Northumberland, Cumbria and Durham
Rural communities in Northumberland, Cumbria and Durham have been awarded £1.5 million by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, to improve Village Halls and similar community spaces, making sure they are fit for a sustainable future.
North East Just Transitions Workshop
What does the term ‘just transition’ mean for the North East? Join a workshop to help define what a just transition looks like within public, private and third sector organisations and how we can work together to achieve a Net Zero just transition.
North East VCSE Sector has an Important Role to Play in Addressing Food Waste
North East organisations came together this week to establish the impact of food waste on the environment, and how voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in the region can be part of the solutions.
Genee takes action to help create a Net Zero North East & Cumbria
Become Green Together has officially launched and is open for applications from community organisations, charities and social enterprise organisations in the North East and Cumbria.
Net Zero for 21 Humber Methodist Churches
d3associates talk to NEECCo about their net zero project with 21 Humber Methodist Churches and low carbon energy designs.
Decarbonising Community Led Buildings
d3associates tell us how they are helping to decarbonise community led buildings to improved energy efficiency and work towards net zero.
Whitley Bay Big Local - Developing an EcoHub
Whitley Bay Big Local is a Community led charity run by Chief Executive, David Carnaffan. David is very interested in how our actions locally can affect the global environment and has made it his mission to create an… Read More
VONNE Climate Action Alliance launches Going Green Together
Over the last few months VONNE and the other members of the VONNE Climate Action Alliance (VCAA) have been working hard to engage and discuss with others in the North East VCSE sector about how we can create and support a… Read More
Stockton-On-Tees Great Big Green Week
Find out about how a variety of partners have come together in Stockton-on-Tees to celebrate local climate action as part of the Climate Coalition’s Great Big Green Week
Posted: 7 February 2023 by Amy Coates
Why is sustainability important for the VCSE sector?
In this blog, Jo Holmes, Managing Director of Genee explains how Investors in the Environment is a perfect scheme for the VCSE sector to better understand their environmental impacts and approach to sustainability and how she is delivering the scheme Going Green Together.