Engaging Communities on Climate Change

 

A fantastic day dedicated to you, your community and climate change.

Climate change and the ‘climate emergency’ are high on many agendas. This course will enable you to engage people on these issues and encourage them to take action.

Whether you are an individual, or an organisation looking to reach out to members, staff, local people, other stakeholders, this course will teach you how to overcome their concerns and enable them to act. Attendees will gain valuable new skills and knowledge needed in the long-term engagement of civil society organisations, groups, and individuals. We will tackle work on reducing their carbon footprint, energy issues and zero-carbon living. As part of our ‘Experience Learning’ programme, group exercises – linked to issues and situations raised by participants – will enable attendees to share ideas and learn from each other’s experiences.

 You will learn:

  • Climate change and the ‘climate emergency’ – the current situation
  • Behavioural change and climate communication – from theories to practice
  • Framing and communicating – The right message for the situation
  • What makes people act and change
  • Building from awareness to action
  • Working with unengaged groups
  • Positive dialogues in the workplace and the community
  • Developing and delivering an engagement plan

 Free follow-up session!

Every course now includes the option of a 1-hour follow-up session on Zoom. You will have the opportunity to discuss your recent experiences, be given time to practice what you’ve learned, and get feedback.

"Informative with new ideas and techniques to take forward."

Evangeline Wood

Who should attend the training?

The course is designed for climate and energy staff, community workers, organisers, consultants and activists. It covers approaches to work with both enthusiastic and less engaged communities. All participants will have time to work on developing their own sustainability action plans to help their work after the course.

  • Climate and energy workers looking to engage audiences within or beyond a workplace
  • Public sector staff and local councillors looking to develop outreach and local action
  • Staff and volunteers in environmental and climate focused organisations

"Extremely good day – thank you! "

KAte Hogart (SEPA)

Course resources

Meet the trainer

Chris Church

Chris Church is a skilled and qualified facilitator, trainer and project development worker with over 25 years of experience. He has worked widely at international, national, local and community level.

He has delivered consultancy and training  for Talk Action to among others - Defra, The Environment Agency, Westminster Council, The European Commission, Friends of the Earth, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Groundwork, The Wildlife Trust, Natural England and the National Housing Federation. In fact there are very few organisations, community groups and national bodies that Chris hasn’t worked with in one capacity or another.

One of Chris’s main focuses in recent years has been enthusing those so called ‘hard-to-reach’ groups and disengaged – with great success across the UK!

 

Thinking bigger?

Bespoke versions of this course can be delivered at a date and locaton to suit you. Find out more about our bespoke and in-house training or get in touch to discuss your requirements.

Enquire about our Engaging Communities on Climate Change course

There are currently no scheduled public dates for this course

Please get in touch with us for more details on how you can attend.


Any questions? Want to know more?

We’re always happy to answer any questions about our course. Drop us a line on training@talkaction.org or call us on 0203 488 7010.