A free, interactive workshop bringing Norwich people together to understand climate change and turn concern into practical local action.

What could happen if we brought people from across Norwich together to understand the climate challenge – and then worked out what we could do about it, together?

Across Norwich and the wider Diocese, churches, schools, charities and communities are already taking action: reducing carbon emissions, improving buildings, creating space for nature, working towards Eco Church awards and finding new ways to care for the places and people around them.

But understanding the challenge is only part of the story. How do we turn concern into practical, collective action that lasts?

Join Climate Fresk UK (https://climatefresk.org/en-gb/) and Community Climate Action (https://www.communityclimateaction.uk/) for a free, highly participatory afternoon at St Luke’s Church.

Together, we’ll explore the science behind climate change, connect it to the places and communities we care about, hear what is already happening locally – and begin turning that understanding into practical ideas for action.

No previous climate knowledge or experience is needed.

WHERE AND WHEN

From Understanding to Action: Creating Change Together in Norwich

📅 Sunday 18 October 2026

⏰ 2pm–7pm

📍 Main Hall, St Luke’s Church, 61 Aylsham Road, Norwich

🎟️ Free to attend

🥗 Light buffet, snacks, tea and coffee provided

🤝 Delivered by Climate Fresk UK + Community Climate Action

🌿 Supported by the Diocese of Norwich

🎟️ Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund

Places are limited, so please book in advance.

Better still, don’t come alone. Bring someone from your church, organisation, neighbourhood or community who you’d like to take action with afterwards.

FROM CREATION CARE TO COLLECTIVE ACTION

The Diocese of Norwich has made environmental action an important part of its mission, with a commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and support for churches on their Eco Church and net-zero journeys.

That work goes far beyond energy and carbon.

It includes biodiversity, church land, lifestyles, worship and teaching, community engagement and the way people work together to create change.

And its own Net Zero Carbon Action Plan recognises an important truth: The transition isn’t simply a technical challenge. It also needs participation, leadership, capacity and culture change. That makes churches, schools and faith communities potentially powerful places for action.

They already bring people together. They have buildings and land. They have relationships across generations. They often sit at the heart of communities.

This workshop is an opportunity to connect those assets with the ideas, knowledge and energy that already exist across Norwich.

And you absolutely do not need to be part of a church to take part.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

This isn’t a lecture or conference. It’s a collaborative workshop in which everyone participates.

🌍 First Understand

Through Climate Fresk, you’ll work in small groups to explore the causes and consequences of climate change and discover how different parts of the climate system connect.

Complex climate science becomes something we can investigate, discuss and understand together.

💬 Then Connect

We’ll create space to reflect on what we’ve discovered.

What does climate change mean for the places, organisations and communities we care about?

What is already happening locally?

Who else is working on similar challenges?

And where might there be opportunities to work together?

💡 Then Imagine

We’ll shift from problems towards possibilities.

What could change within our churches, schools, organisations and neighbourhoods?

Where do we already have influence?

What assets, skills, relationships and spaces do we have?

And what could we achieve together that would be difficult to achieve alone?

🚀 And finally, Act

Community Climate Action will help us start translating those ideas into practical local action across five areas of everyday community life:

🌱 Food

🏠 Housing and buildings

🦋 Nature

🚲 Travel

⚡ Energy

Because the purpose of the day isn’t simply to leave knowing more about climate change, it’s to leave better connected and better equipped to do something about it.

WHO SHOULD COME?

Everyone is welcome. We’re deliberately trying to bring together people who might not normally find themselves sitting around the same table.

That could include people involved with:

Churches, parishes, PCCs and Eco Church teams

Local schools

Charities and voluntary organisations

Community groups and neighbourhood projects

Youth organisations

Sports clubs

Cultural organisations

Local businesses

Nature and environmental groups

Local public services

Or simply people who care about Norwich and want to get more involved.

You don’t need to describe yourself as an environmentalist, and you certainly don’t need to be a climate expert.

Perhaps you’ve been leading environmental action for years. Perhaps your organisation is only just starting

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