Save the date! Saturday 12th April: Grand Re-opening of Alton Community Share, at St Lawrence Parish Centre (2 – 4pm); Alton Repair Café at Alton Community Centre – they’re ready to repair your cherished items (10:30am – 12:30pm);

Since 2019 Alton Climate Action Network (ACAN) has brought people in Alton and the surrounding villages together to take positive community action to reduce our impact on the planet and restore the natural environment.

ACAN's Groups and Projects

Action on plastic

Regular litter picks, Terracycle collection scheme, information on recycling.

Alton Local Action for Nature

Co-ordinates projects and events to help local wildlife.

Alton Community Cupboard

Helps to reduce food waste. Surplus food given away free.

Alton Community Share

Reduce waste, save money - games, toys and jigsaws to borrow for free.

Alton Local Food Initiative

Help yourself to fruit, veg & herbs from ALFI plots. Seed and seedling swaps.

Alton Repair Café

Volunteers repair clothes, textiles; electronic, mechanical & small electrical items; furniture; bikes.

Alton Sustainable Eating - SustainaBites

Helping us to cut our emissions and improve our health by cutting our meat and dairy consumption.

Cycle Alton

Promotes safer cycling and improved cycling infrastructure.

Eco Streets Alton

Bottom-up community action to promote climate resilience at neighbourhood level.

Energy Alton

Help with saving energy and reducing bills; community renewable energy projects.

Gumbi Project

Supporting sustainable agriculture in Malawi with the Gumbi Education Fund.

Headley CAN

Based in the villages of Headley and Headley Down.

Lobbying Group

Lobbies our MP and local government for urgent action on CO2 reduction.

Young ACAN

Empowers young people aged 8-24 to take action on the climate crisis.

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Tackling the climate crisis together

Eco-Streets Wildlife Easter Trail Hunt for Families in Ackender Woods

Eco-Streets Guided Ecology Walk – Chawton

Climate Change Knowledge Mosaic Workshop: Understanding the climate crisis