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Bumper Year for Low Carbon Hub Community Grants Fund
2021-2022 has been a bumper year for Low Carbon Hub’s Community Grants Programme and we’re delighted to announce that we have awarded a total of 14 small grants of £500 each to community groups supporting seven great projects. The grants are made by the Low Carbon Hub IPS Limited as part of its community benefit […]
Community Group of the Month: Watlington Community Action Group
We are delighted to announce that Watlington Community Action Group (CAG) is our Community Group of the Month for February 2022! Watlington Climate Action Group was founded in April 2019 and started life as a Facebook community group, with the aim of helping Watlington to address the Climate Emergency. They became a member of Low […]
Community Group of the Month: Osney Lock Hydro
We are delighted to announce that Osney lock Hydro is our First Community Group of the Month for 2022! Osney Lock Hydro is the first community-owned hydro scheme to be built on the Thames. Set on the banks of the river Thames at Osney Lock, opposite the site of Oxford’s first electrical power station, it […]
Fill in the CoHSAT 15 minute neighbourhood survey
Whether you live in a city, town or village in Oxfordshire, the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT) want to know what amenities you consider most important to have within a 15 minute walk or cycle ride. The concept of a 15-minute neighbourhood (15MN) is that the amenities that are most important to […]
Community Group of the Month: Greener Great Coxwell
We are delighted to announce that Greener Great Coxwell is our Community Group of the Month for December 2021! Greener Great Coxwell formed earlier this year and have already brought several carbon reducing initiatives to their beautiful village. They are one of the Hub’s most recent members and we were impressed by their ambitious plans […]
Community Group of the Month: Low Carbon West Oxford
We are delighted to announce that Low Carbon West Oxford (LCWO) is our Community Group of the Month for November 2021! Low Carbon West Oxford are an energetic group with a creative and inclusive approach to community activity. They play an important role in highlighting the need to live more sustainably in the community of […]
Community Group of the Month: Banbury Community Action Group (CAG)
We are delighted to announce that Banabury CAG is our Community Group of the Month for October 2021! Despite the challenges of the pandemic Banbury CAG have continued to raise awareness of climate change and to provide solutions to the crisis in their community. They continued to meet on a monthly basis by zoom and […]
Talking Climate Change with Rebecca Nestor
An interactive workshop hosted by Low Carbon Hub during Great Big Green Week 21 September 10.30am. The climate crisis is an emotional subject and discussions in our everyday lives with family members, friends, colleagues and strangers, who all have different opinions on climate change can sometimes be difficult to initiate and sustain. As a result […]-
Great Big Green Week is here!
In September communities across the country will join together for the Great Big Green Week. It will be the biggest event for climate and nature ever in the UK, and everyone’s invited! Great Big Green Week The Great Big Green Week will take place 18 – 26 September 2021, and will be the largest event […] 
Community Group of the Month: Green TEA (Transition Eynsham Area)
We are delighted to announce that GREEN TEA (TRANSITION EYNSHAM AREA) is our Community Group of the Month for September 2021! Green TEA (Transition Eynsham Area) is a vibrant and dedicated group that has been finding local solutions to climate change for twelve years. They are part of the Transition Network, a grassroots movement that […]
Welcome to our new community groups
We are delighted to announce the addition of four new community groups bringing our total community membership to 36! At the Low Carbon Hub, we work with community groups across Oxfordshire which have a focus on low carbon and sustainability actions. Many of these groups join the Low Carbon Hub and become CIC (Community Interest […]
"Growing in the face of challenge" - Rose Hill Tree Planting
A short film about the Tree Planting and Community Orchard project from Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon. The film was made with a Small Grant of £500 from Low Carbon Hub Community Grants Fund. Low Carbon Hub were delighted to award Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon (RHILC) a small grant of £500 in […]