Celebrate local food, eat sustainably, and bring your community together this autumn. Thanks to support from the Food Cumberland Partnership, community groups, can now apply for up to £150 in funding to bring a Harvest Fest event to life in Autumn 2026 – with food-based fun that feeds both bellies and community spirit. Apply by 13 September 2026.
This means looking at your community’s carbon emissions as a whole and considering up front what you want to achieve overall. Research has shown that this tends to be more effective than running ad hoc projects, which are unlikely to add up to a community-wide shift.
It will help you to build up a critical mass of community awareness and support – from attracting volunteers to bringing in funding.
This helps you to prioritise projects, so that you’re tackling the biggest sources of emissions that are within your community’s control. It’s often a good idea to start with something that will have a direct benefit to individuals in your community, to build up awareness and support.
If you have a low carbon event planned, we want to know about it!
Submit your event below and our team will review it and upload it to the ZCC website.
Check out our new pilot project:
Cumbrian Carrot Connections
We’re inviting Cumbrian schools to explore the joys of local, seasonal food through hands-on experiences on farms and in the classroom.
Not sure where to start? There are already some great sustainability groups throughout Cumbria, find your local group on Zero Carbon Cumbria.
If you’re looking to help your community, why not spread the word and help people save energy and money in their own home? We provide free sessions to enable you to help your community, clients and colleagues access free support to make homes warmer, healthier and cheaper to heat.
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