Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network

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Update for Helensburgh and Lomond Community Planning Group. Aug 2024 
In June and July of this year further session work has been done locally with Grey
Matters and Enable. 
I have attended events in person (The Livingwell Event, ACT AGM and Our Community
Open Day in Cove and Kilcreggan) and online (Invasive Species week of webinars).  
I have attended Climate Resilience Training from Sniffer. 
ABCAN’s next Carbon Literacy training Home - The Carbon Literacy Project is available online on the 26th and
27th September 24. This certified training is available free to all residents of Argyll and Bute. If any face to face
training would be valued then this can also be done at times that suit a group of people. ABCAN will be
offering its first course in ‘Becoming Climate Resilient in Argyll and Bute’ on Sep 25th. More information and
how to sign up can be found on our network Climate change education & resources (mn.co). 
Feed back on learning from the Invasive Species week and next steps; this was attended as it is an important
subject through the community as highlighted at community council level. Webinars attended highlighted
importance of prevention and some good eradication work concentrating mainly on grey squirrels. Further
research and discussion with relevant parties has revealed that Argyll and Bute is lacking co ordinated
information for the public on the types of invasive species we have in the area and the do s and donts. In
collaboration with Cove Park some funding is being secured to run an event in the autumn to launch leaflets
which will hopefully tackle this gap. Further Information will be shared when available, in the meantime
information gained from the Invasive Species week is available on our network Nature & Biodiversity (mn.co) 
8 Primary School Staff and 23 P7 pupils from Cardross Primary successfully completed specially adapted
carbon literacy training as cohort groups. This has been a pilot project and as such is the first of its kind in the
country. We hope funding will be made available to roll this out across the board.   
If there is anything the local climate action network can do for you and your community please get in touch. 
Lindsey Young
Argyll and Bute Climate Action Network (ABCAN) Community Engagement Officer (Helensburgh
and Lomond Area)
Tel: 07396800145
lindsey@act-now.org.uk  
Join the Network!  
ACT’s projects:
Nature Restoration - Argyll’s Rainforest, ACT Peatland, ACT Ecology
Climate Change Action  - ABCAN Hub, ACTNow, CPP Climate Action Strategy
Outdoor Learning, Health and Wellbeing -MAKI Pups, Outdoor STEM, Branching Out and Moving On