Lightfoot

Lightfoot is a not for profit organisation and its principal activity is to promote sustainable use of the Earth’s resources for the benefit of the public and environment.

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FRIENDS OF LIGHT FOOT

We introduced our plan to start a ‘Friends of Light Foot’ Group at our AGM in November. Now we want to design the Friends group you want, so would be very happy if you could answer the (very) few questions in the form by clicking the button below. We hope we will have a Friends group that works for everyone.

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LATEST NEWS

'GOING WILD IN BC'

WINTER TALKS LIST

COMMUNITY SEED BANK

To read our Seed Bank Winter Newsletter and have a look at the flower, vegetable and herb seeds available

COMMUNITY HEAT NETWORK

As well as the ‘Customer Offer’ and ‘Expressions of Interest’ documents, the Visual Landscape pictures for the Wind Turbine and the Powerpoint Presentations given at the Public Meeting can be seen on this page

BC Climate Action Plan

A copy of the latest BC Climate Action Plan Quarterly Report to the Town Council can be read here

BC CAP October 24 Quarterly Report

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Community-based

We operate in the Welsh Marches area covering parts of Powys, Herefordshire and Shropshire. There are many local community initiatives that operate within this area and one of our aims is to share and spread ideas and good practice across the whole region.

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Action Orientated

We support local actions that increase knowledge and understanding of the Climate and Ecological Emergency that we all face. We do this through; outreach to schools, providing help and support to individuals who wish to reduce their carbon and ecological footprint and sharing resources and ideas to build local resilience.

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Practical tools for change

Measuring your own Carbon Footprint
The Household Energy Survey – helping people to make the changes to their energy use in the home.
The Energy Diary – A resource for young people to understand how energy is used in their home.
Fight the Plastic
BC Food Resilience Plan
Repair Café Toolkit

Our Projects

Woodlands & Young People

We work with students from Bishops Castle Community College. Groups of students go into forest settings to learn about the diversity there and how they may be managed sustainably.

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Carbon Calculator

There are many carbon and ecological calculators to be found on the web. Which one is best for you?

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Energy Diary

The Energy Diary is an activity for primary and secondary school children to discover what energy is used at home. The Diary was designed as a teaching activity to help busy families to cut down their energy use.

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Household Energy Survey

Our household energy survey provides detailed impartial information and advice on how to make your home more energy efficient.

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Community Action

Lightfoot has worked on supporting Community Action on transport, food, energy efficiency and biodiversity in Powys.

The Bishops Castle Climate Action Plan is based here.

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Information Hub

Information on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Links to many other websites to find out what other people are doing and get ideas for what you could do.

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Sharenergy
Renewable Energy

Shropshire Hills AONB

Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations

Zero Carbon Shropshire

South Shropshire Climate Action Group

Marches Energy Agency

Lightfoot Enterprises was an initiative of the Bishop’s Castle based Wasteless Society, which itself was founded in the mid-1990s.
Lightfoot Enterprises was incorporated in 2008 and became a registered charity in 2013. Lightfoot’s main thrust is to reduce carbon emissions by carrying out household energy surveys, informing and advising households on energy efficiency and renewable energy measures they could take. It has expanded its initiatives to cover the climate and bio-diversity crises.

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