Environmental Activity

Calderdale Friends of the Earth (FOE): Coordinator.  Calderdale FOE meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month (Jan-July, Sept-Nov) in the White Lion, Hebden Bridge.  See the Calderdale FOE website.  If you'd like a copy of our monthly newsletter, please contact me

Calderdale Sustainability Forum Ltd (the LA21 organisation): Director, and Chair of the Board (and member consequently of the LSP Calderdale Forward board).  See the CSF website.

Calder Future: 'a partnership to improve the River Calder, its tributaries and bankside'.  Chair of Calder Future Partnership; director and Chair of Calder Future Ltd.  See the Calder Future website.

Calderdale Climate Change Partnership: awarded a DEFRA 'climate challenge' grant to promote awareness in the district in 2007-8; I was project coordinator.  See the Calderdale Climate Challenge website.

Calderdale Waste Partnership: CSF has also promoted the Calderdale Waste Partnership, of which I am the Chair.  See the Recycle for Calderdale website.

Calderdale Forward: the local strategic partnership - Board member, and also representing CSF on the Calderdale Forward Environmental Partnership.

Y&H Regional Assembly: I represented Y&H Regional Environment Forum on the Regional Transport Board (from autumn 2006), and Y&H TAR on the Regional Transport Forum.  I represented FOE at the Examination in Public into proposed RPG in 2000 & 2004, and into proposed RSS in 2006.  I provide FOE input into most of the range of Y&H regional strategies.  The Regional Assembly was abolished in Spring 2009.

Y&H Regional Climate Change Action Plan steering group: I represented the environmental NGOs on this group (concluded 2006).

NE and Y&H regions:  I attend the FOE regional partnership meetings to assist the development of activity by local groups.

If you'd like further information about any of these issues, please contact me

Updated: 11/06/2009   Please report any technical problems with the site to ar@anthonyrae.com

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