About

 REGISTERED CHARITY SC051804


Background

In the run-up to the COP26 climate talks which were held in Glasgow in 2021, a group of concerned local residents got together to try to find ways to take practical action to tackle climate change. The group became a SCIO (SC051804) in 2022.

Biggar Area Climate Care has already organised a number of small projects to help people take action to tackle climate change including bike repair workshops (in association with Biggar Bike Shed) and hosting a recycling directory.

Thanks to funding from SLC's Community Led Local Development fund has engaged Scene Connect consultants to carry out a community consultation and feasibility study looking at larger projects such as eBike and eCar hire schemes; a refill hub and a project to improve home energy efficiency. As a result we now have funding from SSE for a project on retrofitting measures to improve home energy efficiency and from the National Lottery Community Fund to run a series of Repair Cafes in the Biggar area.

Membership of Biggar Area Climate Care is open to anyone over 16 in the Biggar area (defined as the ML12 postcode area) who has an interest in the activities of the group. Contact us and ask to be added to our mailing list if you would like to join the group.

Membership of Biggar Area Climate Care is open to anyone over 16 in the Biggar area (defined as the ML12 postcode area) who has an interest in the activities of the group. Contact us and ask to be added to our mailing list if you would like to join the group.

Who We Are

Biggar Area Climate Care has a membership open to anyone in the Biggar Area. It is managed by Trustees who ensure good governance of the SCIO and a wider committee that implement projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Trustees
  • Glenys Watt
  • Lindsay Macgregor
  • Jean Oliver

Office Bearers:

Chair: Glenys Watt
Secretary: Jean Oliver
Treasurer: Lindsay McGregor

Project coordinators

Repair Cafe​ - Tess Goodwin
Home Energy Efficiency - Ian Poole
Tricky Recycling - David Wardrop-White
Community Transport - Ben Taylor

Constitution and Policies

Click here to download a copy of our constitution. 

Funders

We are very grateful to the following funders for their support:
  • Biggar Community Council for a Ventient Glenkerie Microgrant to allow us to run bike repair workshops in association with Biggar Bike Shed
  • South Lanarkshire Council's Community Led Local Development Fund for a grant to allow us to carry out a feasibility study looking at a range of projects including eCar and eBike hire; home energy efficiency and a refill hub.
  • SSE Sustainable Development Fund for a grant to fund a three year project to promote retrofit measures to improve home energy efficiency in the Biggar Area.
  • National Lottery Community Fund for funding for a series of Repair Cafes in Biggar and the surrounding area.






Contact Us

You can find us on Facebook. Email us at biggarareaclimatecare@outlook.com.


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