aBOUT sbcan

Welcome to the scottish borders climate action network (sbcan)

SBCAN is funded by the Scottish government and has the aim of supporting community-led climate action across the Scottish Borders Region.

We are a part of the national network of Scottish regions dedicated to community-led climate action. You can find more information on the national project here.

What does the project do?

Build

  • Build awareness of the climate emergency and actions local groups and communities  can take to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Support

  • Help groups identify funding opportunities

  • Signpost to organisations & agencies who can offer support

  • Offer targeted funding to support Community Climate Action

  • Support communities to design and implement climate action projects

Facilitate

  • Facilitate networking and capacity-building

  • Facilitate learning and development through provision of training and support materials

Inform

  • Raise awareness of climate change and the actions communities can take to mitigate and adapt to climate change

Connect

  • Ensure a more joined-up approach to tackling climate change at a regional level.

  • Create opportunities for partnership working and collaboration

Meet The team

We are a small team all locally based in the Borders, we are being hosted by the Southern Uplands Partnership and our main office is in Lindean, Galashiels.

We are:

  • Isla Wightman - Project Co-ordinator (pictured left)

  • Ayliffe Rose - Community Development Lead (pictured middle)

  • Caitlin Hume - Community Development Lead (pictured right)