Do you want to make a difference in your local community, bringing lots of smiles to children whilst
raising awareness about lowering our carbon footprint?
Every half term we hold a ‘Walk to School Day’ for primary schools and a ‘Car Free Friday’ for
secondary schools, with thousands of families taking part in by choosing a lower carbon form of
transport that day, such as walking, cycling, scooting, shared/public transport or ‘park and stride’. Two
lucky schools get to host it each term with a very special visitor to greet them at the gates, such as
Spike the Road Safety Hedgehog from North Yorkshire Council, or Harry Gator from Harrogate Town
Football Club.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to lead this campaign, maintain its
positive and successful reputation, and continue to increase participation.
Tasks include:
• Sending bulk email invites/reminders to schools and collating sign ups (currently we use the
Google system of Gmail/Google Sheets/Google Forms)
• Coordinating the event day at two different schools
• Attending one of the school events each half term if possible (other ZCH volunteers can help
with attending the other school location for each event).
• Communication with the ZCH Transport and Project Groups on successes of the events and
opportunities for collaboration/growth of the project
This role will require the volunteer to complete a DBS check through Zero Carbon Harrogate.
- An interest in climate change and moving our district to a low carbon future
- Well organised and attention to detail
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well with others
- IT literate, experience using Canva would be advantageous, but not essential
- Creativity, self-motivation and social awareness
The time commitment is a minimum of 4 hours per event, with 6 events per year. In reality this is not a
solid block of time, but emails/phone calls mostly spread over the 2/3 weeks leading up to an event. It
may be necessary to make some of those phone calls during school hours.
The work will be largely home based. For more information, please email hello@zerocarbonharrogate.org.uk.
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ZCH is bringing together individuals, community groups, local businesses and our politicians to work collaboratively to transform our district and become one of the first low carbon economies in the UK. We are developing and supporting low carbon projects in the district and celebrating local success stories, which showcase how businesses and individuals can significantly reduce their carbon emissions. We currently have groups focusing on food and food waste, buildings and energy, transport and carbon capture (typically through forestry management and tree planting).
