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Community Action Groups

Community engagement in practice

Community Action Groups (CAGs) is a network of 30 local voluntary groups in Oxfordshire and is managed and facilitated by Resource Futures. Resource Futures' CAG support team provides hands-on help and advice for groups who organise events and initiatives within their communities that promote a more sustainable and less resource-dependent lifestyle.  This includes: waste reduction; promoting the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle); carbon reduction; and sustainable transport.

Community Action Groups (CAGs) all have their own unique way of promoting carbon reduction, by reuse, reduce and recycling.

Each of them runs various activities, including:

  • holding swap shops
  • collecting recyclable materials not locally collected at kerbside at  events
  • testing electrical equipment for future use
  • producing local recycling directories
  • art workshops
  • helping set up community composting facilities
  • facilitation of extra collection of green waste
  • production and promotion of the use of ‘bags for life'
  • organising for local residents to take part in a litter pick

They also work in partnership with other organisations, like churches, WIs, schools and other local groups to help aid an understanding of the barriers to living a more sustainable life and point to some of the solutions.

To find out more about our award winning CAG project click here or visit the CAG website.

 

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