10.00AM TO 12.00PM SATURDAY 26 APRIL 2025

EVENT THEME: ‘Building a Sustainable Future: Achieving Zero Carbon in Homes & Community Spaces’

1) 10.00 – 10.20am Tea, coffee and refreshments

2) Introduction and welcome – Colin Garner

3) The North Yorkshire Climate Strategy – Impact on communities. Victoria Howse, Climate Change Business Partner, North Yorkshire Council

4) The North Yorkshire Climate Coalition – what it is and what it does. David Tonge

5) RIBA recommendations for sustainable living, John Edmonds, a local academic architect living in Sand Hutton and Village Hall Trustee Chair

6) Steps undertaken to decarbonise Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall, Colin Garner, Southwest Ryedale Community Climate Action Group and Village Hall Treasurer

7) Q and A

Plant Stall with wild flowers

Why not check out the new books in our Library?

Tea, coffee and cake will be available throughout the event.

This is a free event but donations to the Village Hall welcome.

Photo: Solar panels on Sand Hutton and Claxton Village Hall