Environmental and Green Opportunities

 

Throughout West Lancashire, there are many opportunities for residents, community groups and businesses to take action and get involved. Below is a snapshot of what is available and follow the links for more information. 

How Residents Can Get Involved: 

Hints and Tips for Saving Utilities

Whether you are a homeowner, tenant, student, business or visitor, we have created a short guide of simple actions that you can take to reduce utility use, greenhouse gas emissions, and save money at home and beyond: Hints and Tips to Using Household Items Efficiently.pdf

Advice and guidance can be found here:

Cosy Homes in Lancashire - Local Council Scheme

Cosy Homes is a partnership of 14 Lancashire Local Authorities providing grants towards heating, insulation and more so residents can feel safe, warm and well at home. Visit Cosy Homes (External Link) or call 03306 061 488 to find out how they can support you.

Watch This Space

New funding to be announced. Visit Cosy Homes (External Link) or call 03306 061 488 to find out how they can support you.

Little Van of Warm 

Need some low cost energy saving measures? Cosy Homes install them for FREE with their Little Van of Warm, handy person service. To qualify you need to have a household income of less than £36,000 per year or be in receipt of a means tested benefit or aged 70+ years old. Visit Cosy Homes (External Link) or call 03306 061 488 to find out how they can support you.

 

Greener Homes in Lancashire - Delivered by Green Rose

Greener Homes in Lancashire is a new service, supported by Blackpool Council and working with Cosy Home in Lancashire, that advises households and landlords on how to take advantage of new technology and funding opportunities to improve their properties, making them cleaner, more comfortable, and cheaper to run. Visit Greener Homes (External Link) or to book an advise call visit Greener Homes - Advice Call (External Link) to find out how they can support you.

 

West Lancashire's Parks and Countryside

We have a wide range of fun and fascinating events running throughout the year. To see a copy of this years events programme please click on the link above. West Lancashire's Parks and Countryside (Link)

Volunteering with the Ranger Service

There are many different ways for people to become involved in volunteering for the Ranger Service. We offer a range of formal and informal opportunities tailored to meet the individual needs and availability of each volunteer. Volunteering with the Ranger Service (Link)

 

Eco Event Wildflowers

As part of our Eco Event, we gave away little packets of Cornfield annual wildflower seeds for residents to plant. Each individual packet contains:

  • Chamomile, Corn (Anthemis arvensis) flowers in June - July,
  • Corn Cockle (Agrostemma githago) flowers in May - August,
  • Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) flowers in June - October,
  • Marigold, Corn (Chrysanthemum segetum) flowers in June - October,
  • Poppy, Common (Papaver rhoeas) flowers in May – July

For information on how to plant the seeds, the Royal Horticultural Society provide guidance: RHS – How to sow seeds outdoors (External Link) and RHS – How to sow seeds indoors (External Link)

How Businesses Can Get Involved:

Greener Working

We have a range of support available for businesses within West Lancashire, ranging from Green Tourism positioning the region as a leader in sustainable tourism, and help support your business to gain Green Tourism accreditation and achieve sustainable growth to Chamber Low Carbon to help businesses improve energy and environmental efficiencies, introduce on site renewable energy generation and save money. For information about these projects and more, visit: Greener Working - West Lancashire Borough Council (westlancs.gov.uk)

How Community Groups Can Get Involved: 

Lancashire Climate Action Network

LancsCAN’s main aim – to help mobilise Lancashire’s community voice and action on climate change, working collaboratively with others to advance the county’s climate agenda. Lancashire Climate Action Network (External Link)

The Tree Council - Branching Out Fund

The Tree Council grant has REOPENED for applications for community groups, schools, small registered charities, and Tree Warden Networks seeking to establish trees, hedgerows, and orchards. Grants of between £250 and £2,500 are available per application and the projects must be England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Apply now, the deadline for applications is Midnight, 14 November 2025. Tree Council - Branching Out Fund (External Link)