About Shropshire Climate Action

Shropshire Climate Action is a registered charity which operates as a network across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. SCA aims to tackle the ecological and climate emergencies across Shropshire, achieving a net-zero carbon footprint for the county by 2030 and restoration of nature, through building community capacity and empowering local action.

Our Vision

By 2030, Shropshire is no longer a county that contributes to the climate change crisis. Nature has been restored, our communities and enterprises are now sustainable.

Our mission statement

Our purpose is to support Shropshire to achieve net zero carbon and restore nature by 2030. We will be a catalyst that brings local people and organisations together to address the climate and ecological emergencies in a just and sustainable way.

Governance

SCA is constituted as a not-for-profit limited company and registered as a charity. You can read its articles of association here and charitable governing document on the Charity Commission website here.

Achievements

Since 2021, Zero Carbon Shropshire (Shropshire Climate Action Partnership) (as it was known) and South Shropshire Climate Action have helped to set up or deliver the following projects:

The Shropshire Good Food Partnership
Cool Shropshire and Telford for small business advice
A map of sites suitable for renewable energy (Solar and Wind) and for carbon sequestration across the county
A collaborative network of local climate action groups
The Shropshire Love Nature Festival
This website packed with resources and advice on how to take action across the county
Regular newsletters about the climate action, events and news in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
Leaflets of Walks through Ludlow and Bridgnorth's green spaces
Retrofit toolkits for energy efficient homes and a repair cafe toolkit
An Action Learning Project (2025) funded by Shropshire Council exploring how to decarbonise Shropshire communities
Four climate conferences for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

Meet the SCA Trustees

Trustee

Mark Fermor (BSc MSc DUC MBA CGeol FGS FRSA)

I am a hydrogeologist and risk analyst who founded and led environmental consultancy ESI (1996-2018). Since then I have led the development of GeoSmart, an environmental data and analytics enterprise based in Shrewsbury, am currently Chair and working towards more joined up flood modelling and risk assessment in the UK.

In 2020 I was a founder of Shropshire Climate Action and Director of the Zero Carbon Shropshire Plan (2020). I founded a community active travel charity, Shropshire Cycle Hub, am Chair of the board of trustees and regular eCargo bike delivery rider.

Trustee

Jess Walton (BSc MSc)

I am currently working as a project manager at Marches Energy Agency. I have a BA degree in politics and international relations as well as a Masters degree in political ecology. I am a long-time climate activist and former chairperson of Generation Zero Carbon Shropshire.

Trustee

Barbara Rainford

I am a joint partner in Strawberry Fields, a marketing and social media consultancy. I am an elected director of the Midcounties Co-operative (which set up Co-op Energy) and Co-op Press. I helped set up Babbinswood Farm Community Benefit Society, which is campaigning to save an organic farm in North Shropshire. I was a volunteer with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. I believe regenerative agriculture and green energy are the future for plants, people and the planet.

Chair of Trustees

Chris Deaves (BSc, Chartered Engineer)

My career was spent working in IT in start-ups, large corporations and public sector bodies doing detailed technical design, project management, strategic corporate IT policy and consultancy.

I have been a beekeeper for over 30 years and manage the teaching at the Ludlow Association. I was a Trustee of the British Beekeeping Association and chair of their education committee.

I am currently Chair of Shropshire Climate Action and Chair of the Marches Energy Agency. I am a Trustee of Hands Together Ludlow and have developed their approach to digital inclusion and recycling IT equipment.

Meet the Project Team

David Matthews

SCA Programme manager, Chair of Stretton Climate Care

Mike Bourke

SCA Energy and Buildings lead, Trustee for Stretton Climate Care

Sascha Robinson

SCA Transport lead, project worker for Living Streets

Di Lyle

SCA Waste lead, Founder and coordinator for the Ludlow Repair Café

Colin Preston

SCA Land and Biodiversity lead, Chair of the Marches Nature Partnership, Previously Chief Executive of Shropshire Wildlife Trust

Chloe King

SCA Conference lead, Project manager for Marches Energy Agency

John Hughes

SCA Communications and Fundraising lead, previously worked for Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Council

Tina Teearu

SCA social media team

Anna Ponder

SCA social media team, Intern at Marches Energy Agency and ELP2 participant

Sue Burnell

Climate Fresk facilitator for community

Kev Oubridge

Climate Fresk facilitator for Business

Consultants

Joy Greenall (Measures)

Joy was brought up in Ludlow. She taught in London before completing a Nature Conservation MSc. She worked for NCC (now Natural England) and the Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust, spent 10 years providing on-farm advice and management plans in Berks and Oxon for the farming and wildlife charity FWAG, and then joined Duchy Home Farm at Highgrove as Sustainable Agriculture officer. Farming has always been her first love and 25 years ago she had the opportunity to come home and run an organic farm with husband Mark. Livestock farming leaves little free time, but other activities include choral singing, flower arranging and community project work, including chairing Land, Life & Livelihoods.

Mark Measures

BSc. Hons, Agric., FRAgS., IOTA Accredited

An international consultant in policy, research and training in farm business and environmental management, soil, crop and animal husbandry. Formerly head of the Organic Advisory Service and the Institute of Organic Training and Advice and visiting lecturer at Scotland’s Rural College. He is director of an education and conservation trust in Argentina, joint editor of the “Organic Farm Management Handbook” (12th edition), a 2018 Winston Churchill Fellow (studying soil management in the US and Europe), and a partner in a 150-acre farm in the Shropshire Hills.

Professor John Whitelegg

Senior Fellow for transport and climate change at the Foundation for Integrated Transport and an international consultant on transport projects.

John has authored technical standards, reports and 11 books concerning sustainable transport , including “Mobility: A New Urban Design and Transport Planning Philosophy for a Sustainable Future”. He is an adviser to the World Health Organisation on road safety and active travel.

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin's
Climate and Nature Network

St Martin's Parish Council Climate Action Working Group

Sustainable Highley

Thank you

We are grateful to the following for their contribution to our website:

Mike Bourke (Stretton Climate Care); Clive Dyson (Sustainable Bridgnorth), Sally Lancaster (previously of Generation Zero Carbon Shropshire) for writing text; Caroline Talbot (Mossy Life) for working with us and permitting us to embed her events pages and maps; Chris Deaves for technical support and Sarah Jameson for its design and technical support.

About Shropshire Climate Action

Our Vision

Our mission statement

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Governance

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Achievements

Meet the SCA Trustees

Meet the Project Team

Consultants

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin's Climate and Nature Network

Sustainable Highley

Thank you

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin's
Climate and Nature Network