An online platform for community group volunteers has been created by the Surrey Climate Commission. The Surrey Climate e-Forum is an easy-to-use platform providing a space to share advice and tips on everything, from finding funds and recruiting volunteers, to engaging more members of your community, and securing CIC or charity status, and much more. It’s great for getting answers to your questions, quickly and easily. There's already lots of content from experts across the community group sector in Surrey.

Over 50 Surrey community groups active on the climate completed our annual survey. The survey showed that over 130,000 Surrey residents are reached by these groups, through a combination of newsletters, stalls, posters and through social media.

The groups are active across many different sectors: 58% are working on biodiversity projects, 44% in education, 38% are involved in waste reduction, 34% health and wellbeing, 32% of groups are working on energy, 30% on food, on transport and on water quality, and 22% on air quality.

Surrey Climate Commission is proud to be part of the prestigious Local Energy Advice Demonstrator (LEAD) project, funded by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, via the Greater South-East Energy Hub. The project is led by Surrey County Council Greener Futures team working with a range of local partner organisations. LEAD aims to increase the number of Surrey homes that receive tailored energy advice and support, to help residents retrofit energy saving measures to their homes.

Proposals from train companies to close ticket offices – see Surrey Climate Commission 31 August 2023 -- have been rejected. The Commission welcomes this decision. Railway ticket offices play a vital part in ensuring this form of sustainable transport is available to as many people as possible.