Are you a member of a neighbourhood network? A WhatsApp group just for your road? A Facebook group for your estate? A residents’ association even? Yes? Great! And do you get messages via the Neighbourhoods Network? No? Then join the network! The Skerries Community Association, or rather, volunteers on their behalf, run a WhatsApp group with one rep from each group that joins up.

The Skerries Community Association (SCA) is facilitating this network of neighbourhood groups in order to bring together all the neighbourhood groups in Skerries. This helps the exchange of information and more.

If there is no group yet in your area, just start one! More details and a list of existing member groups of the Skerries Neighbourhoods Network on skerriesca.com/neighbour

And why is this important enough to be mentioned on the Sustainable Skerries blog?

Because this year, the SCA is challenging all neighbourhood groups to join the Climate Heroes challenge!

What is Climate Heroes? Climate Heroes is team-based climate challenge. Together with other members of your group, you will learn about and take simple actions on the drivers of climate change. Investigate and challenge the forces driving climate change. Compete to reduce carbon emission. Capture your actions using a simple yet powerful app. Best of all, this competition is fun, engaging, and habit-forming – and fully free to community groups and organisations in Ireland.

What’s involved?

• Register at this link before April 11th
• Join an orientation session to learn more about the platform and competition
• Attend optional workshops to frame climate actions through a global lens, and meet others committed to the cause
• Log climate friendly actions during the two week challenge, and encourage your team to do the same.
• Reflect, debrief, and pat yourself on the back!

What is the Skerries Challenge? The best of all the participating Skerries Neighbourhoods Network Climate Heroes groups will win a special prize, thanks to the Skerries Community Association:

Tea / coffee and cake for all team members (5-15) in a Skerries coffee shop of their choice! So find some neighbours, set up a neighbourhood group if necessary, and get started on climateheroes.ie ! Don’t forget to share on the Neighbourhoods Network WhatsApp group that you’re participating!