Putting climate action at the heart of our community

Lewes Climate Hub at Lewes House, 32 High Street BN7 2LU

Lewes Climate Hub is an independent alliance of community groups and organisations in and around Lewes in East Sussex. Together, we’re taking local action to tackle the global climate and ecological emergency.

Our centre at Lewes House provides a welcoming place, staffed by volunteers, where anyone can learn about the climate and environmental challenges we all face – and what we can do individually and collectively to address them.

The Energy Room

Lewes Climate Hub includes a dedicated energy room. Run by local community energy company OVESCo, it can advise on energy bills and usage, renewable energy, and retrofitting homes and businesses to be warmer and more energy efficient.
See opening times at www.ovesco.co.uk

What's on at the Hub?

Lewes Climate Hub wins 3VA community award

We are delighted that Lewes Climate Hub has been recognised at 3VA’s Celebrating Communities 2024 awards. 3VA, the voluntary action organisation for Wealden, Eastbourne and Lewes, made the award in recognition of “the benefits and impacts Lewes Climate Hub has made in addressing climate change”. Dinah Morgan (pictured) collected the award on behalf of the Hub.

Love Local Food

Saturday 5 October-Wednesday 23 October, Lewes Climate Hub, 32 High Street, Lewes
A season celebrating local, seasonal food in Sussex – and how to make it available to everyone.

Saturday 5 October
1pm-3pm – Panel Talk & People’s Assembly: How do we make local food accessible to all?

Join a panel talk of guest speakers followed by a facilitated People’s Assembly to share your thoughts on how Lewes can make local, seasonal food available and affordable to all.

Saturday 12 October, 11am-3pm
Apple Tasting Day at the Hub

Come and taste a surprising diversity of local apples and vote on your favourite!

Sunday 13 October, 12.30pm
Harvest Feast at the Town Hall

A delicious lunchtime feast of seasonal dishes hosted by Lewes Community Fridge & the Community Chef in the historic surroundings of Lewes Town Hall.
Tickets from Lewes Climate Hub, Lewes House, 32 Lewes High Street, or Lewes Community Fridge on Saturday mornings 10.30am – 12.00pm, Lewes Town Hall kitchen. For more information email:

Wednesday 23 October, 11am-12.30pm
Coffee morning with the Food Partnership

Discuss local food initiatives with Lewes District Food Partnership, who’ll be providing delicious refreshments.

Saturday 26 October, 12-3.00pm
Climate Fresk Workshop – the fun way to understand climate change

Lewes Climate Hub warmly invites you to Climate Fresk – the game-based climate workshop that’s become a global phenomenon, with 1.8 million people taking part in over 160 countries.

When the Climate Hub hosted a Climate Fresk last year, participants said how much fun it was – and how it helped them fully understand the complex causes and effects of climate change. Places are limited so please book your space now.

What can you expect?

Climate Fresk is a lively, hands-on, game-based workshop where participants work in teams to understand and connect the causes and consequences of climate change using cards, drawing and words.

The workshop is firmly anchored in science, drawing on the Nobel prize-winning climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that’s delivered to the United Nations every three years. 

So it’s a great way for anyone to get to grips with the complex science of climate change in a single afternoon – and feel confident discussing it with others.

There’s also plenty of time to discuss your feelings about climate change and what actions are needed to address it.

The workshop is limited to 8 places and you can book your place for just £5 here.

Be informed, get inspired

When it comes to climate change there is a room for everyone to contribute. Learn about steps you can take, projects and campaigns to get involved in. Find like-minded people to start a project of your own.

You can also find practical advice, from switching to renewable energy to food-growing to making your home more energy efficient – Lewes Climate Hub can signpost you to advice, support, talks and workshops to help you take action in your own household, business or organisation.

We’re here for everyone

Whether you’re an individual, a family, a local business or an interest group, we are strongly committed to supporting those who haven’t typically been included in conversations on the climate and environment.

Your voice matters – so drop in, email us and share your thoughts and ideas on how we tackle this emergency together and create a community that can withstand the impacts of climate change.

If you are part of a local community group that would like to be an affiliate of Lewes Climate Hub, contact us at

What does climate change mean for Lewes?

Rising temperatures, loss of species and more extreme weather patterns have serious implication for us here in the south east of England. In Lewes, we are thoroughly aware of the effects of flooding, having lived through the local floods of 2000. 

The wetlands to the south of Lewes used to be a sea inlet, and could be again as climate change leads to rising sea levels. Food production and water supplies may be threatened by changing weather and the loss of natural pollinators. The residential and other buildings in our area, many built centuries ago, are unsuited to higher temperatures. But we cannot simply wait for governments to take action: to be resilient against climate change and help reduce its worst effects, we all have to work together as a community.

What about our local councils?

One of our key aims is to promote and support (and, where necessary, challenge) the sustainability goals of our town, district and county councils. Wherever possible we aim to work closely with our councillors to help our community take real and effective action on climate change. For example, we hope to be instrumental in helping Lewes District reach its goal of generating “net zero” carbon emissions by 2030. 

Lewes Climate Hub CIC registered address: Lewes House 32 Lewes High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LU

Climate

Transition Town Lewes
Extinction Rebellion Lewes
Friends of The Earth, Brighton and Hove

Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust
Lewes Swift Supporters
Lewes Urban Arboretum Project
Sussex Wildlife Trust
Wildflower Lewes
Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere
Bee Lines 
Forest bathing 
Woodland Trust campaigns
Re-wilding rojects 

Ovesco community energy
Ouse Valley CARES 
Community Energy South

Human Nature: The Phoenix Project (North Street)
Lewes Living Streets
Friends of Lewes

SCATE (South Coast Alliance for Transport and the Environment)
Co-wheels car club
Electric car and bike show (TTL)
Electric bus Barcombe (Ovesco)
Cycle Lewes

Sussex Flow Initiative
Love Our Ouse
The Marine Conservation Society

Plastic Free Lewes 
Lewes repair Cafe 
Lewes Library of Things Facebook page
Dolly clothing
SuperLooper baby clothing library
Litter free lewes 

Common Cause Co-operative
Friday Food Market
Lewes Farmers Market
Lewes Community Allotment
Compost Club
Green Cuisine Trust
Ringmer Community Orchard
Lewes Town Council allotments
Stanmer Organics
Lewes House Garden Project
Compassion in World Farming
Lewes Food Banks (TTL)
Lewes District Food Partnership
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
Landport Community Garden

Lewes Pound 
Circular economy (TTL) 
Divest East Sussex: campaigning for ESCC to divest their pension fund from fossil fuels 
Keep It In the Ground Lewes email here  
East Sussex Credit Union 
Ethex 
Green Jobs
Make My Money Matter
ShareAction 
Triodos Bank 

WellbeingWellbeing in nature – Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust

Lewes nature and wellbeing groups and activities www.wellbeingtree.org

Green Church Lewes

Wellbeing gardening projects in Lewes www.commoncause.org.uk/lewes-house-garden

Climate Cafe group workshops facilitated by Guy Gladstone, Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven and Eastbourne

Creative workshops, wellbeing and the environment www.movingsounds.org/eco-action-projects

Lewes Food Banks (TTL)
Losras (Lewes Organisation in Support of Refugees and Asylum Seekers)
Make Votes Matter 
Lewes open door 

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Videos: talks & events

Catch up with recent online talks and events by clicking the links below (YouTube, Vimeo)

What’s wrong with economic growth?

Nevill 2030 – Living a Conscious Life

Nevill 2030 – Compost Goddess

Quarry Garden video

Talk: Climate and Conservation refugees

Spring into Renaturing 1 

Spring into Renaturing 2

Climate Crisis: A legacy of racism and colonialism

Climate Justice: Exploring Racism in the UK

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