Sustainable Development Goals

We support the ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or Global Goals.

The vision of the Global Goals international action plan is to set out a positive vision for the future - to tackle poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development across the world.  There are 17 Global Goals which form the basis of a global partnership for sustainable development.  

Our four main areas of work contribute to 14 of these goals:

Active Travel: More day to day journeys on foot or by bike

Food & Growing: More local food  to be grown and eaten in our communities.

Volunteering: Provide meaningful  volunteering opportunities  for all.

Reduce & Repair: Helping to increase the lifespan of our everyday items.

Through our work we

• improve overall health and wellbeing
• reduce air, noise and water pollution
• support communities to be more resilient in adapting to a changing climate
• work with others demonstrating and learning about how we grow, cook, eat and travel for food; as well as looking at what we do with the food we throw away.
• work with consumers and food suppliers so that more local food can be grown and eaten in the communities where we work 
• work with others to keep products and materials circulating in a way that retains their value for as long as possible
• improve confidence and skills through quality training on fixing and riding bikes, food and growing, reuse and repair of materials
• work with a range of partners at a local and national level to provide learning opportunities to enable others to develop similar activities in their own communities 
• provide a range of volunteering opportunities 
• provide access to a range of electric bikes to try so that people can consider an alternative, clean and affordable mode of travel to the car 
• make stronger and more cohesive neighbourhoods; less vehicle traffic reduces noise pollution and congestion; community growing projects improve the local environment 
• work with employers to help them support their employees to actively travel to work
• help everyone access public bike share for leisure and work, reducing inequalities