6.5 Useful Resources

Useful Resources

• Ashden’s Learning Out Loud platform: Green Communities resources.
• Climate Just is a free webtool for public service providers designed to: identify who is vulnerable to climate change and fuel poverty and why; highlight neighbourhoods where climate disadvantage is highest; and explain the factors involved and what actions need to be taken.
• Public Health England review on improving access to green space.
• HACT’s social value toolset to help housing providers, their suppliers and partners to understand and implement social value measurement and to use social value as a tool to inform decisions. Includes a tool to calculate the mental health impact of energy efficiency work.
• Citizens Advice and Cornwall Council’s Local Authority Toolkit: Supporting Fuel Poor and Vulnerable Households. For use of local authorities, health and third sector partners to work together to reduce fuel poverty in their localities through energy efficiency initiatives.
• The Thriving Places Index provides data on a range of quality of life outcomes. Local authority areas are rated and given an annual scorecard, presenting an overview of their performance against these outcomes – including community cohesion, place and environment, health, work and the local economy.
• The Centre for Alternative Technology’s Zero Carbon Britain Resource Hub includes a wide variety of tools, reports, guidance, training, webinars etc on various themes related to local climate action.