Bothered about climate change? Come to one of our warm and friendly climate cafes

Climate Cafés provide a supportive space in which to talk about how the climate crisis is affecting us – without pressure to act.

The cafes run monthly on either Saturdays or Sundays. They are facilitated by a growing team of local facilitators, including Karen Dauncey and Rebecca Nestor. Climate cafés are not drop-in events, and we limit numbers to 12, so please try to arrive in time for the start (though we won’t turn you away if you’re a few minutes late and there are still spaces!).

We’re delighted to be partnering with Common Ground (Little Clarendon Street) for our Sunday climate cafés, and with the North Wall Arts Centre (South Parade) for our Saturday climate cafés.

To find out upcoming dates, venue and other details, visit our Meetup group. There is no requirement to register but you can sign up via our Meetup page to receive reminders.

What are climate cafes?

We think our Climate Cafés offer something different from the usual gatherings of people with interests in climate change. They are facilitated – so you can be sure that there will be space for you to speak. They are not designed to recruit you to do anything or to put you under any pressure. The idea behind them is that talking about climate change is really important – but it is often made more difficult by our feelings of guilt that we are not doing enough, or frustration that others are not doing enough. So we provide a space in which we don’t talk about what we or others are doing or should be doing. We just talk about climate change and how it is making us think and feel.

Everyone is welcome, though we don’t advise young children attending. There’s no charge. We provide the cake and we invite you to buy your own hot drink.

Read more about climate cafés in the Guardian or in Rebecca Nestor’s blog post. If you’ve attended a climate café and would like to share your experience with us, you can visit our feedback form.

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