Sustainability & Resilience - Frome Town Council

Our sustainability and resilience work focuses on the main objectives in our Strategic Plan and links in with the One Planet Living framework that underpins Frome’s Neighbourhood Plan. Explore these pages to find out more about our key activities. You can also read a summary of our achievements between 2014-2019:

The aim of this area of work is to secure greater resilience and self-reliance in energy and resource-use, support the creation of jobs and training opportunities, enhance wellbeing and to build upon the community’s support for sustainability.

For further information, or if you have any ideas to cut carbon and costs, please contact our Resilience Officer Nikki Brain.

What Frome Town Council is doing to address the climate and ecological emergency.

The project is a collaboration between Frome Town Council, Edventure and Frome Medical Practice.

A week of events celebrating our green spaces and community action against climate change.

Find out what we’re doing to support local wildlife and biodiversity and how you can get involved.

Keep It Frome is a new campaign to show how a circular economy is growing fast in our town.

What we’re doing to reduce carbon emissions, fuel poverty and to make Frome more energy resilient.

Explore how we’re promoting sustainable travel in Frome.

How Frome Town Council is planning in a sustainable and resilient way.

Some of the things we’re doing to improve resource use in Frome including Plastic Free, sharing and the community fridge.

An informal advisory group, developing and implementing ideas to help reduce Frome’s carbon footprint and restore biodiversity.

Futureproofing access to local food in the face of climate change and economic uncertainty.

Exploring how we can help local businesses reduce their environmental impact and connect with the local community.

Green Breather Days pedestrianised the town centre one day a month in May & June 2022.