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actionforsustainableliving

Training & Workshops


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Action for Sustainable LivingTraining for environmental awareness and action

Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL) is a multi award-winning organisation providing training tobusinesses, communities and individuals for the last ten years. We offer a range of workshops and

programmes to facilitate positive environmental change. Our experienced Training Coordinators usea tailored approach to ensure each session is focused on your desired outcomes, and relevant toyour specific needs.

How can AfSL help you?

Cost savingsWith a culture of energy saving at the heart of your organisation, you can save significantly onoverhead costs. We will help you to identify areas where both energy and money can be saved,and through training, ensure that changes are long lasting.

Success story: Our work with Southway Housing Trust has to date saved 27,000 per annum throughraising awareness of simple energy saving techniques.

Environmental strategies and targetsA lot of businesses and organisations have a sustainability policy in place, but there is often adisconnection between the vision laid out and the day-to-day work carried out on the ground.We can bridge this gap by engaging your employees or service users with your sustainability targetsthrough bespoke training sessions, making sustainability relevant to your organisation andthe people within it.

Success story: Carillion Plc. used our services during their annual Sustainability Week to get staff on boardwith their large scale environmental strategy. Through implementing personal energy saving pledgesemployees were able to translate Carillions ambitious green targets into their own daily routines.

Corporate social responsibilityA positive corporate identity is something money cant buy. If you are dedicated to operating in aresponsible way, we can help you to engage your employees and your community in activities thatfocus on providing a better place to live, work and study, which will in turn help your organisationstand out from the crowd.

Success story: We worked with staff at Rusholme JobcentrePlus to promote environmental volunteeringopportunities to improve the skills of 160 jobseekers, 16 of whom went onto find work. This had a positiveimpact in the community through increased employability, and raised local awareness of the communitywork that JobcentrePlus supports.

To find out more, or to book any of our training sessions,please contact us on 0161 237 3357 or [email protected] 1

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New! Carbon Literacy Training (accredited)Who is the training for?

Carbon Literacy Training combats carbon confusion head on and motivates employees, tenants and

students to reduce energy use. The training provides all you need to know about climate change andfacilitates understanding of what can be done about it. Carbon Literacy Training is a must for anybusiness with an eye on sustainability and can be complemented with follow-on Green Champions orLocal Project Manager training.

This accredited course offers the opportunity to join many hundreds of other Manchester workers andresidents in becoming carbon literate as the city moves towards becoming the worlds first CarbonLiterate city.

What happens?

Participants explore what climate change is, how it's likely to impact on us all in the coming decades,what's being done about it and how they can act. By the end of this training, participants are talkingconfidently about climate change and yearning to take action. Activities include:

The ABC of climate change including impacts, carbon foot-printing and climate justice Global, national and local action already underway including networks that can be tapped into Brainstorming action that can be taken as an individual and as a group Presenting on a climate change area of interest

How long is the session?

Carbon Literacy Training runs over a one day session.

How many people?

10-25 people

There is a real prospect of Manchester being the world's first carbon literate city,and for the city to be a far better place as a result.

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Green ChampionsWho is the training for?

Green Champions is our lift-off training, for any business or organisation wanting to generate action on

sustainability among employees. Targeted specifically at meeting each organisations individual needs,this workshop will make change happen.

What happens?

Do you want to encourage employees to make changes in their behaviour in the workplace? Or do youwant to seed ideas for a sustainability project within your organisation? We help with these and otherpriorities and we work on a one-on-one basis to devise a package that is best suited to the needs of eachindividual organisation. The programme may include:

Developing a meaningful action plan for positive environmental change in the workplace The community and financial benefits of working together for a greener workplace The nuts and bolts of energy saving Barriers to instigating change and how to overcome them including engaging other staff

members and overcoming financial barriers through low-cost wins Inspirational case studies of other successful workplaces


Flexible, but as a guide workshops normally last about three hours with one or two follow up sessions.These follow up sessions will ensure that actions have been followed through and any barriers are

overcome at an early stage.

How many people?

10-20 people AfSL are very passionate about what they doand they used a range of techniques to get our

team thinking about changes we could make here.

Manchester Museum

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Energy AcademyWho is the training for?

Energy Academy focuses on the very practical steps that help to build the capacity of staff members to

save money, energy and carbon both at work and in their own homes. For staff who wish to take theirlearning and experience back to their local community and share their knowledge with family,friends and neighbours, additional Energy Champions/Energy Awareness sessions are available.

What happens?

A mixture of learning and activities are employed to engage and communicate information effectively.Topics covered include:

Energy and climate change Fuel poverty, energy pricing and billing, independent supplier switching Energy use, energy waste and loss, heating and hot water, water metering Energy and money saving behaviour, energy efficient buying

Energy Champions/Energy Awareness training provides additional advice and experience on how tocommunicate the knowledge that staff have gained effectively to others.


Staff Energy Awareness training can be delivered over a full or half day to suit your organisation.Energy Champions/Energy Awareness training both run over a two hour session.

How many people?

Each session typically includes up to 12-15 members of staff

I believe the whole session was valuableand enjoyed the way it was delivered.Saida, Threshold homelessness support charity,Oldham

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Local Project Managers(Optional ASDAN Level 3 accreditation)

Local Project Managers volunteer in their community, workplace or place of study to develop anidea into a fully functioning sustainability project. This programme has supported many of the

sustainability projects now underway in South Manchester from the Fallowfield Secret Garden toRadisson Hotel Rooftop Gardens.

What happens?

Local Project Managers undertake a 2-day intensive training programme which includes:

All aspects of project management from formulating an idea to project planning Marketing, PR and new media

Community engagement

Income generation Running an event Evaluation

Following the training, Local Project Managers are assigned a mentor who works with them torealise their vision over a six month period.

Local Project Managers can gain an ASDAN Level 3 qualification in Community Volunteering.This involves additional contact time and the completion of a portfolio throughout the project to besubmitted for assessment.


2-day training session, followed by additional mentor contact time up to 8 times over six months.

How many people?

15-20 peopleThrough the project management training,

I learned about SMART objective setting,which I am finding useful for my own

personal goals, and will also be utilising as

part of my business. The training structurealso gave me a good understanding of how

I could run my workshops if needed.The support of AfSL and the ideas they

gave me were always of great use.

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Volunteering at an Event(Optional ASDAN Level 2 accreditation)

Our action focused event volunteering training sees participants planning, organising and delivering aone-off event or project around sustainability. With the guidance and support of a Volunteer Coordinator,

participants work together as a team to realise an awe-inspiring environmental event. And with just oneextra hour spent writing about the experience, participants can gain an ASDAN Level 2 Volunteering at anEvent qualification.

What happens?

An initial workshop teaches the fundamentals of organising an event. Participants then take responsibilityfor some of the tasks involved as part of the overall planning team. The event itself takes place up to fourweeks later and in the interim, participants undertake organisational activities including:

Advertising Identifying and bringing together people and material resources Planning a schedule for the event

There is an optional one hour write-up session post-event for those wanting to obtain the ASDAN Level 2qualification.


The workshop is two hours long, followed by up to four weeks to set up and deliver the event.

There is an additional one hour write up session following the event for the ASDAN Level 2 qualification.Total expected time commitment: 12-20 hours.

How many people?

10-15 people

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AfSL inspired me and I will carry their incredible training tools with me wherever I end up.

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