MERTON

9 groups identified

Group Name: Sustainable Merton

Type: Registered Charity

Focus / Campaign Area: Community sustainability, energy & nature

Website / Contact: https://sustainablemerton.org

Notes: Merton’s local environmental charity; Community Champions programme; founded by Tom Walsh

Group Name: Merton Climate Action Group (MCAG)

Type: Council-Community

Focus / Campaign Area: Community-led carbon reduction projects

Website / Contact: https://merton.gov.uk/climate-action-group

Notes: Council-supported volunteer group; work streams: buildings, energy, transport, food, nature

Group Name: Merton Friends of the Earth

Type: FoE Network

Focus / Campaign Area: Green spaces, pollinators & climate

Website / Contact: https://friendsoftheearth.uk

Notes: email: mertonfoe@gmail.com; campaigns on tree cover & pollinators

Group Name: Faith and Climate Action Group Merton

Type: Interfaith Climate

Focus / Campaign Area: Climate action in faith communities

Website / Contact: https://sustainablemerton.org

Notes: Established Jan 2025; promotes climate action in mosques, synagogues, temples & churches

Group Name: BAME Voice Merton

Type: BAME Community

Focus / Campaign Area: BAME communities & climate action

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Notes: Secured Community Climate Action Funding 2023/24; partners with Ashden charity

Group Name: Merton Garden Streets

Type: Community Greening

Focus / Campaign Area: Street greening & biodiversity

Website / Contact: https://sustainablemerton.org

Notes: Volunteer-led project; secured funding 2022-2025; community feedback on wellbeing & biodiversity

Group Name: Transition Town Tooting

Type: Transition Network

Focus / Campaign Area: Low-carbon community resilience

Website / Contact: https://TransitionTownTooting.blogspot.com

Notes: Active SW17 group; hosted film screening on community energy with CREW, Pop Energy

Group Name: Transition Wimbledon

Type: Transition Network

Focus / Campaign Area: Low-carbon community resilience

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Notes: SW19 area sustainability group

Group Name: Friends of Wandsworth Common (Merton side)

Type: Green Space

Focus / Campaign Area: Biodiversity & wildflower planting

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Notes: Pilot wildflower project funded by Wandsworth Climate Microgrants