Partners

Action for Sustainable Living

Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL) is a dynamic charity based in Manchester and winners of The Guardian Charity of the Year Award 2008. AfSL aims to help people to live more sustainably by focusing on the small steps we can each take in our daily lives towards achieving bigger changes in the wider world.

AfSL has supported Leafy's start-up and development over the last two years and the two organisations will link their grass roots community work and outward bound eco-engagement whenever possible.

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A Few Small Steps

A Few Small Steps (AFSS) is AfSL's schools programme and will become a social enterprise in its own right later this year. It takes a 'whole school' approach by providing sustainability education in a fun, inspiring and interactive way whilst also working with school teaching & management staff and the school's wider community to implement broader change around topics such as energy, waste, food and transport.

AFSS is Leafy's sister programme and will continue to provide 'on-the-ground' support in schools around the north-west to complement the work delivered by Leafy.

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Community Foundation for Greater Manchester

The Community Foundation for Greater Manchester is a social business committed to supporting local charity and voluntary organisations in bringing their ideas to life. It offers funding, advice and support, with a particular focus on matching donors with areas of genuine concern and the most promising projects. For this work, the Community Foundation was selected as a winner at the Charity Awards in 2010 in the category grantmaking.

Leafy has received funding from the Community Foundation's Grassroots Grant to develop and pilot its family programme, and to work on local eco-learning and mindfulness sessions.

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UnLtd

UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs - is a charitable organisation set up by seven leading organisations to develop the role of social entrepreneurs as a force for positive change in the United Kingdom. It is a charity which supports people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better by providing a complete package of funding and support.

Unltd provided start-up funding for Leafy's core development and to help us offer subsidised pilot programmes to schools in Greater Manchester.

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Ernest Cook Trust

The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) is a land-based trust which awards educational grants for projects involving young people which relate to the following: arts, craft & architecture, the environment and literacy & numeracy. ECT provided advice and funding for the delivery of Leafy's first pilot programmes, which were run in conjunction with AFSS.
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