Resource Directory

Check out information on grants and loans for financial support, compiled by BANES Council.

Discover sustainable energy options for your home with Bath & West Community Energy.

Explore the IDDEA scheme for bulk buying solar panels in the Widcombe/Bath area.

Explore how much energy your home appliances consume with this list from National Energy Action as referenced in the Eco Together’s information booklet.

Eco Together’s info booklet (page 17) features energy-saving recommendations from the Energy Saving Trust.

Input your property details and receive customized advice to mitigate your household’s energy usage, courtesy of the UK government.

Use Greenpeace’s affordable energy calculator to see potential savings if the government boosts investment in insulation and heat pumps. You can also choose to write to your MP for change.

Use your postcode to discover local grants relevant to energy efficiency via Simple Energy Advice.

Discover your property’s energy certificate through official UK government sources.

Learn how to transform older homes for low carbon living with this guide from the Bath Preservation Trust.

“Are Solar Panels worth it?” Find out with advice from Money Saving Expert.

Use Baking Forecast to find out when to use your oven during periods of high renewable energy generation.

Seek advice from Make My House Green to discover eco-friendly solutions suitable for your home.

Explore region-specific solar panel discount schemes from Solar Together. Unfortunately, no schemes are currently running for BANES as of February 22, 2023.

Get the latest news, opinions, and resources from the Centre for Sustainable Energy.

Discover tips on how to save water with Water’s Worth Saving.

Get great tips on saving water from Wessex Water.

Secure a free cycle stand from BANES Council for your Bath workplace.

BANES Council, in collaboration with local bike shops, offers a free E-bike loan scheme.

Become a member of Enterprise Car Club.

Discover inspirational cycling tips, routes, local groups and organized rides with Let’s Ride from British Cycling. Learn about bike maintenance, safety, and boost your experience by becoming a member for insurance and to support British cycling.

Set up a community car club using the comprehensive handbook provided by Carplus and Bikeplus.

Get updated on car clubs and other shared transport schemes in the UK with CoMoUK, a national charity advocating for their social, economic, and environmental benefits.

Consider the costs of owning a car compared to joining a car club.

Obtain advice on how to choose the perfect family cargo bike from Cycle Sprog.

Learn how to avail discounted bikes and equipment through the cycle to work scheme provided by Green Commute Initiative and Cycle Scheme.

Use Sustrans to easily locate a nearby cycling or walking route that suits you.

ecolibrium is dedicated to reducing travel emissions in the festival industry. They’re doing this by focusing on travel, the main source of emissions at live events. Explore their innovative projects or calculate your travel carbon footprint.

Get valuable advice on practicing low carbon travel, brought to you by the Energy Saving Trust.

Find local car rental options directly from owners through Hiyacar.

Join us on the Slow Ways network, a web of walking routes connecting all of Britain’s towns and cities. Don’t forget to share your reviews!

Find or provide carpooling options for single or recurring trips.

Ecosy, a social enterprise, can help you plan an eco-friendly holiday in the UK or the Pyrennes in France.

Find assistance with planning flight-free holidays across the UK and Europe with Byway.

Transition Bath administers Ride To Work Bath’s free e-bike loan scheme for commuters. Several bikes are lent out to an organization at a time.

Stay abreast with the happenings around the Bristol and Bath car clubs.

Join Flight Free UK’s initiative to reduce air travel emissions.

Discover ‘Walkers are Welcome,’ a UK-wide initiative circulating information on various towns and cities for walkers.

Secure your own allotment space through BANES Council.

Evaluate the carbon footprint of your diet using this climate change food calculator from the BBC.

Cascara, a 100% vegan café, is located at 3 Upper Borough Walls, Bath BA1 1RG.

Try Chai Walla’s delicious Indian street food, with vegan and vegetarian options. Located at 42 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2AN. Contact number: 07926 041588.

Chelsea Road Greengrocers offers veg box subscriptions and one-off deliveries. Their fresh produce is sourced locally to support farmers and businesses in the area. The shop is located at 8c Chelsea Road, Bath BA1 3DU.

Community Farm in Chew Valley not only has a veg box subscription and one-off deliveries, but also hosts wellbeing courses, social events, and volunteering opportunities on land with stunning views of Chew Valley Lake.

Super Stokes, a greengrocer located at 38 Moorland Road, Bath BA2 3PN, can be reached at 01225 374092.

Eades of Bath is a local greengrocer located at 18 Crescent Lane, Bath BA1 2PX. Contact: 01225 317319.

Earth & Wheat fights food waste by offering grocery boxes filled with perfectly edible items that don’t meet strict visual standards. The boxes include fresh produce and bakery items rescued from overproduction. For every box sold, a meal is donated via FareShare.

Use Happy Cow to locate vegan restaurants in your area. The Happy Cow app is also available for even better convenience.

Discover how to grow money-saving crops and vegetables with tips from Grow Veg.

Just outside Bath, you’ll find the Harp and Crown – a vegan pub located at Velley Hill, Gastard, Corsham SN13 9PU. Reach them at 01249 591838.

Harvest at 37 Walcot Street, Bath BA15BN offers a variety of dry foods, sustainable cleaning/care brands like Miniml and Faith in Nature, as well as local produce.

Heavenly Desserts is a luxury dessert restaurant offering a full vegan menu. Located at 7 – 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath and also found in multiple locations across England, Scotland, and Wales.

Check out Indian Temptation—a vegetarian and vegan dining spot located at 9-10 High Street, Bath BA1 5AQ. Contact them at 01225 464631.

Visit Jimmy Deane’s greengrocers stall at New Orchard Street, Southgate Shopping Centre, Bath for fresh fruits, vegetables and salads.

Participate in FareShare’s mission to combat hunger and reduce food waste.

Become a part of Dry Arch Growers, a volunteer-operated co-operative and community allotment in Bathampton.

Discover a greengrocer’s stall carrying fresh produce at Kingsmead Square, located in Bath Bus Station.

La Terra is an Italian restaurant located at 2 John Street, Bath, BA1 2JL, offering a full vegan menu beside their regular offerings. You can reach them at 01225 482070.

Visit Larkhall Farm Shop on St. Saviours Road for a variety of fruits and vegetables. They also offer veg boxes.

Larkhall Farm Shop (01225 319968) provides both subscription-based and one-off veg box deliveries. You can also visit their brick-and-mortar store on St. Saviours Road, Bath BA1 6SD to purchase their locally grown produce.

Southside Food Co-op offers veg boxes for those living in the south and west of Bath. The price depends on your income and all produce is locally grown.

Enjoy seasonally grown produce delivered by e-bike from Middle Ground Growers in Bathampton. Check their website for delivery areas.

New Leaf, located at 29 Shaftesbury Rd, Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 3LJ, offers a variety of dry foods and cleaning/care products including Ecover and Faith in Nature.

Visit Newton Farm Shop for a wide selection of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and other grocery items. Enjoy food and beverages in our cozy café.

Discover OAK, a primarily vegan restaurant cum grocer with a few vegetarian selections, located at 2 North Parade Passage, Bath BA1 1NX.

Use the Olio app to exchange food and household items within your community, helping avoid waste.

Secure a private allotment from Roots for your gardening needs.

Buy discounted food from local restaurants using the Too Good To Go app. This helps prevent food waste, and a built-in map lets you search locally.

Use the Refill app to find shops in your locality where you can refill your water bottle, fetch hot drinks with a reusable cup, or get food using your own containers.

Refillable Shop is located at 2-3 Cleveland Place East, London Road, Bath BA1 5DJ. It offers a range of dry foods, eco-friendly cleaning brands (like Bio D, Ecover and Eco Leaf), and local produce.

Explore tips on becoming a regenerative consumer with Regenerative Food & Farming.

Riverford, a BCorp company, offers seasonal organic fruits and vegetables grown in the UK and Europe. These are conveniently delivered as veg boxes.

Rooted Café, located at 20 Newbridge Road, Bath BA1 3JX, offers a variety of vegetarian and vegan dishes. Contact: 01225 425161

Visit the Bath Farmers Market every Saturday from 9:00am to 1:30pm at Green Park Station for your fresh fruit, vegetables, and other food.

Scoop Wholefoods in Bath offers a range of items like dry foods, cleaning products, and local produce, including kombucha on tap.

Enjoy cooking with seasonal produce using recipes from Riverford.

Indulge in a 100% plant-based dining experience at The Green Rocket, located at 1 Pierrepoint Street, Bath BA1 1LB.

Browse tips on minimizing food waste, presented by Love Food Hate Waste.

Learn about the water consumption involved in producing various foods, courtesy of the Water Footprint Network.

Learn from BANES Council on how to avoid contaminating your kerbside recycling. You can also find an A to Z list of items you can recycle, either kerbside or at recycling centres.

Discover the range of library services in the BANES area. You can register online to borrow books, DVDs and emagazines.

The Bath Toy Library is a wonderful resource for children under 5.

Get insights into zero waste lifestyle from Bea Johnson’s video.

Have registered waste collectors compete for your job at Love Junk. They may also collect re-usable items for free.

Beauty and wellness products like mascara, lipsticks, palettes, and toothpaste tubes can be hard to recycle. Boots offers take-back recycling boxes in larger stores, such as the ones on Newark Street/Southgate Centre in Bath.

Find out the impact of your fashion choices on the environment with Thred Up.

Find local recycling solutions with BANES Council for clean, dry clothes. Some charity shops accept damaged clothing as ‘rags’; contact them beforehand. Old bras can be recycled nationally at Marks & Spencer and Bravissimo (also accepting swimwear).

Donate your unused furniture, homeware, and electrical items to the British Heart Foundation. Use our tools to book a free collection and find local donation points for clothes and books.

Dunelm rehomes, reuses, and recycles items like home textiles, clothes, selected kitchen/dining items, bulky furniture, and electricals—even if they’re damaged!

Learn how to use menstrual products in an environmentally friendly way through the detailed guide by the Women’s Environmental Network.

Use Good on You to explore the ethical rating of clothing brands. Ratings are based on criteria for the planet, people, and animals.

Get or give second-hand books at Oxfam Book Shop at Lower Borough Walls, Julian House Shop at Walcot Street, or the book stall at the Guildhall Market. These outlets support charity and promote a circular economy.

If you’re registered with Twerton’s Time Bank project, you can borrow items such as household, gardening, and camping equipment for free from the ‘Borrow It’ library.

Take part in reducing landfill waste by giving or receiving second-hand items for free through Freegle or Freecycle in your local area.

Good Find helps you navigate towards ‘ethical alternatives to everything’. Try it today.

Looking to make your wardrobe more ethical and sustainable? Greenpeace has some handy tips.

Learn why becoming an ethical consumer matters and explore ethical ratings for over 40,000 brands.

If you’re unable to donate or sell your large waste items, consider having them collected by BANES Council for a nominal fee.

Bath has a central library and various community libraries located in Larkhall, Weston, Oldfield Park, Southside, and Combe Hay.

Discover certified B-Corporations within the UK.

Dispose of your empty medicine blister packs at Superdrug’s collection boxes available in Westgate Street and Southgate Street, Bath.

Use the Beat The Micro Bead app to easily identify products containing microplastics before purchasing.

Get in touch with Vinterior for buying or selling second-hand, mid-century, and retro furniture.

Choose from various platforms to buy or sell pre-owned clothes. Use Vinted, Depop, or Thrift+ for direct selling. Thrift+ lets you donate a part of your profits to a charity. Alternatively, reTHREAD can assist with eBay sales. If you like surprises, consider bkinda for surprise second-hand outfits. Feeling adventurous? Swap clothes on Nuw or Dopplle.

Discover various online platforms like Gumtree, Nextdoor, and Facebook where you can buy, sell or exchange second-hand goods locally.

Explore ways to reduce your plastic consumption with the Plastic Soup Foundation’s wide range of information, tools, and actionable ideas.

ReuseABook helps reduce landfill waste by offering a wide variety of second-hand reads.

Discover advice on how to embrace minimalism and have less stuff, courtesy of Psyche.

Several national retailers offer in-store drop-off points for recycling soft/flexible plastics. These include plastic bags, crisp packets, food pouches, salad bags, and other wrappers. Retailers in Bath include Sainsburys, Morrisons, Co-op, and Marks & Spencer. They also take clothing multipack bags with inbuilt hangers. Always check retailer’s guidelines to avoid contamination.

Difficult to recycle items like dental products, foil balloons and razors can be managed with Terracycle’s system of free drop-off locations and brand-specific schemes. Get your employer involved or start a program with friends and neighbors using Terracycle’s Zero Waste Bags.

Looking to recycle your electrical items? Use Recycle Your Electricals – enter your postcode, type in your item, and discover where you can recycle.

Borrow and repair various items like DIY and gardening tools, camping & kitchen equipment and more at the Share & Repair. You can find us at 3 York Buildings, George Street, Bath BA1 2EB.

Share Waste is an app for connecting people who wish to recycle food scraps with neighbors who compost, worm-farm, or keep farm animals.

Consider the Dorothy House for large furniture items. They offer reasonable delivery fees and can even collect sale items from you. Check out your nearest shop for furniture, clothes, books, and household items.

Earn swap credits and exchange books throughout the UK using Book Swap.

Unusable bed items can be collected and recycled by The Mattress Recycling People.

Discover the leading sustainability certifications for UK businesses, compiled by Greener Matters.

Explore toy swap subscriptions with services like Whirli and Toy Box Club that let you swap toys at your convenience.

Peep offers a great selection of vintage and preloved eyeglasses. They also provide services such as eyewear repair, restoration, and lens replacement for old frames. Lensology, on the other hand, specialises in professional glasses reglazing.

“The Breakdown” is a unique series available on Water Bear, a free streaming platform dedicated to environmental issues. Watch this and other inspiring environmental films today.

Explore system changes and advocacy topics for change. This Behavioural Insights Team’s report sheds light on recommendations for business, legislative, and government transformations.

Discover BBC’s Rethink podcast’s five-part series: Rethink Climate. Specifically, episode 2 tackles behaviour & communication related to climate action – a theme akin to our Eco Together approach.

Use ‘Write to Them’ to engage with your local council, MP, or House of Lords member. Simply enter your postcode on their website to get started.

Explore this list of organisations in Bath working on climate change and biodiversity issues.

Inform yourself about climate concerns and biodiversity loss. Get involved with the advocacy campaigns of leading organizations like Friends of the Earth, Client Earth, the Soil Association and Greenpeace.

Sign up to pledge your support for politicians fighting for urgent action on climate change and biodiversity loss.

Let your voice be heard on local transport issues with BANES Council’s consultations. Choose the ‘travel, transport and roads’ section.

Join local branches of conservation charities like the RSPB or the Wildlife Trusts. Get involved with citizen projects and take action for wildlife.

Discover actionable climate ideas with Possible. Learn to support individual efforts and comprehend the larger perspective.

Stay informed and support sustainable transport campaigns by Better Transport.