In our June Coffee with a Cause Jackie Marshall, former Head of Marketing at Fairtrade, hosted the session and interviewed Parisa Wright, founder of Greener & Cleaner to explore how we can support the growth of their amazing charity that is tackling the loneliness epidemic, the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency all at once.

Their innovative Community Hub in The Glades shopping centre has turned a vacant space into a thriving place for a diverse range of people to learn from each other how they can live more sustainably, while saving money, learning new skills and building a more resilient social network.

Greener & Cleaner also use their Hub to test and learn. They are building a ‘Blueprint’ for success which can help other community groups and charities to replicate this model in vacant spaces in shopping centres and high streets around the UK.

Members are working with Parisa to help grow the charity by strengthening and diversifying their funding streams, particularly through their work with businesses.

If you are interested in supporting Greener & Cleaners work please get in touch to join the working group.