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Winchester Action on Climate Crisis Impact Report 2020-2025

Winchester Action on Climate Crisis (WinACC) campaigns for climate action across the Winchester district. Its five-year Impact Report 2020-2025 records 350 members and 50 regular volunteers, 62 partnerships, 130+ WeCAN events, support for 7 solar farm planning applications that could power 41,500 homes, and a 20-fold increase in positive responses to solar farm plans after its campaigns.

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About

Winchester Action on Climate Crisis (WinACC) is a charity working to cut the carbon footprint of the Winchester district and tackle climate change through community action, campaigning and partnerships. It coordinates the Winchester Climate Action Network (WeCAN), supports local groups, and campaigns on homes, transport, energy and planning.

Key Metrics

Members and volunteers 350 WinACC members and 50 regular volunteers, working through 62 partnerships with other organisations.
Community climate events 130+ WeCAN events held for and by local groups since 2022, with 44,338 e-newsletters opened.
Solar farms supported 7 solar farm planning applications supported, which could power 41,500 homes - around 22% of the district's energy demand.
Campaign effect 20-fold increase in positive responses to solar farm planning applications following each WinACC campaign.

Key Outcomes

  • Local councils strengthened climate plans and local clean energy generation moved forward.
  • Community mobilised for climate action across the Winchester district over five years.

Geography

South East

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
Key Metric 2
137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
Key Metric 3
101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
Key Metric 3
2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
Key Metric 2
Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
Key Metric 3
1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
Key Metric 3
17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy