This year’s Great Big Green Week takes place from the 6 to 14 June. The theme is ‘Together for Good’, which aims to show that together we can make our neighbourhoods better places to live and protect the natural world we love.

It will be a week of inspiring events, eco-friendly ideas, and community spirit across the borough. Whether you're a resident, business owner, or visitor to the area, there’s something for everyone to get involved in and make a real difference.

What’s happening in the borough?

From Repair Cafés to film screenings and art exhibitions, explore events across the borough on the Great Big Green Week website.

Guildford Borough Council’s annual Guildford Green Day event takes place on Sunday 14 June. This is a free event for all the family and includes activities and information to help you take practical steps to tackle climate change. See the latest electric vehicles, get your bike checked, learn more about recycling or visit the artisan food and drink stalls.

Get involved

If you’d like to make a difference by getting involved in practical conservation tasks, join our countryside rangers and other volunteers helping to improve local wildlife habitats. For more information, visit Volunteering in the Countryside.

Got a top green tip?

From cutting waste and saving energy to growing your own veg or cycling to work — we want to hear it! Share your ideas on our social media accounts using #MyGreenTip and help inspire others to live more sustainably.

Waverley’s current climate and nature initiatives include:

•  Reducing carbon emissions from our leisure centres: Since 2015, we have halved emissions from our four leisure centres. At Farnham Leisure Centre, work is underway to replace gas boilers that are at the end of their usable life with modern, energy efficient Air Source Heat Pumps. The new system will reduce carbon emissions and lower running costs.
• Supporting local businesses: Fifteen businesses signed up to our Go Green for Business Support Scheme, working toward GreenMark environmental accreditation. To find out how they got on, or to register your interest in the next round of funding, visit Go Green for Business website.
• Encouraging sustainable travel: We have offered all state schools in the borough up to £2,500 of grant funding to improve or increase their bike and scooter storage, with the aim of encouraging more children to cycle or scoot to school. Interested schools should email environmentalhealth@waverley.gov.uk for further details.
• Improving active travel routes: We have provided grants supporting Farnham Town Council’s provision of lampposts on Borelli Walk and designs for a Cranleigh Parish Council bridge project. A link into Farnham Park is currently being constructed to finalise the upgrade of a 500m section of the Scholars Greenway in Farnham.
• Reducing food waste: Waverley and Guildford residents are invited to join FiveDinners online meal planning service for free. Users can choose up to five dinner recipes each week and are provided with a shopping list. The service aims to reduce food waste and encourage healthy eating.
• Improving recycling: As part of Simpler Recycling, residents can now add cartons (such as milk, juice and soup cartons), squeezy plastic and metal tubes (such as toothpaste tubes and tomato puree tubes), and non-black plastic plant pots to your recycling bin for collection. For more information visit What can I put in my household bins? web page or if you’re not sure if it can be recycled, use the Recycling Search tool.
• In May we launched our new Animal Welfare Charter, which demonstrate our commitment to protecting and promoting the welfare of all animals, including domesticated and wild animals.

Want to know more?

To find out what we’re doing to make Waverley a greener, healthier, and more sustainable place to live, visit the Sustainability and conservation web page.

Climate and Nature Strategy 2026