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About BFCCA
BFCCA
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action is a local incorporated charity (1215647) in Bracknell Forest dedicated to helping residents tackle the climate change and biodiversity crisis.
Founded by a group of local volunteers in 2025, it is managed for the benefit of everyone living, working, and visiting the borough.
The charity maintains no political affiliation.
Strategic Plan
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action is in the process of creating its strategic plan in conjunction with the local community and partner organisations.
Volunteers
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action is actively seeking volunteers to join our team. If you are interested in helping the Bracknell Forest Community to create a sustainable future, please get in touch with us at info@bfcca.org
Partners
We aim to partner with a variety of organisations and businesses in our community to help achieve our goals of a sustainable future for Bracknell Forest. If you are interested in partnering with us, please get in touch at bfcca@outlook.com.
Our current Partners are:
- Suez
- Kerith Community Church
- Abri Housing Association
- Easthampstead Park Hotel
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Our Trustees
Russell Julier
Previously an professional engineer the oil industry, Russell is now keen to help communities meet the challenge of climate change and navigate the energy transition.
Mary Temperton
A Chemist and Science teacher at Easthampstead Park School for 22 years. Teaching about the climate made me realise how essential it is to become an activist for change. We all have a part to play. There is no option but to make the necessary changes and succeed. Every small step helps. We can influence the big players, but we are all responsible too.
Adrian Haffegee
Emma Young
Emma Young is an independent sustainability advisor with more than 20 years’ experience. She led sustainability communications for a FTSE 50 company before establishing her consultancy in 2013, and now supports clients with strategy, engagement, and reporting. Writing under the pen name E. L. Williams , Emma is also the author of four fantasy novels and is passionate about how storytelling can inspire people and shape meaningful change.
Harry Wright
Harry Wright is a secondary school science teacher with over 20 years of experience working in the UK and overseas. With a PhD in Zoology, he is passionate about Natural History and Biodiversity, having become interested from a very early age. In addition to conducting voluntary bird surveys, and birdwatching in general, Harry is a keen cyclist and enjoys exploring Bracknell's outdoor spaces.
Emma Poynter
Emma is a Biology and Environmental Studies teacher with a passion for helping young people understand the natural world and their role in protecting it. She leads her school's sustainability programme, working with students to turn environmental awareness into meaningful action and positive change. As a mother of two young boys, Emma is committed to raising the next generation with a love of nature, wildlife and the outdoors. Through her work with BFCCA, she hopes to help create a more sustainable future while ensuring that her children, and future generations, grow up connected to nature and the traditions that encourage us to care for the places we live.
Jo Hawley
Jo Hawley is Executive Director of liberal think tank The Britain Project. She spent more than twenty years in the UK civil and diplomatic service, most recently as Deputy Trade Commissioner for Europe and Country Director for France at the British Embassy in Paris. She was previously British Consul-General in Guangzhou, leading UK engagement across six provinces of southern China, and Director of Trade and Investment at the Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Earlier roles included two postings to the UK Representation to the EU, private secretary to a Minister of State, and public service reform work at the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education. Jo is a Warfield Parish Councillor and lives in the area with her family.
Ross Peretto
Ross Peretto is an experienced educator, yoga teacher and natural health practitioner with more than 22 years of practice and teaching. Trained in Sivananda Yoga, Ayurveda and natural health, she brings together yoga, breathwork, meditation and positive thinking with naturopathic principles, natural remedies and hands-on therapies, including Ayurvedic massage and Thai reflexology. Her approach helps people release tension, reconnect with themselves and others, and cultivate greater balance, alignment and presence. Rooted in her Italian upbringing, Rossella has a deep appreciation of food as a foundation for wellbeing. Her commitment to sustainability has also led her to explore foraging, sustainable foods and the relationship between personal health and the natural world.
Ross has written two Italian-language books on flower therapy and is currently writing a third book in English about sustainable life choices. Through her work, Rossella encourages practical, thoughtful ways to live well and reconnect with nature.
Nuovo manuale di floriterapia : Amazon.co.uk: Books
Volunteer with us
BFCCA is run by volunteer trustees, so we understand how busy everyone is. Not everyone can commit to a long-term volunteering gig, which is why we offer volunteering projects – some requiring no more than an hour.