Funded Support To Set Up Or Improve Your Own Community Hub
Want to set up or strengthen a community hub? Parisa Wright shares six years of Greener & Cleaner learnings through FREE blueprints, consultations, and a support network. Find out how to access support here.
After six years of building Greener & Cleaner - a community hub in a Bromley shopping centre that's supported over 30,000 people with everything from energy efficiency advice to sewing workshops, repair cafés to mental health support - founder Parisa Wright has secured funding to share everything they've learnt so you can set up or improve your own community hub
Whether you're just curious about what's involved or ready to turn an idea into reality, there's funded support available to help you take the next step.
Greener & Cleaner is offering three ways to support you in setting up or improving your hub
a comprehensive Blueprint Package with everything they've learnt over six years,
free one-to-one consultations to help you scope out what's possible in your area,
a new England-wide network launching in March 2026 to connect you with others doing similar work.
Whether you're just curious about what's involved or you're ready to start turning an idea into reality, there's support available to help you take the next step.
1. Blueprint Package
Parisa is developing a comprehensive template/blueprints package to encourage others to set up hubs like Greener & Cleaner. It is not let live but will include:
- How to negotiate shopping centre/shop leases
- How to secure zero rates
- Workshop and activity ideas with demographic engagement data
- Impact data and research findings
- Template forms and slide decks
- Carbon literacy training materials
- Funding strategies and diversification approaches
Two ways to use it:
- You might want to set up a local hub from scratch using the blueoprint
Or - Cherry-pick elements to strengthen existing organisations (expected to be 75-80% of use)
2. Free One-to-One Consultations
There is also the chance to work with Parisa to access funded support for community groups, charities, grassroots organisations, and council officers to:
- Explore whether a community hub is feasible
- Get advice on specific elements (partnerships, fundraising, space selection, staffing, training)
- Take the next steps on their journey
3. Community Sustainability Support Network for England (CSSN)
Launching March 2026 - Community groups across England often operate in isolation, with limited opportunities to share resources, collaborate on funding bids, or learn from each other's successes and challenges - unless they're part of specific models like Transition Towns or CECs. While Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland already have government-funded networks supporting grassroots sustainability work, England has lacked a central, non-branded space where groups can connect, share templates and research, and work together. The Community Sustainability Support Network (CSSN) that Parisa is setting up aims to fill this gap.
CSSN plans to offer:
- Monthly gatherings for peer learning and case study sharing
- Space for members to present challenges and get peer support
- Highlighting funding opportunities
- Collaboration on funding bids - connect with groups doing similar work across England
- Members-only resource library (tagged by topic: air pollution, elderly, cost of living, etc.)
- Public-facing map of all member organisations so people can find local groups
Want to access the support?
Immediate ACTions:
- Sign up here for updates, and you'll get notified when Parisa's Blueprint Package is ready
- Request a free UK-wide one-to-one consultation with Parisa if you're interested in:
- Setting up a community hub or permanent space
- Exploring feasibility in your area
- Getting advice on specific challenges
Join the Community Sustainability Support Network (CSSN - launching March 2026)
- Sign up via the expression of interest form
- Network with groups across England
- Access shared resources
- Collaborate on funding bids
