Opportunity for Disabled people’s organisation to lead on community climate and nature action
Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership is seeking a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) based in Bristol or the wider West of England to deliver a Climate & Disability commission as part of the Community Climate & Nature Action Project. The commission will take place between March 2026 – July 2028 for a budget of £50,000.
Background
For the last two years Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership has coordinated a Climate and Disability programme in collaboration with Associate Emma Geen and a range of partners as part of the Community Climate & Nature Action Project funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund.
The Climate & Disability programme built on earlier work by Bristol Disability Equality Forum (led by Emma Geen) in 2021/22 as part of phase 1 of the Community Climate Action Project to develop Bristol’s first community climate action plans.
Phase 3 of the Community Climate & Nature Action (CCNA) Project builds on the work delivered in Bristol from 2020-25, and will develop connections with communities from across the West of England (BANES, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire). Over the last five years the CCNA project has developed a place-based model for inclusive community led climate and nature action which also responds to inequality and aims to improve quality of life of local people.
Over the last two years the Climate & Disability programme has delivered a diverse range of activity and resources. Find out more.
Role of commission
We are looking for a Bristol and/or West of England based Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) who can:
- Be a custodian of the existing community climate and nature action plan for Bristol’s community of Disabled people
- Be an activator and advocate for the priorities within the community climate and nature action plan
- Convene engagement events/conversations with members of the Disabled community across the West of England region (Bristol, BANES, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset)
- Evolve the existing community climate and nature action plan for Bristol’s community of Disabled people for the wider West of England region
- Contribute to the holistic Community Climate & Nature Action Project
Eligibility to apply
The successful organisation will be a Disabled People’s Organisation based and operating in the West of England region (Bristol, BANES, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset). They will:
- Have the ability to work with whole community of Disabled people through an intersectional lens (whole of West of England region, pan-impairment, no age restriction)
- Regularly convene and communicate with Disabled people
- Have a successful track record of engagement with, and advocacy on behalf of the Disabled community
- Willingness to work in line with the project’s ways of working
- Have an interest in climate, nature and climate justice (experience of climate and nature project delivery is desirable but not a requirement)
- Be a not-for-profit organisation who is non-political and non-religious
- Have a management board, constitution and a dedicated bank account
- Have a safeguarding policy, equality and diversity policies in place
- Have public liability insurance and staff with DBS (safeguarding) checks in place to deliver work
Budget
The commission budget is £50,000 for the delivery period of March 2026 – July 2028 (28 months).
We anticipate this budget contributing to 0.3 FTE (1.5 day per week) dedicated staff capacity (to be agreed) throughout the duration of the commission, as well as organisational overheads, delivery and comms costs.
Application process
Complete the expression of interest form and email it to contact@bristolclimatenature.org OR Submit a video or audio response to the questions in the expression of interest form (max 10 minutes) via a file sharing service.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 9am on Monday 16 February 2026 with 30 minute interviews to be held with shortlisted organisations on Wednesday 18 February (online).
Find more information about the commissions, eligibility criteria and application process in the full brief.
Find out more about the Community Climate & Nature Action Project
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