January 2020
Awarded 250,000 from the National Lottery for a 3-year Change Maker programme, to initiate a social development programme to support communities to build local change projects. The programme would also design and publish a toolkit to enable local communities and individuals to respond to local issues in a way that supports the City’s ambition to be carbon neutral.
April 2020
Exeter City Futures launch the Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan online during the initial hit of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The document establishes a clear roadmap to carbon neutrality for Exeter, following the culmination of engagement and collaboration with Exeter’s politicians, organisations, communities and residents since ECF’s launch in 2015.
June 2020
Exeter City Futures appoints Andrew Hardwick as new Managing Director (former Regional Stores Director for Tesco), and Lynda Wookey as Director Policy, Innovation & Engagement (originally seconded to the ECF team by CIC board member University of Exeter in January 2020)
July 2020
Exeter City Council formally adopt the Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan on behalf of the city of Exeter, which they commissioned and was curated on behalf of the city by Exeter City Futures.
