What is the ICAN?
Membership of the Island Community Action Network (ICAN) is open to any community organisation across Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides with an interest in decarbonisation and climate action.
Led by Community Energy Scotland, the role of ICAN is to ensure that the knowledge, experience, and expertise of island communities drives ICNZ activities and that communities are best equipped to respond and act as they face the climate emergency.
Community Resource Centres
As part of the ICAN a number of Community Resource Centres (CRCs) are being developed and are hosted in existing community anchor organisation buildings in locations across Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.
The CRCs act as points of contact, communication, and provide access to the ICAN toolkit of resources, giving organisations and groups the resources needed to research, organise and undertake inclusive decarbonisation events and actions within their own communities.
ICAN Online Resources
The ICAN Online Resources website provides clear information about the climate and nature crisis, guides to action that can be taken at a community level, and links to relevant sources of additional resource and expertise. It is being developed in collaboration with ICAN members, to capture learning from their lived experience and document place-based solutions and practical action, it will be regularly added to and updated. www.ican.icnz.org
Knowledge Sharing
To facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration as widely as possible across island communities ICAN members meet monthly online for themed presentations, discussion, updates from members, and news from the wider ICNZ project.
ICAN Members Forum
Alongside the monthly meetings the ICAN online forum space allows ongoing discussions, information sharing, and support between organisations across the network, with thematic subgroups, where member organisations working on similar projects and activities can share experiences and advice.
How to join the ICAN network
For more information please contact [email protected]
Community organisations can join via the online membership form https://forms.microsoft.com/e/KeKJtyugZ4