Horsleys' CAN (Climate Action Network) is a community group originally established as a joint West and East Horsley Parish Councils initiative. The group now acts as an independent community group, with the full backing on the parish councils. Horsleys' CAN aims to raise climate change awareness across the villages and to identify actions that we can all take to help work towards achieving the national net zero carbon emissions targets set for 2030 and 2050.

The group currently comprises local volunteers and members of each parish council who have a particular interest in different aspects of climate change and the environment. Members of the West Horsley Youth Council is also involved with the group and are looking at projects that families can take part in at home to involve all ages.  Our objectives are to:

• Raise awareness of what we can all do to reduce carbon emissions and our carbon footprint
• Communicate ideas and opportunities that we can adopt to minimise our impact on the environment
• Identify and promote opportunities to increase biodiversity within the village

It is very much about ‘winning hearts and minds’, getting everyone aware and involved.

Click here to read the Horsleys' CAN Vision Statement and Terms of Reference 

Minutes of Meeting on 19 January 2026 

Minutes of Meeting on 13 October 2025 

Minutes of Meeting on 11 August 2025

Minutes of Meeting on 14 April 2025 

Minutes of Meeting on 17 February 2025

Repair Cafe

The Horsley Repair Cafe opened its doors for the first time on 6 July 2024, at the Canterbury Rooms alongside St Martin’s Church. Items the team of local volunteers restored to working order include a vacuum cleaner, tree loppers, a coffee maker, binoculars, an earring, a paper shredder and a suitcase. Some items, alas, had the last rites read, meanwhile others were taken home by volunteers to undergo longer but hopefully successful treatment. Textiles, too, including a dressing gown were mended while the owner mixed with other ‘customers’ over coffee and cake. Donations for work done were gratefully accepted and the organisers extend their appreciation to the management of Horsley Towers for offering free car parking.

The Repair Cafe will be open for business on the first Saturday morning of each month so if you have an article of clothing that needs attention or some other item that requires coaxing back into life rather than going to landfill, then do come along and see if we can help.

West Horsley Blue Hearts

Surrey County Council is encouraging villages to preserve and enhance the natural environment through the introduction of the Blue Campaign for SCC which involves identifying suitable locations which can be left to grow wild and thereby increase biodiversity. Horsleys’ CAN has identified a number of suitable areas in the village at which decorated blue hearts have now been placed.

Terracycle

Teracycle offers free recycling programmes funded by brands, manufacturers and retailers around the world. Members of the public can set up a public drop-off location (a recycling bin in an accessible space) in their community in order to collect even more waste. Residents will be able to use interactive maps to find these locations and drop off their TerraCycle waste. Horsleys' C.A.N. is looking into working with a local company to support to provide a TerraCycle point within the villages.

Homes for Hedgehogs

We are looking to involve our your residents with this project to capture the 'hearts and minds' of potential local environmentalists. This Autumn we encourage you to build a home in your garden that is suitable for hedgehogs. A wealth of advice on how to build a hedgehog home is available on the Surrey Wildlife Trust website. And if you are lucky enough to spot a hedgehog in your garden the SWT encourages you to record it via its website.