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SMALL STEPS, BIG CHANGE
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Original plant pots!

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Help make a difference

When it comes to lifestyle choices, you have more in common with a massive organisation like the National Trust than you think.

Every day we all make hundreds of decisions that have an impact on our lifestyles, our quality of life and the world around us.

At the National Trust, we still have much work to do to improve our ‘lifestyle’ and make better choices. The 'Small Steps, Big Change' project is helping people make changes and 'green up their acts' by creating opportunities for staff, volunteers, members, visitors, schools and community groups to get involved.

Small Steps, Big Change aims to help us look at ourselves and our daily decisions, and make the small steps which together make a big change.

Supported by:

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My small step
The staff entry box for the Ugly Veg competition

Inspired? Tell us what you are going to do…

Top tips
Energy saving week at Westley Bottom

Our current top tips are on cutting down on water consumption.

People's stories
Carrots from the Ugly Veg competition

A community garden from Australia were so inspired by the Ugly Veg Competition we ran last year, they are running their own!