What Next? – Climate Emergency Centres for Waverley

Welcome to What Next?

We look forward to meeting you at one of our events soon. Use the tabs above, or click right, to explore our Projects, Workshops, Regular Activities and Other Events. We also have links to tools and data concerning the Present and Future of the Climate and Ecological Emergency, other Resources and details of how to Get Involved with What Next? Click here for a calendar of events.

Catch-up with Climate News and Awareness Events.

Up and Coming Events & Activities

People’s Emergency Briefing

On Climate Club evenings during June we will be supporting screenings of the People’s Emergency Briefing. For tickets, click below:

Godalming Borough Hall, 7:30pm, Friday 12th June.

Wilfrid Noyce Centre, Godalming, 7:30pm, Friday 26th June.

New Project: Living Wall

We are delighted to have been awarded a grant from Godalming Town Council to install a Living Wall on the outside of the Denningberg Centre. Creating green spaces and infrastructure in urban environments is an important contribution to adapting to climate change. On a large scale, living walls can contribute to air cleaning, reducing the urban heat island effect and enciunraging biodiversity. Our small-scale demonstration project is designed to encourage others in the urban environment to consider living walls.

Construction and Installation Commences

Following a satifying Climate Club Supper, What Next volunteers puzzle over the constructions of the Living Wall planters.

What Next volunteers hard at work constructing our Living Wall, planting to follow very soon.

Featured Project: Wildlife Walks of the Lammas Lands 2026

We have just published dates for this year’s programme of Wildlife Walks of the Lammas Lands. These has been a popular events, most of them timed to overlap with school holidays so that family groups can attend.

More details.

We are hugely supportive of Waverley Borough Councils pl;ans to declare the Lammas Lands a Local Nature Reserve.

We have been lobbying for this action since the start of 2025 and are looking forward to working with WBC on additional activities on the Lammas Lands.

Featured Project: Art Exhibition 2026

Up and Coming Events & Activities:

Art Exhibition

Living Wall

19th May to 13th June 2026

in the Godalming Museum.

Our 2026 Exhibition theme is:

Every year we hold an exhibition of locally produced art based on a climate related theme in the Godalming Museum. If you would like to submit a piece for this year’s exhibition click here for details.

Climate Action Workshops

Last Public Workshop: More soon

Friday 13th June, 7:00pm

Explore possible scenarios for limiting global warming to between 1.5 and 2.0 DegC. This is an on-line event organised in collaboration with Climate Articulate.

Climate Club

Friday 12th June & 26th

7:30pm to 9:30pm

Theme: People’s Emergency Briefing

This month’s climate clubs are a little different. We are supporting screenings of the People’s Emergency Briefing in Godalming. Click below for tickets.

Borough Hall, Godalming, 12th June

Wildrid Noyce Centre, Godalming, 26t

Conversation and a shared supper at the Denningberg Rooms, Bridge Street, Godalming, GU7 1HP.

This is a bi-monthly event, every 2nd and 4th Friday.

Eco-Theatre Group

Our thespians are taking a break during 2026. There are plans for a new play in 2027.

Last Performance:

The Rotary Duck Race, Godalming, Saturday 6th September, 2025

12pm & 2pm

Our Eco-theatre Group prepare through Autumn / Winter and perform through Spring / Summer. If you want to get involved contact us for details.

Home Energy Advice Team

Home Energy Advice Talk

FREE Home Energy Surveys.

Heat surveys will start again in the Autumn.

An initiative in collaboration with Godalming Library (Surrey County Council), Waverley Borough Council and Godalming Town Council.

Access the Godalming Library of Things

What would you borrow? Here are some ideas:

Planetarian Food Project

Shared Planetarian Supper

Climate Club, Friday 10th July

6:30pm

Come along and enjoy a shared supper and stimulating conversation with members of What Next?

Repair Cafes

Godalming

Saturday 26th June

10:00am to 12:30pm, The Borough Hall, Godalming

… and then the 4th Saturday of every month.

Chiddingfold

Saturday 13th June

10:00am to 12:30pm, Baptist Church, Chiddingfold

… and then the 2nd Saturday of every month.

Stop, Start, Continue

Denningberg Rooms, Bridge Street, Godalming, GU7 1HP.

Support groups work! Thinking about your aims and challenges with other people can inspire, motivate and supprt you. Come and think about the things you would like to stop doing, start doing and keep doing.

What Next Lounge

Join for a hot drink and a chat. We will also be joined by our Eco-theatre Group who will be performing: Nolene and the Rescue Hens in their Rubbish Puppet Theatre.

Find other dates for the What Next Lounge.

What Next Wednesdays

Every Wednesday, Godalming Library

2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Volunteers from What Next will be on-hand to provide advice, guidance and helpful tips in what you can do to support our local environment.

What Next for Wildlife in Waverley?

Wildlife Walks of The Lammas Lands

Next Walk: 24th June

Join us for our Wildlife Walks of the Lammas Lands.

Dates for 2026: 8th April, 27th May, 24th June, 29th July and 26th August.

Find out more.

News and Information

Recent Reports concerning the Climate and Ecological Emergency

We were delighted to be awarded a grant of just over £1,500 from Surrey County Council for Waste Prevention. These funds will be used to purchase new items for our Library of Things.