Get ready for RCEF training
CSE will be hosting a training event in March to help community groups make an application to the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF). The session will help break down some key barriers, provide information for the particular situation each group finds itself in, and look at how to produce a focused application.
There will be space for two members from up to 16 groups and the training will take place in Bristol. The exact date and venue is yet to be confirmed, but the event will be structured into a series of surgeries covering topics such as:
• Renewable energy (pre-feasibility)
• Legal support
• Financial advice (project finance considerations etc)
• Running a community consultation
• Crowdfunding
• Setting up a community ESCo
Relevant professionals will lead each surgery including financial advice from Triodos bank, legal advice from TLT solicitors and technical advice from Garrad Hassan. WRAP, who administer the fund, will also be there to answer questions.
If you’d like to be put on a waiting list to attend the training, email us at
communites@cse.org.uk and we’ll contact you when registration is open.