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Free Energy Efficient Communities Events

Wed, 8 January 2014

1st February 2014, Matlock

15th March 2014, Hockerton Housing Project

FREE

A free training event to equip you with practical tools and ideas to lower your energy bills, make your home more energy efficient and help others in your community do the same.

  • Try out some practical tools
  • Hear about inspiring projects in other communities (keynote speaker from the RECCKN project: http://vimeo.com/70110525)
  • Find out how to lower energy use in community buildings
  • Find out about sources of funding
  • Meet others who want to/are doing the same

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential: http://bit.ly/17U5FJF 

Question? Contact Caroline Harmon: caroline.harmon@mea.org.uk / 07748 508704

 

January E-News Out Now

Wed, 8 January 2014

Our latest monthly e-newsletter is out now. It's packed full of the latest local and national news on climate change and energy. Read it online.

Subscribe to get future issues straight to your inbox: email ccan@mea.org.uk with you name, email address and the name of any relevant community group or organisation you belong to or work for.

For more regular updates keep an eye on our website or follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

 

Rural Community Energy Fund

Wed, 11 December 2013

The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) is now available to rural communities in England who are considering a renewable energy project. Stage 1 provides grant funding of up to £20,000 to fund investigating viability. Stage 2 provides an unsecured loan of up to £130,000 to develop a robust business case and planning application. The funder, WRAP, have revealed that some early applications to the scheme have not shown that there has been engagement with the wider community about the proposed project. Consulting the community is therefore a critical part of the application.

 
More details and an application pack: www.bit.ly/11VhOhV
 

Sustainable Communities Act

Wed, 11 December 2013
The Sustainable Communities Act 2007 gives power to local authorities to submit proposals about the social, economic and environmental improvements they want to see introduced in their local areas. In October the government extended these powers to town and parish councils.
 
The Department for Communities and Local Government says: ‘This is the opportunity for town and parish councils to engage with the local community and ask for their ideas about how the community can be improved. If there are barriers to the implementation of these ideas they can use the Act to ask the government to remove them. The barriers can be in legislation or guidance or they may be the result of established practice.’
 

More: www.bit.ly/1frg1bU

 

Peak District Environmental Quality Mark

Wed, 11 December 2013
Environmental Quality Mark
 
The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark (EQM) is an award presented to businesses that put pride in the peak district at the heart of their operations safeguard natural resource, safeguard the environment, add to the wellbeing of their communities and promote these values to their customers.
 
To find out more about achieving the EQM visit: www.eqm.org.uk/peakdistrict/index.asp