We’ll be here again! Energy Champions are holding a stall at Filwood Market on Saturday 5th June! This will be our first in-person event since before the pandemic, and we’ll have the BEN gazebo, cycle powered lighbulb array, home of the future, and we’ll be giving out LED light bulbs from re:work to local people. There’ll be a chance to … Continued
West of England Community Energy “Our message for COP26” What can Community Energy offer to COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow this winter? What message do we want to bring? You can view the recording of this open meeting on youtube. About this event This November the UK will be the host of the 26th … Continued
Energy Champions are holding a stall at Filwood Market on Saturday 5th June! This will be our first in-person event since before the pandemic, and we’ll have the BEN gazebo, cycle powered lighbulb array, home of the future, and we’ll be giving out LED light bulbs from re:work to local people. There’ll be a chance … Continued
Meeting presentations, recording and notes Please see more detailed notes in this blog about the meeting. You can watch a recording of the full open meeting on Youtube here Presentations WECA grants for businesses More presentations to be added in due course Contacts SONNET: projects[at]bristolenergynetwork.org Energy Champions and volunteering: coordinator[at]bristolenergynetwork.org Policy: rebecca.windemer[at]gmail.com Links https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/BristolEmergencyCovidWinterFund https://thebristolcable.org/2021/01/new-emergency-fund-to-support-people-facing-fuel-poverty-because-of-covid-19/ … Continued
Join us to celebrate ten years of Bristol Energy Network. The 2020 AGM will include: Presenting the outcomes of the 2020 Members Survey Discussing our strategy work in progress Electing new directors Connecting with other members We’re recruiting new directors. Could this be you? Find out more details here. It will all be online, on … Continued
After the success of our training last month, we are offering a repeat of this session, so you can join our team of Energy Champions who are helping people switch supplier and access the Warm Homes Discount. There are two sessions – one in the daytime (11 to 1pm) and one in the evening (6 to … Continued
In July 2020 the Government announced a Green Homes Grant, as part of their post-Covid economic recovery package. This is in the form of vouchers for up to £5,000 per household, or up to £10,000 for households in receipt of certain benefits, for improving the energy performance of their home. These vouchers will need to … Continued
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Many people are struggling with energy bills following Covid-19, particularly now that the government freeze on debt collection is over. The Warmer Homes, Advice & Money (WHAM) project aims to help people reduce their energy costs. This event will give you the skills you need to help people in community groups to reduce their bills … Continued
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE! Due to the Covid-19 outbreak we have delayed this meeting and will now be holding a virtual open meeting during Community Energy Fortnight 13-28th June. Our (late) spring Open Meeting will be showcasing the improvements BEN has helped hosts Hartcliffe and Withywood Partnership on the make on their @Symes … Continued
City Leap update We will be hearing from BEN Director and City Leap Consortium member Paul Phare about the progress the consortium has made to ensure that the voices of our communities are at the fore-front of the planning and delivery of the multi-million pound City Leap programme to help the city become carbon neutral by … Continued