Past Events

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

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

Design workshop for energy champions to co-create ways to deliver on the city’s No More Cold Homes and Zero Carbon 2030 Targets. BEN invites you to join organisations and community activists and be part of a design workshop for energy champions to co-create a programme to deliver the city’s No More Cold Homes and Net … Continued

  Take part in this inspiring and motivating look-back over what BEN and our marvelous members have achieved in 2019. We will be presenting the learning we’ve been doing with projects like: Energy Transition conference 2019 REPLICATE – a research project on creating Smart Homes in Ashley, Easton & Lawrence Hill WHAM – supporting people … Continued

A Just Energy Transition: responding to the climate emergency The conference report is here! This year, BEN’s Energy Transition conference is on how to move from climate activism into climate action, focusing on for a more just and sustainable energy system. Date: 8th November 2019 Time: 1.30 – 6pm (with drinks and networking to 7pm) … Continued