Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Warm Me Up! Project has delivered over 300 home visits

Local Charity wins the battle to find funding

Posted on Thursday, June 19th, 2014
The Warm Me Up! Project has delivered over 300 home visits

Local charity and social enterprise Community Energy Plus has won its battle to find funding to replace a faulty boiler, which left a severely disabled young man and his mother without a heating system or hot water for six months. The young man in question is cared for full-time by his mother at their home near St Austell. A loan was taken out to replace the old boiler and, despite using a registered installer and a reliable model, the family …

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Community Power Cornwall launched their second share offer at The Green Cornwall Show

Community Power Cornwall launches second share offer

Posted on Monday, June 9th, 2014
Community Power Cornwall launched their second share offer at The Green Cornwall Show

Cornish residents have the opportunity to invest in and benefit from local community owned renewable energy generation as Community Power Cornwall has launched its second share issue. Community Power Cornwall is blazing the trail for communities to take an active role in meeting their energy needs through renewable sources, while retaining financial, social and environmental benefits within the county. The pioneering co-operative venture is offering the public community shares worth £735,000 over the next three months.  Its first share issue …

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