Grants from local energy fund for 155 projects

Ed Davey, the new secretary of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, also 155 community energy projects that have each won a share of £5.1 million of funding from the Local Energy Assessment Fund.

The winning bids include projects to demonstrate wall insulation to the public, schemes to check the energy efficiency of homes and events to promote energy efficiency in local communities.

Mr Davey said:”The big national challenges of keeping the lights on and emissions down can be tackled in small ways in our homes and local communities. These grants are designed to nurture the ideas and enthusiasm of communities up and down the country who want to cut energy use, cut emissions and save money.”
A map of the winning communities is available here.

The grants will be awarded to:

Chichester Community Development Trust

Bath Leading Lights

Village Power Community Interest Company (CIC)

Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network

Low Carbon East Oxford

Transition Belper

Southern Staffordshire Community Energy

Garndiffaith RFC

Marshfield Parish Plan Energy Working Group

Transition Leicester

Energy Efficient Widcombe

Gwendraeth Valley Energy Cooperative (GVEC)

Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Service (UTASS)

Coton Crescent Residents Association

Transition Wilmslow

Hanover 10:10 – part of Hanover Action for Sustainable Living (HASL)

Shrinking the Footprint Campaign (Church of England)

Community Energy Warwickshire Limited

Oakenshaw Community Association

Devon Heartlands Community Development Trust

Wilton Eco Park Development Community Association

Doddiscombsleigh Community School

Sheffield Renewables

Bathford Energy Group

Sight Concern Worcestershire (Worcestershire Association for the Blind)

Hilton Hall Community Association

Liverpool Housing Trust

North Elmham Sustainable Energy Group

Exmoor National Park

Burnage Tenants

Macc2020

Umbrella Fair Organisation

EcoLocal

Allestree and Normanton Neighbourhoods

Low Carbon Trust

Saffron Resource Centre

Zero Carbon Hackbridge

Queenbrough and Rushenden

Unity Wind Limited (30391R)

Parkfields Community Centre

Sustainable Backwell

LESS (Lancaster District) CIC

Wolverton Steering Group

Hollingdean Development Trust

Permanent Housing Cooperative Limited

ACE (Action in Caerau and Ely)

Earsdon Renewable Energy

Chorlton Refurb

Society for the Reduction of Carbon Ltd (trading as Carbon Co-op)

East Bergholt Society

Giroscope Hull

St Peters Community Partnerships

Villages Housing Association – Stockbridge Village, Knowsley

Cwm Harry Land Trust

Transition Town Louth

Commonwork Land Trust

Light Foot Enterprises

East Hampshire Environmental Network

Transition Montpelier

L8 Green Communities Partnership

Sandy Lane and King Johns Road

Friends of Earsdon

Adactus Housing Association

Windmill Hill City Farm

North Smethwick Development Trust

Lancashire Council Mosque Energy Efficient project (LCMEE)

Caistor Energy Partnership

Craghead Development Trust

Upper Afan Valley Forum Ltd

Transition Village Eastham and Bromborough

East End Community Development Alliance

Diocese of Gloucester

Fusion21 Energy Efficiency Films

Ashburton Futures

Longtown, Cumbria

Fowey Renewable Energy Enterprise

StART (Settle Area Regeneration Team)

Snitterfield Actioning Climate Change

Intact – Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust

Alcester Local Energy Group

Carlton Education and Enterprise

Ebbw Vale and District Trust

Easton Energy Group

Green Deal opportunities for social enterprise

Transition Town Cheltenham

PETRA – The Money Saving Estate

Kirby Thore Parish Council

Transition Cleeve

Friends of Holt Hall

Poole Tidal Energy Partnership

Leeds Action to Create Homes (LATCH) Ltd

Standbridge Lane Community Development Trust

Newlyn School

Groundwork Wakefield

GMCVO

Portslade Community Forum/South Portslade Community Association

Oldham and Tameside Community Energy Initiative

Light Foot Enterprises

Melbourne Community Centre Ltd.

Danby Village Hall

West Flintshire Community Enterprises Limited

Coleshill Parish Council

Low Carbon Ladock

Transition Bro Gwaun

Golden Gates Housing Trust

Interlink RCT

Avon Eco Power

Low Luckens Organic Resource Centre

Transition Town Shrewsbury

Camden and Westminster Refugee Training Partnership (C&WRTP)

Marple, Mellor & Marple Bridge Energy Saving Strategy (MESS)

The Old Basing Baden Powell Centre for Scouts & Guides – Renewable Energy Scheme

Great Houghton Parish Council

Upper Eden Community Interest Company

St. John on Bethnal Green, LB Tower Hamlets

Ecoisland Partnership Community Interest Company

Partnership Council

Emmaus Cambridge

Hyde Farm Climate Action Network

The Yard Project (Community Interest Company)

Glen Parva LEAF

Grassroots Bicester

Save a tonne Community Challenge

Local Space Housing (LSH)

Low Carbon Chilterns Co-op Limited.

All Saints Action Network (ASAN)

Hyde Martlet Housing Association

Chester-le-Street and District Council for Voluntary Service and Volunteer Bureau

Poplar

Calderdale Community Energy

Green Team Resident Champions (Staffordshire Housing)

Family Housing Association (Birmingham) Ltd.

Brighton Peace & Environment Centre

Sustainable Merton

Avon Riding Centre

Transition Town Maidenhead CIC

Isles of Scilly Renewable Energy Co-operative (ISREC)

Peel Road Residents’ Association

Fal Energy Partnership

Sherwood Community Energy Hub

Community Enterprise East London

ecodyfi, West Mid Wales

Marsden and Slaithwaite Transition Towns

Friends of St. Nicholas Fields

Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC

Norton Energy Community

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Bolton CVS

Arcola Theatre Production Company – Dalston Energy Angels

Christ Church Bridlington

Glyndon Community Group

Whitlingham Boathouses Foundation Ltd

Pendower Local Energy Assessment Project

Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council

Community Action for Energy Eaglescliffe

Gypsy and Traveller Communities and the Green Agenda

Barnoldswick Town Council