May Network Meeting – Engaging with the Local Community

Thursday 16th May 2024 10:00 – 13:00 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire

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Our next in person network meeting will take place on the morning of 16th May at  County Hall, Trowbridge. We will be exploring opportunities to engage the local community in creating, saving and sharing energy and hearing different perspectives from a wide range of speakers, with time for discussion and networking. 

• Wiltshire Council will tell as about their Energy and Retrofit plans and their work with community energy groups. The Leader of Wiltshire Council is also the chair of UK100 which brings together all Councils in the UK to share their own plans for Net Zero.
  
• South West Net Zero Hub will update us on Community Energy Fund opportunities and support for the community energy sector in the South-West.
  
• Representatives from National Grid and SSEN will tell us how things are changing – what capacity they have and how we can add or take from it. They will give an overview about their strategic investment process and will talk about what NGED is doing with community energy groups.
  
• Younity (part of Octopus Energy) will give an online presentation telling us how they work with local communities.
  
• We will have a feature on Retrofit:
  The Centre for Sustainable Energy will outline the opportunities for advice, training and funding available for Retrofit – making sure our existing houses and community buildings are best adapted for energy saving and we hope to have a speaker from a local Climate Action Group to talk about their work on retrofit.

Please follow the link below to book your place – the meeting is free to attend. If you can’t make it this time, copies of all the presentations (and if possible recordings) will be on our website after the event. We are hoping to set up a Zoom link for people to join the meeting remotely, but will confirm this nearer the time.