"Nøtterøy enters into a collaboration with the village of Ashton Hayes on combating climate change. The aim is to exchange ideas and experiences on how to combat climate change through grass roots involvement. The agreement to collaboate implies no economic obligations for either party"
Thanks to everyone in Nøtterøy from everyone in Ashton Hayes!
See the formal letter from Nøtterøy Council here.
]]>The grant money, awarded through the Government’s Low Carbon Community Challenge, will be spent on a range of green measures which will cut carbon, save money on energy bills, and could even see some communities make cash from generating their own energy – thanks to the Government’s new clean energy scheme.
Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock said:
“The huge enthusiasm for the Low Carbon Communities Challenge demonstrates that local people are passionate about building a low carbon future in the UK. Today’s winners will act as a test bed for green action, and show us all what a greener future looks like.
“This sort of action is vital because over a quarter of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from heating, lighting and powering electrical appliances in our homes. By 2050 this needs to be almost zero and we can only achieve that through the creative initiative of local communities.”
In total, 22 communities will benefit from the £10million Low Carbon Community Challenge grant fund. The aim of the fund is to inform government of what works at a community level to cut emissions. The first ten winners were announced on 21st December last year.
]]>We hope you like the changes we are making. Please bear with us over the next few weeks as new suppliers are established and final display fittings are delivered.
Please come and visit your new store next week and tell us what you think! We are grateful for any suggestions you may have, or requests for items you think we should keep as this is your Community shop and its success is dependant on its use by Community members.
Remember - unless we use it we will loose it!
Lisa Allman
On Behalf of the Community Shop Steering Committee
We are now planning our project strategy for the coming years and will be announcing some changes in the New Year after consultatation with our volunteers.
Happy New Year to everyone!
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Left to right: Rebecca Handley, Katy Byrne, Harry Partington and Katie Barker are interviewed about their views on the enviroment by Swedish Radio journalist Johan Prane, at Ashton Hayes Primary School. Johan also chatted in the Golden Lion to visitors from Scottish Power (below) and other residents about our plans for the future.
The three day visit involved a series of presentations from the Ashton Hayes delegates, newspaper, radio and TV interviews. All expenses for the visit were kindly covered by the Town Council.
Ashton Hayes will be helping Nøtterøy to make a film about its journey and the Parish Council has twinned with the Nøtterøy Council on a carbon neutral basis.
Thanks to everyone in Nøtterøy for their fantastic hospitality.
At last night’s Parish Council meeting we had a unanimous vote in favour of registering our interest in applying for capital funding as a ‘first mover’ community under the recently announced Low Carbon Communities Challenge 2010-2012. The Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral Project team, an official sub group of the Parish Council, will lead the application in due course.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), is offering a total of £10m to 20 'beacon communities' that are in the forefront when it comes to fighting climate change. Each community will have the opportunity to obtain £500k towards captial expenditure on items such as renewable energy, retrofitting houses and electric car charging points. Full details on the fund can be found on DECC's website.
]]>Project leaders of Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral have finished a 12-month study and are considering creating a renewable energy system for the village’s school, neighbouring houses and buildings.
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