This diary lists all our project related meetings since October 2013. For information on activities prior to this, please see "Diary May 2005 - September 2013"
Friday, June 6, 2014 at 8:46AM 
31 May: At the Parish Council public meeting on the Equity Homes proposal for 15 houses adjacent to the Methodist Chapel the public call for an improvement eco friendliness of the development.
20 May: Garry attends DECC CECG meeting in London.
Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 1:23PM 17 April: Alison Bailey of DECC discusses issues surrounding Microgrids with Roy Alexander.
14 April: Shogo Kudo from Tokyo University, Japan, makes a second fact finding visit and meets residents to discuss the project. Thanks to Kate Harrison, Cathy Rounthwaite and Timebank for their support.
10 April: The Guardian newspaper runs a story about the project and features and interview with Kate Harrison.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 2:06PM 4 March: Team members attend Green Chester event to watch the showing of Project Wild Thing and hear about the success of DoNation. Thank to Alice Elliott for organising.
5 March: AHCEC Board meeting.
12 March: AHCEC Monthly meeting.
12 March: AHCEC and other folk meeting with Matt, Sam and Tom - founders of the "Veg Men" to discuss collaboration on village projects and sustainability. The Veg Men have made a big impact on the village - providing top quality locally grown salad and vegetables that are sold in the community shop.
29 March 8pm: Get Glo-ing with Earth Hour. Earth Hour celebrations from 8-9.30pm at the QEII field in Ashton Hayes. Lights will be switched off along Church Road from 8.30-9.30pm when we join with millions around the world to reduce our carbon emissions. The schoolchildren and families will be doing a glo-ing procession round the field. FREE glo-sticks and hot chocolate for all. Should be fun!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 2:00PM ;)
9 February: (Left): Board members of AHCEC visit Vicar's Close to investigate whether the sheltered homes might accomodate new PV arrays.
16-19 February: Garry & Alex begin writing the history of the GCN project. We hope to publish a book, one day!
20 February: Ashton Hayes Resilience Meeting. The plan is almost ready for publication.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 1:55PM ;)
23 January: (Left) Joint meeting between Neighbourhood Planning Team, Parish Council and Ashton Hayes Community Energy Company at the Royal Oak in Kelsall to discuss the way forward and implementation aspects of the Neighbourhood plan.
27 January: AHCEC monthly meeting to discuss new PV projects and other items. We agree launch @ashtonhayesCEC twitter feed.
