PCC is piloting sustainable community projects in Southsea and Paulsgrove exploring actions in its Greener Homes Strategy. In Southsea, it will retrofit 84 Jubilee Road as an exemplar and deliver activities like roadshows and trainings. In Whitehill Bordon, it will retrofit buildings including a fire station and schools, engage the community through events, and work with the local authority. In Hyde District, it will support an existing climate group and direct residents to advice. In Weston Shore, it will lend 100 electricity monitors to residents in tower blocks to educate them on reducing usage and savings.
Belvedere Green Links - The East London Green GridDean Jones
The East London Green Grid initiative is
improving east London's provision of
open space by providing a range of
formal and informal recreational uses and
landscapes, promoting healthy living.
G. Do you think that the lifestyle of the inhabitants of your town or city reflects behaviour that is in line with the concept of sustainable development? In your opinion, what should be improved?
Belvedere Green Links - The East London Green GridDean Jones
The East London Green Grid initiative is
improving east London's provision of
open space by providing a range of
formal and informal recreational uses and
landscapes, promoting healthy living.
G. Do you think that the lifestyle of the inhabitants of your town or city reflects behaviour that is in line with the concept of sustainable development? In your opinion, what should be improved?
Centre for Sustainable Energy, Energy at Home Trade Support, Solar Power: Dem...The Future Economy Network
Phillip Morris, Senior Development Manager for the Centre for Sustainable Energy talks about Energy at Home, a scheme which offers generous grants for heating and insulation to help residents of Bath & North East Somerset to make energy saving improvements to their homes.
John Lefever, Hastoe Housing.
John has worked in the housing sector for over thirty years, both as a private developer and a social provider. Former regional head of development for Hastoe Housing Association, whilst in that position his team delivered over 120 Passivhaus homes. Hastoe are leaders in delivering with Community Land Trusts, currently on site in Lavenham with its 9th scheme and delivering a scheme on the Southwold hospital site with a community benefit society.
A presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm, Co. Tipperary, Ireland's only community owned Wind Farm. Templederry was officially opened in September 2013 and produces enough green energy to power 3,500 houses.
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation: Community Local Plan updateAlexandra Dobson
In November 2016, the OPDC Planning Team held an event updating the local community on the Local Plan progress for Old Oak and Park Royal, the UK's largest regeneration project, delivering 25,500 new homes and creating 65,000 new jobs.
Find out more online: www.london.gov.uk/OPDC
Community Forum presentation - 31st January 2017Alexandra Dobson
The aim of holding these Forums is to start a genuine and consistent dialogue with the local community to ensure that the people the voluntary sector represent and support are involved in the future regeneration of Old Oak and Park Royal, west London.
Read OPDC's blog if you want to find out more: https://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall-blog/topic/10922
And to be kept informed and notified of the second draft Local Plan consultation in late Spring 2017 sign up to our newsletter: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/organisations-we-work/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc/sign-opdcs.
This presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm was delivered by Paul Kenny, at the Manage Energy event 'Energy Agencies & Energy Services of Regional Authorities'
Allotment (publics): an open data and data driven journalism perspective Farida Vis
This talk was delivered at the USING OPEN DATA policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism workshop (19-20 June, 2012), organised by the W3C, hosted by the European Commission.
The talk addresses issues of everyday data, related to ‘mundane issues’ that people relate to easily, principally because they feature in their everyday lives. This allows for a rethinking of political participation and civic engagement beyond the rather stale ways in which this is measured traditionally. The paper is interested in ‘really useful’ data, which has the ordinary end user firmly in mind. Specifically it highlights these issues through a case study of allotments in the UK, small plots of land rented from the council to grow fruits and vegetables. This case study highlights larger issues concerning the use and value of open data as well as how data driven journalism can play a role in telling these important stories. It highlight this as an open data case study that could embed open data ideas more firmly in the mainstream and take it outside the world of technology. Having an allotment and growing your own food have become incredibly popular in recent years. Due to a real shortage in allotments, lack of creation of new plots, and ever-growing waiting lists, this research is interested in building on and extending previous work in this area, addressing the following questions: How can allotment data be made really useful?; How can open data go mainstream, securing wide use adoption?
Centre for Sustainable Energy, Energy at Home Trade Support, Solar Power: Dem...The Future Economy Network
Phillip Morris, Senior Development Manager for the Centre for Sustainable Energy talks about Energy at Home, a scheme which offers generous grants for heating and insulation to help residents of Bath & North East Somerset to make energy saving improvements to their homes.
John Lefever, Hastoe Housing.
John has worked in the housing sector for over thirty years, both as a private developer and a social provider. Former regional head of development for Hastoe Housing Association, whilst in that position his team delivered over 120 Passivhaus homes. Hastoe are leaders in delivering with Community Land Trusts, currently on site in Lavenham with its 9th scheme and delivering a scheme on the Southwold hospital site with a community benefit society.
A presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm, Co. Tipperary, Ireland's only community owned Wind Farm. Templederry was officially opened in September 2013 and produces enough green energy to power 3,500 houses.
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation: Community Local Plan updateAlexandra Dobson
In November 2016, the OPDC Planning Team held an event updating the local community on the Local Plan progress for Old Oak and Park Royal, the UK's largest regeneration project, delivering 25,500 new homes and creating 65,000 new jobs.
Find out more online: www.london.gov.uk/OPDC
Community Forum presentation - 31st January 2017Alexandra Dobson
The aim of holding these Forums is to start a genuine and consistent dialogue with the local community to ensure that the people the voluntary sector represent and support are involved in the future regeneration of Old Oak and Park Royal, west London.
Read OPDC's blog if you want to find out more: https://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall-blog/topic/10922
And to be kept informed and notified of the second draft Local Plan consultation in late Spring 2017 sign up to our newsletter: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/organisations-we-work/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc/sign-opdcs.
This presentation about Templederry Community Wind Farm was delivered by Paul Kenny, at the Manage Energy event 'Energy Agencies & Energy Services of Regional Authorities'
Allotment (publics): an open data and data driven journalism perspective Farida Vis
This talk was delivered at the USING OPEN DATA policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism workshop (19-20 June, 2012), organised by the W3C, hosted by the European Commission.
The talk addresses issues of everyday data, related to ‘mundane issues’ that people relate to easily, principally because they feature in their everyday lives. This allows for a rethinking of political participation and civic engagement beyond the rather stale ways in which this is measured traditionally. The paper is interested in ‘really useful’ data, which has the ordinary end user firmly in mind. Specifically it highlights these issues through a case study of allotments in the UK, small plots of land rented from the council to grow fruits and vegetables. This case study highlights larger issues concerning the use and value of open data as well as how data driven journalism can play a role in telling these important stories. It highlight this as an open data case study that could embed open data ideas more firmly in the mainstream and take it outside the world of technology. Having an allotment and growing your own food have become incredibly popular in recent years. Due to a real shortage in allotments, lack of creation of new plots, and ever-growing waiting lists, this research is interested in building on and extending previous work in this area, addressing the following questions: How can allotment data be made really useful?; How can open data go mainstream, securing wide use adoption?
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and many other public bodies are invited to this meeting to talk about how to protect and improve Ireland's waters.
Green Deal and the Big Society in Hackbridge and Sutton. Part of the One Planet Sutton initiative.
Presention for Ecobuild 2011 by Philippa Ward Head of One Planet Regions at BioRegional.
Professor Ian Hodge's seminar for the CCRI on 24th October 2022.
There are two emergent movements in the governance of rural land: voluntary and local government initiatives that assess, plan and enhance landscape and biodiversity and a largely separate central government initiative for the development of Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes as a key element of national agricultural policy. This is developed and implemented by central government with a relatively large budget.
These two movements should be better integrated through the development of a system of Local Environmental Governance Organisations (LEGOs). A LEGO would stand as a ‘trustee’ with a remit to protect and enhance the quality of the local environment in the long term. It can assemble evidence on natural capital, co-ordinate amongst stakeholders and work with them to identify local priorities for nature recovery. It would search for synergies and collaborative partnerships and raise funds to support priority projects. A key point is that a proportion of central government funding should be devolved to LEGOs. This would link the vision being developed locally with the capacity to generate financial incentives for land managers to change land management.
Natural Cambridgeshire as the Local Nature Partnership is developing a number of the attributes of a LEGO. It is engaging with and appears to have support from a broad variety of stakeholders and is energising actions at several different levels. Through a local deliberative process, it can have a much clearer view of local opportunities and priorities than can be possible via central government. Natural Cambridgeshire has begun to raise funds but the likelihood is that this is will be too little, relatively short term and unsystematic. Longer term core funding would give Natural Cambridgeshire the capacity to back up proposals with financial support, potentially matching funding from other sources. It would then need to monitor and audit the implementation of projects and report on expenditure and outcomes. Over time it would adopt an adaptive approach to respond to outcomes and changing threats and opportunities.
National government needs to establish a framework for the development and operation of a system of LEGOs. It would continue to act in support of national standards, both through regulation and investment to meet international commitments, such as for biodiversity and climate change.
Tom Addistcott Co-production: how a community successfully acquired £1.2 mil...Bethan Roper
Tom Addiscott
Co-production: How a community successfully acquired £1.2 million.
The Ynysybwl Vision aims for a more green, sustainable and highly networked valley with community owned assets, businesses and activities. Through utilising asset based approaches and the principles of co-production a community come together to successfully acquire £1.2million from the create your space fund, the funding will be used drive forward the long term vision of the people of Ynysybwl. Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership are keen to share their learning with others including their successes, learning and challenges going forward.
Introduction, Daryl Phillips, Hart District Council
TrIsCo UK Study Tour: TrIsCo in Hampshire
1. Project part-financed by the European Union
TrIsCo Communities in
Hampshire
Thornhill
Hythe &
Dibden Purlieu
Weston
Shore
Southsea
Whitehill
Bordon
WinACC
2. Project part-financed by the European Union
Southsea
• PCC are setting up a pilot project in two areas: Paulsgrove and
Southsea. These projects will explore actions set out in the city’s
Greener Homes Strategy and promote sustainable communities.
Southsea
• Southsea is a densely built up area and contains typical early 19th
century homes of varying sizes.
• The area represents a diverse community including students,
council tenants, privately owned and rented properties.
• There is also a mixture of household income – those in receipt of
benefits and those on more moderate incomes.
3. Project part-financed by the European Union
Southsea
• PCC are looking to set up an exemplar retrofit property
• A counciled owned terraced house typical of the area. 84 Jubilee
Road will be retrofitted to a standard attainable by local residents.
• This property will become the focal point for tEC’s work in the area.
5. Project part-financed by the European Union
Southsea
tEC will be delivering a package of activities:
– 6 community roadshows
– 1 business roadshow
– 2 training sessions for front line staff
– 4 schools visits
– 1 environmental audit
– tEC will also provide a free advice phone line
6. Project part-financed by the European Union
Whitehill Bordon
• Whitehill Bordon is situated in East
Hampshire
• Population of 14,000 with 5400 civilian
households and 500+ army households.
• Young population compared to the rest of
East Hampshire (24% under 16) with a high
proportion of lone parents.
• 250 businesses in the area and employment
is mainly in distribution, catering, retail,
administration and manufacturing.
Source: www.easthampshire.org
• WB is a dormitory town with high levels of car ownership due to poor public transport provision within the town and linking it to other centres
7. Project part-financed by the European Union
Whitehill Bordon
• WB achieved Eco-Town status in July 2009 (and
received a £10.96m from the government)
• tEC will be working in partnership with East
Hampshire District Council on a range of initiatives
to promote behavioural change and reduce energy
consumption.
• The old MOD firestation, the library and five
schools will be retrofitted. The firestation will
become the eco-station – Providing community
and training facilities and information on the town
and retrofitting measures.
• tEC will work closely with EHDC to engage the
community through school visits, community road
shows, local authority staff training, and an
environmental audit for a local SME
Old MOD fire station/ new Eco-station
Source: Eco-town website
8. Project part-financed by the European Union
Hyde District Climate Change Forum
• HDCCF encourages sustainable energy practices, re-usage and recycling, producing
and consuming local food and other goods and services, protection and conservation
of the commons and environment
• HDCCF are being used an ‘climate change champion’. This group is already active in
the community and tEC will be supporting and advising the group on their work.
• HDCCF are currently promoting cavity wall insulation, lost insulation and WarmFront
grants to the community. They are directing residents to tEC who offer free and
impartial advice and help them to access these funds.
• The group is affiliated with New Forest Transition. www.newforesttransition.org and is
supported by New Forest District Council (NFDC)
• http://hdccf.blissford.net
10. Project part-financed by the European Union
Weston Shore
• tEC will be working with Southampton City
Council, Weston Shore tower block reps,
housing officers and local community
groups to affect behavioural change in this
area.
• tEC’s work in Weston Shore will focus on
electricity consumption.
• tEC has secured funds for 100 energy
monitors which we will lend to residents for
a period of one year.
• Weston Shore tower blocks were built in the 1960s and owned by
Southampton City Council. The community is seen as those with
low household incomes and in receipt of benefits. Historically they
have had little involvement in climate change issues.
Owl Electricity Monitor
Source: Save2 Energy website
11. Project part-financed by the European Union
Weston Shore
• Through a series of training and support meetings, tEC will educate
and advise residents how to effectively use the monitors and
highlight measures to reduce their electricity usage, CO2 emissions
and money.
• tEC will establish baseline data though electricity bills and our
energy efficiency questionnaire
• Progress and savings will be calculated throughout the project and
information fed back to the residents
12. Project part-financed by the European Union
Launch Event
Promotion
• Posters, Fliers, Local newspaper articles, Local authority web
pages, face to face meetings with housing officers and block reps,
mail drops, telecons etc
Points to consider
• time, date, location, knowing your audience
Editor's Notes
Greener Homes Strategy – key priority is dealing with improving the environmental performance of existing housing within a context of sustainability issues, especially related to lifestyles
BME -
We will talk about these later
tEC opportunity to work with EHDC as an eco-fit advisor as part of a separate funding stream. A member of tEC will be seconded to EHDC to advising on energy efficiency and facilitating interest free loans for retrofitting measure. EHDC have won £500,000 to offer 50 domestic properties loans of £10,000 through the Low Carbon Communities Challenge
Something on the real time display and records, online form to fill in, quarterly email hints and reminders
Perceived lack of previous involvement in CC we have highlighted the monetary benefits of energy saving measures and promoted the energy monitor ‘give away’