Tag: Solar
Westmill Solar awards eight fully funded energy assessments for Wiltshire Village Halls
On February 21st, Westmill Solar held a ‘Retrofitting and Energy Measures for Village Halls’ event to launch a community benefit project in Wiltshire. For years, Westmill Solar has funded a Community Buildings Energy Assessments scheme, run by the Low Carbon Hub, offering community buildings free energy assessments to identify actions that can be taken to reduce energy use. The aim
Celebrating the Women of Westmill
International Women’s Day, March 8th 2024 The Westmill Co-operatives are proud to be supporting International Women’s Day this March 8th, by highlighting the Women of Westmill. In line with our core principles of Voluntary and Open Membership and Democratic Member Control, it is a priority for the Westmill Co-operatives to have a diverse and representative leadership and membership. The women
Westmill Co-operatives Welcome International Academic
This month, Westmill Wind and Westmill Solar Co-operatives welcomed Korean Academic Dr. Jongick Jang, Ph.D. for an online conversation with Tom Parkinson, Chair of Westmill Solar Co-operative and an in-person visit with Sarah Flood, the Westmill Solar Company Secretary, at our Oxford office. Dr. Jang is a lecturer at Hanshin University, located near Seoul, and has extensive experience researching co-operatives.
WESTMILL SOLAR ALLOCATES OVER £27,000 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FUNDING GRANTS SCHEME
Following applications from a wide and varied selection of organisations, Westmill Solar is delighted to announce that it has awarded over £27,000 to local community organisations during 2024. In addition, Westmill Solar has also helped two crucial community buildings in Wiltshire to save energy, resources and money, by funding improvements to the buildings through its Wiltshire Village Halls Project. The
WESTMILL SOLAR 2023 COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME OPENS, DEADLINE 25th SEPTEMBER 2023
Westmill Solar Co-operative is delighted to announce that its Community Grants Scheme for 2023 is now open for applications. This initiative aims to support projects for local community organisations within Oxfordshire or within a 25 miles radius of the Westmill Solar Farm. These grants aim to fund projects that: The full criteria for applications can be found in the guidance
WESTMILL SOLAR CLOSES IT’S THIRD ROUND OF ITS COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME
Westmill Solar allocates just over £49,000 through the community benefit fund. 2022 was the third year of the Westmill Solar the community grant scheme, and it’s the biggest funding scheme we’ve allocated so far. This year we have granted 13 different community organisations a share of just over £49,000. The quality of applications is very high year on year which
Westmill Solar awards £37,000 from its 2021 community grants scheme!
Westmill Solar awards £37,000 from its 2021 community grants scheme! Westmill Solar Co-operative is pleased to announce that, in our community grant scheme’s second year, we have approved the funding of approximately £37,000 of community grants to 10 organisations! Once again, we were delighted with the responses we received and the projects that our panel of members chose were those
Westmill Solar and Westmill Wind Farm secure Fair Tax Mark
WESTMILL SOLAR AND WESTMILL WIND FARM BECOME FIRST COMMUNITY ENERGY CO-OPERATIVES TO SECURE FAIR TAX MARK Oxfordshire-based Westmill Solar and Westmill Wind Farm and have today (10th November) secured their first Fair Tax Mark certifications, and join the growing movement of responsible businesses who are proud to ‘say what they pay with pride’. The two renewable energy co-operatives are co-located
Westmill: Week of Action 2017
Political change was a vital part of bringing Westmill, the UK’s first solar cooperative, to life. Of course, inspirational leadership was the first step—Adam Twine knew his land could be used for the benefit of the community and the climate. And the enthusiasm and vision of local people was essential. But we couldn’t have succeeded as a cooperative without Government