Tag archives for Energise Sussex Coast
Free Help withRising Water Bills
With water bills rising yet again from 1 April, local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is urging anyone in East Sussex who is struggling with their water bills…
Power Station: Community Energy Film Comes to Electric Palace
Local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast is bringing the must-see documentary Power Station to the Electric Palace cinema in Hastings this month. The screening, which will be taking place…
Free Help with your Energy & Water Bills
Hastings Furniture Service (HFS) is expanding the support it offers local households by hosting free weekly energy and water advice sessions at its Priory Meadow store, in partnership with local…
Warm Homes Discount Being Applied to Reduce Energy Debts
Local fuel poverty group Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is calling on members of the public to contact them if they know anyone whose Warm Homes Discount has been used by…
Energy Advice Over Winter
As the weather gets colder and our energy bills get higher, it’s good to know that local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) runs a free Energy Advice service…
Celebrating Community Energy!
Local community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) will be joining Battle Solar Town and others next month in celebrating Community Energy Fortnight (1-14 July), a national celebration of people-powered…
Desperately Trying to Keep Warm
KENT BARKER The government may have scrapped the Winter Fuel Allowance, but there are other schemes out there that can help with gas and electricity bills and they are desperately…
Free Training for Energy Champions
Local community energy cooperative Energise Sussex Coast are holding a free one-day interactive training at the White Rock Hotel in Hastings on Tuesday 17 December. The training is aimed at…
Award for Transformative Local Director
The director of local community energy co-operative Energise Sussex Coast, Kate Meakin, has won a national award recognising “one exceptional individual, in England, that has made an outstanding contribution to…
Living With Damp and Mould
KEN DAVIS, a retired architect, a director of Energise Sussex Coast and member of the Hastings Urban Design Group and Transition Towns explains why so many Hastings houses are damp…
Community News and Events
Funds for Rural Rother Friends Altogether in Rother (FAiR) delivers services to communities in rural Rother and has announced that they have recently been awarded £19,900 by The National Lottery…
Eco-Open-Home Events to Take Place Around East Sussex
Local residents open homes to the public to view energy-saving improvements and renewables Local residents from around East Sussex who have installed energy-saving and green technologies will be opening their…
Green award for Energise Sussex Coast
Sussex-based community benefit society Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) won a national Community Energy Initiative Award last week at a national ceremony in Bristol. In making the 2023 award the Regen’s Green…
Save Energy and Money Through the Winter Crisis
Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) are running a series of informative sessions throughout Novemberand into December. Home Insulation and Keeping Warm• 21 November, 7pm-8:30pm St Stephen’s Church, Newlands Avenue, Bexhill TN39…
People’s Assembly Attracts 200+ Gathering
Over 200 people gathered in Hastings Town Centre on Saturday 20 August for a People’s Assembly on the Cost of Living Crisis and the Climate Emergency. The Assembly was organised…
People’s Assembly to Debate Cost of Living and Climate Issues
By Charmian Kenner A People’s Assembly on the cost of living crisis is to be held in central Hastings on Saturday 20 August from It will take place outdoors in…
Energy Partner Slams Seachange
Sustainable energy co-op company Energise Sussex Coast, which partners Hastings Borough Council (HBC) in pursuing the latter’s net zero carbon target, has filed a formal letter of objection to the…
Dr Energy
The team at Energise Sussex Coast answer your home energy-related questions to help everyone to save money and keep warm as sustainably as possible. Is the Green Home Grant a…
Dr Energy
The team at Energise Sussex Coast answer your home energy-related questions to help everyone to save money and keep warm as sustainably as possible. What is the best way to…
DR ENERGY
Welcome to our new Dr Energy column written by the team at Energise Sussex Coast. In each issue of HIP, we will answer your home energy related questions. We hope this…
Post Pandemic Planning for Hastings
How to benefit the whole community In Issue 150 of HIP, HEART Looks Beyond Lockdown, we talked to Alastair Fairley, co-founder of HEART, about the organisation’s post lockdown plans and…
Energy Advice For Winter
Energise Sussex Coast’s winter energy advice service has restarted. In the first two weeks alone it has saved residents £2,381 by switching to a cheaper supplier or applying for the…
What Is SoS?
Sustainability on Sea is (SOS) a community festival held over nine days - organised by the community for the community to promote a sustainable future. From the Car Free Day…
Community Funded Solar Power Plan For Local Schools
Energise Sussex Coast, a not-for-profit community group fighting fuel poverty and the climate crisis, is forming a new cooperative to fund solar panels on local schools. This community-owned, renewable electricity…
Starting A Community Business? Apply For Funding Now!
Anyone in the South East with ‘bright ideas’ for a community business can apply for a share of the £ being made available by independent charitable trust, Power to Change…
Sustainability on Sea
Helping you help the environment The last fortnight has seen an onslaught of apocalyptic news, catastrophic climate change on the horizon and one million species at risk of extinction. Things…
Sunny Side Up
Ore Campus Solar Panels Installed In Six Days The feed-in tariff which pays back money for every solar energy kilowatt* produced by businesses and homes ended on 31st March. But…
NOVEMBER: Environmental News
Energy training lunch Energise Sussex Coast is offering free training on your lunch break - with pizza thrown in, too! This short course is suitable for people who work with…
Get involved, get active and change your world for the better
Sustainability on Sea is an environmental micro festival, focussed on Hastings, St Leonards and Ore. Running between 21st and 30th September, it aims to promote a sustainable future by encouraging…
Environmental News
As part of Cycling UK’s ‘Big Bike Revival’ programme of events, Bike Lab Hastings (aka ‘Labyrinth’) is opening its doors on Sunday afternoons in autumn. Visit them 2-5pm if you’d…
Changing the way we eat
Zelly Restorick We have less than 16 harvests left before experiencing serious problems within the UK food chain, warns organic farmer and activist, Patrick Holden, who set up the Sustainable…
Appeal for Solar Energy Sites
BY KENT BARKER The Hastings cooperative, Energise Sussex Coast, has won a grant to install solar panels in Ore. Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is a community benefit organisation set up…
New energy savings project launched in Hastings
Local residents and councillors attended the launch of the Climate Active Neighbourhoods (CAN) EU funded project at Christ Church, Ore on 1 November. Supported by the Citizens Advice Bureau, The…