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Rural Heat-Pump installation

August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Panasonic and Air2Heat Ltd have helped a couple in Powys install a heat pump, rather than a new oil-bolier. This case study shows how the government grant for a boulier upgrade of £ 7,500 made it more economical to install a heat pump and goes through how the installation worked (more…) Read More
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Pontesbury Food Allotment

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Earlier this year, Shropshire CIO helped Pontesbury Village to create an allotment, and they put in place a shed, built raised beds and planted seeds. Now we can see the fruits of their efforts.. The weekly harvest provides contributions to the local food bank. Fantastic. (more…) Read More
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Carbon Literacy Project Platinum Award for SOS

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Save Our Shropshire were delighted and honoured to receive their Platinum Award as a Carbon Literate Organisation from the Carbon Literacy Project at the Carbon Literacy Project annual awards ceremony in Manchester on Thursday June 13th. The Carbon Literacy Project awards organisations different levels of award – Bronze, Silver, Gold (more…) Read More
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Accelerating Action on Climate Change

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Zero Carbon Shropshire and South Shropshire Climate Action organised a meeting at the Shrewsbury Football Club Ground, to bring together groups involved to accelerate the action on Climate Change. It was a highly successful event, and we were delighted to be one of the event’s Sponsors. Allan Wilson shared some (more…) Read More
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Shropshire Lieutenancy Newsletter – Queen’s visit

June 9, 2024January 31, 2025 Gemma Rickard
The spring newsletter from the Lord Lieutenant features the visit by Queen Camilla to Shrewsbury and in particular the Flaxmill Maltings building. We had a stand there, and Allan Wilson had the pleasure and honour to introduce the Queen to several people involved with tackling the issues posed by climate (more…) Read More
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Empowering Shropshire’s Community Groups

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Marches Energy Agency (MEA) has secured funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Shropshire Council for the Community Climate Connectors (CCC) project. With over 25 years of experience in helping people keep warm and reduce their carbon footprint, MEA recognises the increasing demand for such services. The CCC project (more…) Read More
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SOS To deliver Carbon Literacy Workshop to SMEs

April 16, 2024April 22, 2024 Gemma Rickard
We are excited to be selected by the Shropshire Chamber of Commerce to deliver Carbon Literacy Education to SMEs in Shropshire. This can lead to those working for the 100’s of SMEs across the county receiving a certificate in Carbon Literacy. Climate Change can be seen as a threat to (more…) Read More
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Sherborne voted Sustainability Town of 2024

April 14, 2024April 14, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Sherborne in Dorset sounds like the perfect place to live and is incredibly fit for the future. The Sunday Times newspaper declared in March 2024 that Sherborne is the best place to live in the South West. Sunday Times judges said: “A busy high street and high-class education helped to (more…) Read More
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Queen Camilla to visit Flaxmills Malting site

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Gemma Rickard
Queen Camilla will be opening the Flaxmills site on Wednesday 27th March, after a visit to the Shrewsbury Town Centre. During her visit, she will meet several groups at the site, including Save Our Shropshire CIO. We will have a special stand there. We will be able to introduce her (more…) Read More
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Food and Farming: We all need to step up to the plate

March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 Gemma Rickard
We all need to step up to the plate to have a farming strategy that will tackle climate chnage. Read More
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