Rosendale Energy Meeting this Friday 14th 7-8pm at Rosendale School and Tuesday 18th at Rosendale Allotments 7pm

See below for an update on the last Rosendale Energy meeting and invitation to meeting this Friday 14th at Rosendale School and next Tuesday 18th at Rosendale Allotments.Parents, children, teachers, governors, local residents, all people of every faith all warmly welcomed to learn more about the project.

Meeting for Rosendale energy 28.2.14

1.1 Review actions from previous meeting 14.2.14

All Saints 

AB confirmed All Saints coffee morning has taken place with positive response to Energy project. 

Rosendale School

Zoe contacted Kate Atkins to discuss engagement with children through school curriculum.

KA explained by email 28.2.14 that school diary has been planned for the year but she will consider how to incorporate the project into the curriculum. 

KA requested a timeline prior to next meeting. 

Rosendale Energy Plan for 2-6 months engagement with school

Investigate options for involvement; 

- School Assembly  

- Year 5 'Angry Earth' project 

- School survey written by children sent home in book bags

- Solar panel stickers - badges for returned surveys

KR to action 13.3.14

1.2 Peer mentoring Fund: Update from AO

Awaiting appointment of Lambeth Community Energy Commissioner 

AO in discussion with Lib Peck to move forward with Lambeth to fund project.

Funding from Cabinet Office will provide following;

2 workshops per month for 1 year from March 2014 -2015

Solar panel making workshop, draft busting etc

Plus support for financial model with South Bank University

1.3 Community engagement 

Team to focus on starting engagement with community.

Lairdale Estate

CCo/ AB to organise flyer Lairdale Estate for 18 March meeting.

Weekend 15.2.14 or 16.2.14 door knocking to start survey of 12 questions to ask local people want they want ... Home energy audit, internships, workshops etc

ACTION ALL: 14.3.14 next meeting to role play survey for Lairdale Estate

All to read survey & responses sent by AO email dated 31.1.14

Elmgreen School

 Liz Myers to discuss involvement in energy project at Parent Council Meeting on Saturday 15.2.14 

1.4 Constitution of the co operative

Next step to discuss Transparency of co op. AO to support group on setting up Co-op. For example the use of Google Open source documents.

1.5 Technical: South Bank University

Preliminary solar study underway, next steps to review CHP & other technologies. AO & JS to meet to discuss the opportunity to include playing fields CIC in the energy project.

Attendees: Zoe Burt, Anna Birley, Liz Myers, Jo Stone-Fewings, Agamemnon Otero, Carol Costello, James Smith, Kristina Roszynski

Positive news

Rosendale Energy had a positive response from the governors of Rosendale Primary School at the meeting last week. Together with support from All Saints church and residents of Lairdale estate we are making progress in creating a cohesive neighbourhood and generating excitement for this pioneering scheme to connect us up with renewable energy.

The other exciting news is that Repowering London have been successful in their very competitive bid for an award for a peer mentoring fund Community Energy Peer Mentoring Funding, so are in a strong position to help Rosendale Energy make the next steps.

Thankyou to all the new faces at recent meetings and from All Saints Church community group, always a delight to welcome new people and include your views and ideas.

Hope to see you all at the next meeting on Friday 14th February at Rosendale School for 7pm, please press the buzzer for reception and you will be directed where to go.

Many thanks

Spring term Meetings

Rosendale Energy is meeting this Friday 31st January 2014
7- 8pm at Rosendale Primary School
Always  welcome new parents, teachers, governors, pupils and local neighbours 
& if you can't make this week, here are next few meeting dates: 

Friday 14 February – 7.00pm – 8.00pm 
Friday 28 February – 7.00pm – 8.00pm 
Friday 14 March – 7.00 – 8.00pm

In February we will be presenting the project vision to the school governors.
We look forward to engaging as many people in the community as possible - if you can help with this in any way, we would love to hear from you - thankyou.

New years Resolutions - Good to be Green

All welcome to first meeting of 2014 for Rosendale Energy, this Friday 17th January 7-8pm

at Rosendale Primary School

Would you like to be part of the group to help make community owned renewable energy a reality this New Year? Hoping so - see you Friday!

See below: Article in school magazine Rosendale Voice by Year 5 pupil about the project

Update

Rosendale Energy met with a year 5 pupil at Rosendale School this week for an interview about Rosendale Energy - what the project is and how pupils, parents, teachers, governors, local residents can get involved, please look out for the article in the December edition of The Rosendale Voice. A competition will also be launched with the piece to encourage creative ideas.

Rosendale Energy are also meeting with the School Council this Friday to make a presentation about the project and engage pupils in the process and hear about their ideas and input.

Please come along this Friday if you're free to a Rosendale Energy meeting 7-8pm at Rosendale School, children are always welcome, we look forward to sharing details of next steps… hope to see you there!

Brixton Energy on BBC London News

http://www.youtube.com/v/GHP093x7aRM?version=3&autohide=1&showinfo=1&attribution_tag=rPwiv1qtxkbJYZloBSTj-Q&autohide=1&autoplay=1&feature=share

TTB, Brixton Energy, TTB Community Draught Busters and the Institute of Insulators (working title) are holding an event ALL ABOUT ENERGY, saving it, making it, owning. Locally! This will be at TTB's regular Shared Space Open Evening on Monday 11 November at the Loughborough Community Centre. See the attached flier which we will be distributing from this weekend. Please diary it now and let us know you can come! 

The aim is to network projects/businesses/local authority/communities, inspire, inform, think forward and take the first steps towards a Lambeth Energy Partnership. We will also report back on the REconomy Project Energy Report on localising the Energy Sector in Lambeth - and its action plan. see report here and scroll down.

Programme so far:

6-7 set up, demos, site visit to solar arrays on Loughborough Estate, networking, eating,

7-8 inspiring local energy project updates and future plans.

8-9 planning Lambeth Energy Partnership, moving Local Energy forward, discussions, networking.

There is a planning document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gTjeN5ewC4KGoAM3b6sCIiTqBpkU6gkmFdeQPVpGOe4/edit?usp=sharing . Please visit contribute, be in touch with ideas, offers,  etc on 07958 635181.

Please tell your members, associates, colleague, partners, people you want to convince this is the way forward, to be there. And us that you are coming and how you want to participate. We want short 4 min max (except for lead partners who get a couple of minutes more) contributions on what your project has done, is doing and wants to do. Tell us of people/projects who should be there.

Let's make saving and generating energy locally mainstream!