New Community Energy Projects in Sheffield and the surrounding area: A Call to Action!

Hosted by Sheffield Community Energy

Saturday 25 January 2025 at 2pm-5pm, Cemetery Road Baptist Church (Napier Street entrance, not Cemetery Road entrance)e 

We will start at 2pm prompt. The venue will be open from 1.45pm

This is a follow-up event to our highly regarded 2024 event ‘Expanding Community Energy in South Yorkshire,’ which showcased successful community energy projects across the country.

New Community Energy Projects in Sheffield and the Surrounding Area is aimed at individuals and groups who are now willing and ready to start setting up their own community energy projects in the Sheffield area that can take advantage of new government support for community energy.

As the climate emergency continues to meet with a frustratingly slow response from governments, national and globally, local actors are increasingly taking the future into their own hands by setting up locally controlled renewable energy and carbon-reduction projects. If you are amongst those people who have the skills, the appetite and the enthusiasm to make sure we start addressing this challenge, then this event is for you.

On the day, you will have the chance to:

• Meet with others who are interested in similar projects

• Find out about the key first steps in setting up your own project

• Find out about useful sources of support, locally and nationally

• Find out about possible ways your project could be funded

• See how others have set up similar projects

• ‘Sign up’ to either already existing or potential new projects

AGENDA

1.45pm Venue opens

2pm - 2.30pm Welcome in the hall

Sheffield Community Energy and a special guest will welcome you to the event

Dave Berry of Sheffield Community / Sheffield Renewables and SY Ecofit will give a short presentation on how to set up a community energy project in Sheffield: lessons we have learnt

2.30pm - 3.30pm Browse stalls in the hall and dining room. Refreshments available in the dining room

Stalls will include the following themes, designed to generate ideas for starting or joining a community energy project:

• Community-council collaboration

• Homeowners

• Warm Homes

• Energy projects for Schools

• Places of Worship / Community buildings

• Wind Turbines

• Existing projects: Sheffield Renewables / SY Ecofit / Our Cow Molly

• Energy Local

• Neighbourhood Energy Independence

• We will also have stalls providing information on finance (Pure Leapfrog) and heat pumps (IMS Heat Pumps)

3.30pm - 4.15pm Call to Action workshop in the dining room

World Café style group activity designed to share and generate ideas for new projects and groups. The aim is for everyone to leave with achievable actions.

4.15pm - 4.45pm Final plenary

Will Stewart, Director of Investment, Climate Change and Planning, Sheffield City Council will give a presentation on how SCC could support plans that have been suggested

Sheffield Community Energy will summarise and give closing remarks

Bring your skills, talents, and interests – we look forward to seeing you there!

This event is FREE to attend, however, we welcome donations, which will go towards the hire of the venue. Donations will be administered by South Yorkshire Climate Alliance.