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Wiltshire Council is offering a grant for loft and cavity wall insulation, to keep your home warmer and save on heating bills and carbon emissions.
But everyone is entitled to at least a partial grant. Home owners and private tenants are eligible to apply. Residents of flats are also able to apply provided all in the block are in agreement. All grant offers are subject to survey, as the grant covers a maximum area of loft or wall, and has a maximum value of œ200 per insulation type. To register for the scheme, please tel: 0800 512 012 or go to: www.warmandwell.co.uk Please publicise this scheme to friends and neighbours and other members of your community. Leaflets are available from the Wiltshire Energy Efficiency Officer, Rachel Ross; tel: 01722 434349 or email rachel.ross@wiltshire.gov.uk
The aim is to provide reliable and useful information in small supportive groups for people who are concerned about climate change to help them examine ways in which they might reduce their carbon footprint. This is what a participant on the first Salisbury course had to say- ”Most inspiring was sharing curiosity, discovering information from each other and then encouraging others to make changes -and receive support to make ones own changes. It was the ‘togetherness’ that made all sessions so valuable”. The course consists of six two hour sessions, which take place once a fortnight, on home energy, travel and transport, food and water and consumption and waste. It is based on a course handbook, which is packed with useful information. Methods consist of exercises in pairs, group discussion, board games, short talks and practical tasks based on participants’ own lifestyle. For further information go to: www.cambridgecarbonfootprint.org.uk/action/carbon- conversations For information about courses in Salisbury email: southwiltsaction21@gmail.com  A power station on the roof Find out all about it; from fitting solar thermal panels to photovoltaics for power generation. What does it cost, what are Feed-in tariffs (FITs), how much power can I generate and what is the pay-back time? This is the story of one Salisbury couple’s personal experience. “It was a long and dark December, from the rooftops I remember there was snow, white snow………” Read more on Solar Thermal, PV and FITs. What’s it all about?
For full calendar of events click on ‘Come to our Events and Meetings’ in the lefthand column. To download a poster go to www.salisburyfairtrade.org.uk Winner W S Wyatt praised for passion and achievement in Salisbury 2011 Green Business Awards. The award was presented by Araine Crampton at the Salisbury & District Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony on Friday 11th February. Ariane is Climate Change Officer at the Green Business Awards sponsor Wiltshire Council. Others on the South Wilts Agenda21 panel of judges were Ken Taylor, retired Shell general manager, and Guy Beards, Lecturer in health, safety & environmental management, and Environmental management coordinator, at Wiltshire College. Read Ariane Crampton’s speach in full here.. Read more on Green Business Award 2011 What steps have been taken during 2010 which have brought us a little closer towards achieving a sustainable future for South Wiltshire? Here are 10 positive news stories for 2010:
Photovoltaics, Bikeabiltiy, School vegetable gardens, Fairtrade Diocese, community orchards and more…… Read about them and how we plan to build on these in 2011. Read more on 10 +ve news stories from 2010 and hopes for 2011
 River Bourne Community Farm - the vision Ben Parker, from River Bourne Community Farm in Salisbury and Nick Snelgar, from Future Farms Co-operative at Martin both spoke at our recent ‘Local Food and Farming’ meeting. Ben spoke of his vision for a community based project to re-create a working farm, such as those of the 1950s/1960s. The farm is readily accessible to local schools and provides a ‘hands on’ educational experience for local children. Nick talked about the ‘Future Farm’ project in Martin, where local households are involved in growing their own food. This project started some 7 years ago, with the aim of producing as much food as possible locally and raising people’s awareness of the source of their food. For those whose appetite had been whetted by his talk … Read more on Local food & farming
Wiltshire Council are currently consulting on proposed changes to their waste collection service which will see alternate weekly rubbish collections introduced across the county. Evidence from other councils has shown that, where alternate weekly collections are introduced – recycleable material one week, residual waste the next – recycling rates have improved. For this reason, South Wiltshire Agenda 21 are supporting the proposed changes. To find out more and take part in this consultation visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm
 SCCAP meeting 21.6.2010
The next full meeting of the Salisbury City Community Area Partnership – which will also be the AGM for the Partnership – takes Climate Change as its theme. The meeting will be held at the newly refurbished Quaker Meeting House on Wilton Road on Monday 21st June, 7 – 9 pm. There will be speakers from Wiltshire Council and South Wiltshire Agenda 21 as well as displays and information. Admission free – all welcome South Wiltshire Agenda 21 regularly submit responses to local consultations and to major planning applications, with a view to ensuring that environmental considerations are taken into account by Wiltshire Council and others in their decision making process. We also encourage member groups and individuals to submit their own responses and make sure their voice is heard. We welcome contributions towards our group responses to ensure that we represent the views of the membership. Wiltshire Council consultations are accessible from their website at http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm Below are some examples of our recent responses. |
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