Communities in Bristol & Somerset

We actively support community groups in our own patch. Here’s how …

Support for communities in Bristol & Somerset

We work closely with community groups in our local area of Bristol and Somerset. Groups range widely in their interests, objectives and capacity. CSE aims to respond to their needs and agendas whilst also helping them to deliver more effective local sustainable energy solutions.

The services we currently offer include:

  • telephone and email advice
  • technical and on-site support
  • training and workshop delivery
  • printed resources and event kits

Examples of our work with communities in Bristol & Somerset:

Some of the communities we are working with...

Axevale Consortium for Energy | Forum 21 | Mendip Energy Volunteers | Pill and Community Warm Streets | Target 80 | Transition Town Langport | Quantock Eco | Sustainable Backwell | Transition Portishead | Transition Wellington | Deane Energy Saver | Taunton Transition Town | Energy Efficient Widcombe | Sustainable Somerton | Wedmore Green | Bristol Energy Co-op | Cheddar Action Network for a Greener Environment

If you are a community group in Somerset or the former Avon area and would like our support for your energy project please get in touch by emailing communities@cse.org.uk

Part of this support includes a monthly 'community energy update' for groups, which includes a round-up of funding opportunities, new initiatives and the latest national news which we come across in our day-to-day work.

Here are the most recent updates we've sent out to groups in our area:

May 2012  |  April 2012  |  March 2012  |  February 2012 (part 2)  |  February 2012 (part 1)  |  January 2012  |  December 2011  |  November 2011  |  October 2011  |  September 2011  |  August 2011  |  July 2011  |  June 2011  |  May 2011

Drop us a line if you want to be added to the list.

Other pages in this section:

Useful tools for communities

Energy training for communities in Bristol & Somerset

Below, CSE's James Mullen undertakes energy audits at two community buildings in Somerton. The first is the local infants school, the second a multi-purpose building known as the 'Parish Rooms'. This energy audit was done through our Renewable energy in Levels & Moors project.

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James (right) with a teacher from Somerton Infants School (left) and Phil Thomas from Sustainable Somerton
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In July 2011 we produced a report on behalf of Bristol City Council and funded by the Department for Energy and Climate Change that looks at the community energy sector in Bristol and aims to provide detailed capacity profiles of community energy groups in the city to identify key support needs and make recommendations for actions to support the sector in future.

Daniel Oliver, director of the Bristol Energy Co-op, reckons it's pretty good. "I think this piece of work is brilliant – a useful tool for us and others" he said. Download the report here.

And visual-spatial types may like this interactive map of Bristol's community energy groups. It's evidently very popular, having had over 9,000 views (as of March 2012).