Last Saturday a couple of our members of Taunton Transition Town attended the Energy Forum organized by the Centre for Alternative Technology – www.cse.org.uk. There were valuable updates on the new green deal that has just been announced by the government, the feed in tariff and the renewable energy incentive amongst other topics.
More about the above topics in a separate post.
What I wanted to focus on was the Surviving Winter Appeal devised and piloted by Somerset Community Foundation in 2010 and now going into a second year. It was set up in response to the high number of winter-related deaths (430 in 2009) and the estimated 33,000 pensioners living in fuel poverty.
Over 300 people donated last year, raising over £55,000 to help older vulnerable people last year. With their help they distributed grants to help over two hundred individuals and supported `handyman` schemes to provide emergency repairs through the winter.
If you want to donate find out how here:
Taunton Transition Town 