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A new partnership to power up York’s schools

15th February 2021

Some great post-Valentine’s news: York Community Energy has teamed up with Solar for Schools to work together to bring solar panels onto the rooftops of York schools. Solar for Schools have worked with over 60 schools across the UK to install rooftop solar panels, providing schools with clean, cheap electricity at no cost to the

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Our 2020 AGM: high on possibility, low on cakes

20th November 2020

Like many organisations, we held our first ever online AGM this year, and we are very pleased to say that it went off pretty much without a hitch and with one of our highest attendances for any AGM, despite the absence of the cake that has been our standard bribe to members for years. If

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Upcoming events

10th November 2020

Join us online to learn, discuss and share. Draught-proofing workshop Monday 16th November 7pm on Zoom Get ready for winter! Join us to learn the basics of how heat is lost in your home, how to find leaks or draughts and how to fix them. Find out more or book online now through Eventbrite.  

Changes on the horizon

23rd October 2020

We have some fairly big YCE news to share with you ahead of our upcoming AGM: we have decided to become a Community Benefit Society (CBS)! Currently YCE is a volunteer-run unincorporated membership association with HMRC charitable status. This has served us well until now, but it was only ever meant to be temporary. We

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Our 2020 AGM: “Zero Carbon: Mission Possible”

12th October 2020

Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to get to net zero by 2050. At our AGM this year we will be hearing how it can be done, using existing tools and technologies, and how communities like York can contribute. Our 2020 AGM will be held on Thursday October 29th at 6:30pm. As

The £5k Green Homes Grant: what you need to know

23rd August 2020

Update: on 21st September we ran a free webinar ‘An introduction to the Green Homes Grant and effective home upgrades’, which you can watch either here or on youtube. This post was updated on 12th October to reflect new findings about the scheme. You may have heard about the government scheme called the Green Homes

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New Community Energy Fortnight event: Building Better for the Future

18th June 2020

It’s Community Energy Fortnight 2020, which means community energy groups across the country are holding events to spread awareness and share learnings with other groups. This year is a bit unusual, however, thanks to the lockdown: instead of physical events, everything is online, which means that it’s never been easier to get involved! We at

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Warmer Homes York – what’s been going on?

17th June 2020

The cold winter months are fast becoming a distant memory with the lovely weather we’ve had recently. As the weather gets warmer, let’s briefly look back at the various activities that we undertook as part of our Warmer Homes York programme. Warmer Homes York area on website In case you haven’t spotted it yet, we

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Cosy Up! Draught-proofing workshops

13th January 2020

We’ve teamed up with Carbon Co-op and St Nicks to offer you two workshops on Sunday 2nd February. Please follow the links for more details and help spread the word by passing them on. 2-4pm Draught-proofing workshop: For little or no money you could make your home more comfortable, cheaper to run and reduce your

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2019 AGM report: Healing our homes in an age of heating

15th December 2019

Facing up to the challenge of making 25 million UK homes ready for the low carbon world we need is a huge challenge. With government and the housebuilding industry having pretty much deserted the fight, community energy organisations are stepping up to try to find a way forward. For our AGM this year we heard

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