Transcript File - West Berkshire Green Exchange

Forum & AGM
Wednesday 17th September 2014
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Agenda
• Welcome
• AGM
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Apologies
Chairman’s Report
Treasurers Report
Electing Officers for the Management Committee
Priorities for the coming year
Conference
AOB
• Community Energy and How to Get Started – Nick
Stedman, Kennet Community Energy
• Short Break
• Hungerford Food Festival - Tony Drewer-Trump (HEAT)
• Updates from the groups
• Close
2013-14 Audited Accounts
Accounts Highlights
31/08/13
31/08/14
WBGE funds (£)
388
788
Held on behalf of GCT (£)
7040
6632
Agenda
• Welcome
• AGM
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Apologies
Chairman’s Report
Treasurers Report
Electing Officers for the Management Committee
Priorities for the coming year
Conference
AOB
• Community Energy and How to Get Started – Nick
Stedman, Kennet Community Energy
• Short Break
• Hungerford Food Festival - Tony Drewer-Trump (HEAT)
• Updates from the groups
• Close
Purpose
We act as a collective ‘voice’ and enable
local groups to share knowledge, ideas and
best practice with each other and have a
direct communication and support from
West Berkshire Council to implement ‘green’
targets and promote a sustainable society.
Membership
BBOWT
Cold Ash Parish Greening
Group
Five A Day Market Gardening
Good Power
Greening Burghfield
Greening Hermitage
Greening Upper Bucklebury
Greening West Fields
Hungerford Environmental
Action Team
Newbury and Thatcham
Green Gym
Pangbourne and Whitchurch
Sustainability Group
Renewal Project
Thames Valley Energy
Bucklebury Cycling Forum
Community Furniture Project
Frilsham Parish Council
Goring and Streatley
Sustainability Group
Greening Wash Common
Hampstead Norreys Parish
Council
Kennet & Thames Cohousing
Oxfordshire Renewables
Peasemore Parish Council
Sheepdrove Farm
Stanford Dingley Parish
Council
Thatcham Good Life
West Berkshire Council
CCB
Elm Farm
George Goes Green
Great Shefford Parish
Council
Greening Padworth
Greening Thatcham
Greening Welford Parish
Lambourn Valley
Sustainability Forum
Proport Eco services
Spokes
Sustainable Newbury
Theale's Future
Our Activities
1. Support existing ‘Climate Change’
community groups
2. Encourage and support new
‘Climate Change’ community groups
3. Regular meetings
4. Information
1. Support existing ‘Climate Change’
community groups
• Information interchange between groups
– Ideas for new activities
– What works, what doesn’t
• Funding for new projects
2. Encourage and support new
‘Climate Change’ community groups
• Advice on how to start
• Easy process using the Greening
Campaign's methodology
• Mentoring through the process
• Funding
3. Regular meetings (1)
• Forums (quarterly)
• Annual Conference
• Ad hoc meetings & events
3. Regular meetings (2)
Topics at recent meetings include
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Tree Hubs
How West Berkshire Council manages energy
Recycling by Veolia
Green living and the circular economy
Green Deal
Love Food Hate Waste
Swap Shops
Updates on Renewables technologies
4. Information
Web Site
Newsletters
Is your Parish interested in
starting a ‘Climate Change’
group?
Come and talk to us about
how we can help.