Selce Needs You! 💡💙 ⏩ Help us find more investors for our current and 7th share offer. Share our leaflet with friends, relatives, co-workers - anyone who might want to help Charlton Park Academy save £150k and 313.4 tonnes in CO2e emissions over 20 years. Download here: buff.ly/4zRHjDa

Subjects that are often mocked as "not a real degree" (media studies, psychology, art, literature, social sciences) cover the tools used by the most powerful people to influence the world.

"The larger ambition is to become a “Mondragón of Music: a constellation of community-owned ventures that form the foundation of an alternative economy owned by artists and workers" www.thenews.coop/subvert-co-o...

Subvert co-operative: A future ‘Mondragón of music’?

A co-operatively owned music platform has launched this year – with over 20,000 members and a vision to become a ‘Mondragon of music’

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The first of our ‘Championing The Local’ free events takes place on 7 Sept. Building Vibrant Local Economies will help community groups realise their ambitions by explaining the range of business models available, showcasing IDBMs in food, renewable energy and retrofit. 🔗 seda.scot/championing-...

The rich understand how to use resources sustainably, but they only ever apply the concept to their own money.

WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp

A new chapter for community energy 📚☀️ Projects like Community Energy Newham’s at Stratford Library, powered by community owned solar panels are reducing energy bills, giving local people more control over their energy future and ensuring the benefits stay in the community.

3 reasons to invest in our Share Offer for Charlton Park: 1. Be a Part of the Response to climate change 2. Be a Part of a Project supporting Local People, Schools & Community 3. Support innovation in a Tough area for Decarbonisation - Once Done Well, then at Scale

3 Reasons to Invest in our Share Offer for Charlton Park - SELCE

We’re a co-op helping communities in South East London to bring solar energy to their homes, their schools, and their community centres. We also give out free advice on energy bills, to households in…

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Can't wait for Americans on TikTok to find out about Farage vs. Count Binface

Last chance to join leisure centre community solar energy share scheme TIME is running out for people to sign up to a community share scheme helping to create green energy.... https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2026/07/03/last-chance-to-join-leisure-centre-community-solar-energy-share-scheme/

Last chance to join leisure centre community solar energy share scheme

TIME is running out for people to sign up to a community share scheme helping to create green energy. Staffordshire Community Energy has already secured more than £105,000 of its £155,000 target for the offer linked to the new Lichfield Leisure Centre. The scheme will see the community take ownership of the solar panels on the roof of the Stychbrook Park facility.

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For community energy to thrive it needs a whole sector of skilled workers making our homes and communities greener. Join Co-ops UK for a free webinar to meet some of the incredible co-ops whose workers are driving this vital energy transition, Tues 7 July, 1-2pm sign up: www.uk.coop/events-and-t...

Women disproportionately make up the safety net that fills in where the government doesn’t. For many of them, federal policy changes are making their jobs more challenging than ever.

Women help feed their communities. Federal cuts are making that harder.

Changes to safety net programs are putting extra strain on a woman-led workforce that is stretched thin and often underpaid.

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🫶This afternoon’s big #CoopFortnight shout out goes to @plunkettuk.bsky.social 👏 which supports people in rural areas to set up and run community‑owned businesses. 🌾 🧵👇️ (1/5)

🙌 Community energy co-operatives have the power to change the world 🌍️ Our series of FREE webinars will help introduce and explore opportunities offered to #coops through community energy – including the government's #LocalPowerPlan 👇 #CoopFortnight #coops #greenenergy #renewables

🎉 Community Power Club is here! Our new LES offering helps community energy projects earn more from their generation while helping households and businesses save on their electricity bills. ⚡ Projects earn extra revenue ⚡ Members receive bill discounts ⚡ Community orgs decide who benefits

We've hit £20k! 🥳 #HappyDance 💃 🕺 Our £25k target is now really beginning to feel in reach 🙏 ⏰️ Right now EVERY DONATION IS DOUBLED (up to £250) - but our match funding ends in 2 days, so donate now to help us hit our target! 💸 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene... #UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy

⏰ Can we raise another £4997 in the next 2 days?!? (That's "just" £2498.5 given all donations up to £250 are currently doubled). I think we can! 💪 Let's #UpTheEnergy on #CommunityEnergy!

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We've hit £20k! 🥳 #HappyDance 💃 🕺 Our £25k target is now really beginning to feel in reach 🙏 ⏰️ Right now EVERY DONATION IS DOUBLED (up to £250) - but our match funding ends in 2 days, so donate now to help us hit our target! 💸 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene... #UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy

🌊 Co‑operation making a big splash! Creating places where people connect 🤝 and belong is a way of changing the world – by starting close to home. 🏘️ That’s what our member Bramley Baths does for its community. So here’s a big #CoopFortnight shout out to them!🧵👇️ (1/6)

Co-operate and we can change the world. #CoopFortnight is here, and This Beautiful Idea by Tony Walsh captures what #coops make possible: member-owned businesses making a difference in communities across the UK – and around the world. Watch, repost and help spread the word. #ThisBeautifulIdea

⚡ Great to be at the Community Energy England Summer Conference last week. Alongside some fantastic discussions about the future of community energy, we introduced Community Power Club, our new licence-exempt supply offering 🚀 Interested in learning more? Watch this space for extra details 👀

Reminder: make sure your pension is invested in things that will ensure there is a world left to live in when you reach retirement.

Community energy has a massive part to play in building a brighter future, no matter where you sit politically. Local energy, staying local, run by locals. We can all get behind that. Talk to someone about #communityenergy today 💚 @communityenergyengland.org @uptheenergyuk.bsky.social

Most people have never heard of community energy. Let's Up the Energy.

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🚨 Please help to #UpTheEnegy on #CommunityEnergy by contributing whatever you can to this @communityenergyengland.org @uptheenergyuk.bsky.social crowdfunding campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/up-the-ene...

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⏳ Two weeks left of match funding and we're not yet on track to hit our £25,000 Up the Energy target. So today we're launching new supporter rewards to say thank you at this crucial stage 🎁 #UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy 🧵1/5

📣Today, we are delighted to launch our 2026 Impact Report! As communities continue to navigate a challenging economic landscape, their resilience has never been more evident. 📈 Find out more > https://plunkett.co.uk/impact-report-26/ #ImpactReport2026 #CommunityOwnedResilience

A free in-person event for councillors sharing practical ideas for managing community assets in a time of change. We also will give an overview of funding options, including the #communityenergy model, and opportunities via GB Energy and the Local Power Plan. Sign up is here: lnkd.in/eGYxDD_u

Urban Hijau is a living permaculture oasis in the city 🌿 Growing food sovereignty and sustainability from the soil up, weaving community and ecology into every seed. Join the green revolution! 🌱 https://agroecologymap.org/l/458 #UrbanHijau #Permaculture #Agroecology #Sustainability

This is a great example of what community support for refugees and asylum seekers can look like! Napier Friends do amazing work - please consider donating if you're able to 💚

Jardin d'Avenir: where agroecology, permaculture, and sustainability bloom 🌱. Food sovereignty rooted in community, soil, and seasons. https://agroecologymap.org/l/506 #Agroecology #Permaculture #Sustainability

💷⚡ Good news for the community energy sector! £30 million is available through the latest round of the Ofgem Energy Redress Scheme. Community energy orgs can apply for funding to support vulnerable households, tackle high bills, develop energy solutions and help reduce carbon emissions. 🌍🏡

£30m in Ofgem Energy Redress funding now available for charities and community energy groups

The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme) has opened the first funding round in phase three of the scheme.

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☀️🏡 A new community-owned solar array has been approved in Northumberland. Developed by Acomb Community Energy, the project is expected to generate around 829,000 kWh of clean electricity each year! Enough to power roughly 300 homes while helping cut fossil fuel use and support Net Zero goals. ⚡🌍

Solar array to power hundreds of homes approved in rural Northumberland

A new solar array to power hundreds of homes was approved in rural Northumberland.

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