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]]>Free professional services by Groundwork South Green Doctors can be contacted on 0800 233 5255
And KentMoneyAdviceHub.com can be contacted on www.kentmoneyadvicehub.com phone 0800 8085622
The people most in need of help are often the most difficult to reach, so we recommend that all of us keep an eye out for neighbours who are struggling and we hope they may be helped if these phone numbers are passed on to them.
The information point to help people cut their energy bills was also available at a public meeting at Walmer Parish Hall before Christmas. The meeting on Deal & Dover’s Winter Energy Crisis invited the public to discover how community-owned renewable energy project can cut costs of energy for homes and carehomes, schools and businesses.
Clearly if lots of roofs across our country can generate energy for the folks inside we cut down the need for big corporate oil and gas middlemen so that neither we as individuals nor our country is as dependent on international oil and gas prices we have no control over. This makes Britain more self-sufficient in energy terms, and we cut the burning of the fossil fuels which ramp up extreme weather events of the climate crisis.
Saving money for ordinary folks in this way makes sense all round. This is why we have lobbied our MP to support the Sunshine Bill in Parliament (on 17th January) to force property developers to put solar on the roofs of all new homes.
The guest speakers at the public event were from Kent Community Energy, Michael Bax and Stephen Perfect, who along with Duane Poppe live locally in the district and are keen to reach the local organisations who could benefit from their expertise. KCE (Kent Community Energy) are a Community Benefit Society, and can provide 3 forms of help.
Kent Community Energy can be contacted by email info@kentcommunityenergy.org Or phone Duane the local KCE contact on 07418 077877.
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]]>There was a public information session about the Ash Levels Solar Farm on Friday 17th March 2023 between 3.30 pm – 7.30pm at Ash village hall.
Renewables in the right place are the answer to UK’s problems of fuel security, and the need to protect communities here and across the planet from rapid, dangerous, climate change.Community renewables on the roof tops of all new and existing homes, solar canopies on all car parks & solar installations alongside rail tracks, also tidal, wind and hydro energy and green hydrogen are needed more than ever BUT are blocked by a lobby-laden government which prioritises the wishes of the big oil and gas lobby.
Renewables that do not impact food security, or key wildlife habitats, are the way to break the profiteering stranglehold of the oil and gas corporates who have pushed UK energy prices sky-high while their CEOs and boards pocket obscene billions that enable them to lobby MPs like Craig MacKinley all the more. (We have a lot of evidence on this matter.) Community renewable energy is often the most beneficial for ordinary residents in most areas. Craig should speak to, and learn from, Chris Skidmore MP (Con) and from Caroline Lucas MP (Grn).
On the issues of protecting wildlife habitat and farmland, please see this recent news item on our website. https://doveranddeal.greenparty.org.uk/sholden-even-more-building-on-precious-farmland/
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