Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session, on Wednesday11th November is on Materials Science and Climate Change. All sessions are recorded, and published in the Knowledgebase, so if you need to look up something from a previous session, or know that you are going to miss this one, then you can catch up later at a more convenient time. Banter sessions are free, and open to all, so
Herefordshire resident Barry Cooper publishes a blog under the title “Chatting about localism” which has over 400 posts on a range of thought provoking topics, all with a green bias.
Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session, on Wednesday 4th November is on B-lines, and how to support invertebrates and other pollinators in your community. The change in the weather meant that last week’s session was an appropriate moment to update everyone on what they can do as individuals to keep their homes warm and dry as effectively as possible, and as parish and town and community councils, to disseminate these
Join Marches Energy Advice for a free Energy Advice Workshop on Thursday 5th November. There is a further workshop on Thursday 4th February. The Government’s Warm Homes Scheme is live. Find out more about it and what it means for your home in this article from Tony Baker of MEA. Find out more about how to improve your home’s energy performance in the latest newsletter from HGN’s Building Sense project. If you want regular updates, sign up here to receive the
This article was generously contributed by Tony Baker of Marches Energy Advice. Warm Homes Loans are here: low-cost finance for solar, batteries and heat pumps Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps can be the keys to unlocking significant energy bill savings. The government estimates that a heat pump, solar panels and a battery together could cut energy bills by up to £550 a year, with a further £300 possible from a judiciously chosen time-of-use tariff. But of course many householders are put off by the upfront cost of these green technologies. If only cheap finance was available… The
Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. The next session, on Wednesday 28th October is on basic energy efficiency actions for individuals and councils. Autumn Newsletter Click here for the latest newsletter from TGC. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all, and held at noon on Wednesdays. Feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone that you think could benefit. All sessions are recorded, and the resulting video, presentation, meeting
The National Heat Risk Commission is calling for evidence on how this summer’s heatwaves affected organisations and the communities they serve , and they want to hear from voluntary and community organisations across the UK. If your work was impacted by extreme heat this year, this is a chance to shape national policy. They want to know: what happened, what you did, what worked, and what got in the way. Submit your evidence by 30 October 2026
Laura has lived in her 1960s semi-detached home in Hereford for around five years. She plans to stay long-term, wants to lower her bills and cut her carbon footprint, and has one eye on eventually switching to a heat pump. For now, the priority was getting the house ready — and sorting out one persistent problem: her daughter’s bedroom was always the coldest room in the house. With a budget of around £5,000 to improve her home, Laura applied to the Future Ready Homes programme and received a whole-house retrofit assessment from Gervase Mangwana of Waxwing Energy. What he found —
Banter Sessions The banter sessions organised by the Great Collaboration team continue weekly on a Wednesday lunchtime covering a range of topics. Click here for a list of past and future sessions. Autumn Newsletter Click here for the latest newsletter from TGC. Great Collaboration Banter sessions are free, open to all, and held at noon on Wednesdays. Feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone that you think could benefit. All sessions are recorded, and the resulting video, presentation, meeting summary and all the ideas, links and suggestions that are always created are
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Would you like to receive additional information or support on how your parish and residents can prepare for and become more resilient to the impacts of severe weather events? Contact Herefordshire Council on CAdapt@herefordshire.gov.uk Please include your name and parish/community group contact details if you would like a follow up.
