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Ouse Valley wins £2 million for climate action
Ouse Valley wins £2 million for climate action Transition Town Lewes is delighted to be part of a winning bid to secure £2 million of Lottery funding to help make the Ouse Valley a national pioneer in tackling the climate and environmental emergency. The...
Seedy Saturday 2023 – Helpers needed!
Seedy Saturday 2023 – Helpers needed! Seedy Saturday is Lewes’ annual seed swap, gardening and growing event that attracts hundreds of visitors. Now it’s looking for volunteers, including those who can help with social media, as Vicki Trenhaile of Common Cause...
Now you can ‘donate a drink’ online
Now you can ‘donate a drink’ online The Lewes Pound ‘Donate a Drink’ scheme is now available online, enabling gifts of Lewes Pounds to be donated to local food bank users to spend how they wish locally, as Susan Murray explains Times are really hard right now for many...
Transport by total carbon emissions
GRAPHIC OF THE MONTH: Transport by total carbon emissions We’re intrigued by this graph claiming to show the total average carbon emissions generated per passenger kilometre (pkm) by different modes of transport – including during manufacture and maintenance....
Can you help tend Lewes Trinity churchyards?
Can you help tend Lewes Trinity churchyards? The three Trinity churches in Lewes are looking for volunteers to help maintain their churchyards. Anyone who’d like to help is warmly invited to join the team on the second Saturday of each month The Trinity church...
Donating your Energy Rebate to fight fuel poverty
Donating your Energy Rebate to fight fuel poverty The Financial Times has published a couple of articles encouraging those who can afford it to donate their £400 energy rebate to help fund frontline work of fuel poverty charities. Here are three charities that...
Time to take our energy local
Time to take our energy local If we want to protect ourselves from volatile global energy markets, we urgently need to scale up renewable energy – alongside energy efficiency – within our local communities. Chris Rowland, director of Ovesco Community Energy,...
Our low-cost ways to use less
Our low-cost ways to use less energy Government and suppliers need to be pressured to keep our energy affordable. But there are also things we can each do to keep down costs. Here’s a round-up of tried and tested energy-saving tips from local people. Share your own...
Get free advice on your energy bill
Get free advice on your energy bill Worried about your household fuel bill? Get free, impartial advice in person or by phone with community energy company Ovesco’s team of Local Energy Champions Millions of households continue to face steep energy bills. Although the...
Time to come home to a real fire?
Time to come home to a real fire? To combat rising energy prices, many people may be thinking of firing up their wood burner. But that can have big environmental and health impacts. Ann Link considers what to do to keep a wood fire as eco as possible – or your gas...
The Energy Price Guarantee: What does it mean for us?
The Energy Price Guarantee: What does it mean for us? The Ofgem Price Cap is being replaced by the government’s Energy Price Guarantee. What will be the impact on prices – and what can we do to help secure affordable energy in the long term? Dr Mark Earthey,...
Southern Water and sewage: What you need to know
Southern Water and sewage: What you need to know There’s rightly been massive outrage at Southern Water’s recent large-scale discharging of sewage off our coasts. So why’s it happening and what can we as residents do to stop it? Matthew Bird, Cabinet Member for...
