Welsh sustainable energy, energy efficiency and funding
Local Partnerships works with the Welsh Government to deliver the Green Growth Wales programme. Through this work, we have discovered an appetite in the public sector to push for innovation in energy projects. This takes many forms and includes ways of powering communities more independently, thinking about energy storage adjacent to renewables generation, so that projects can sell back to the grid at times of peak pricing, or looking at hydrogen as an alternative fuel.
These initiatives could be attractive to European and other UK sources of research and demonstration funding and in Wales there has been an excellent allocation of European structural funds for 2014-20. These funds have not yet been allotted to projects so an opportunity exists to tap in to these kinds of funding streams.
Local Partnerships saw the opportunity to bring the various players together, and on the 20th July we hosted an event, led by Jane Forshaw, and with the sponsorship of Welsh Government. The event was over-subscribed and attracted over 60 people, providing Welsh European Funding Office staff the opportunity to meet the community, as well as the private and public sector colleagues Local Partnerships are working with.
The event was a great success with very positive feedback. We generated over 50 project ideas and have been asked to repeat this format for the other three regions of Wales in the autumn. Details of these events will follow shortly.
For further information regarding this event or similar future events please contact Jane Forshaw.
Fit for the future: transforming public sector property ACES and Local Partnerships have launched a joint five-part webinar series exploring how public sector property teams can navigate change, strengthen capability and deliver lasting value for communities In the world in which councils operate, property professionals have a critical role to play in shaping future organisations. […]
Local Partnerships is proud to receive a Silver Award in this year’s TIDE (Talent Inclusion and Diversity Evaluation) Awards. Run by Onvero, the UK-based not-for-profit organisation formerly known as enei (the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion), the awards celebrate organisations that demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity and inclusion. TIDE is a diversity, equality […]
Capacity building for the long term will be essential to realise ambitions for a renaissance in council housebuilding. The Council Housebuilding Support Service (CHoSS) helps councils across England turn housing ambition into deliverable programmes. Local Partnerships, jointly owned by the Local Government Association, HM Treasury, and the Welsh Government, is the principal delivery partner for […]
Talk to Us
