Case Studies
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Title | Description | Category | Country |
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Holding a picnic |
Low Carbon Oxford North organised a low carbon picnic by the River Thames. The group provided English sparkling wine and local apple juice, and... more |
Food and drink | UK |
Fundraising walk |
Hampshire Energy’s fundraising walk offered the opportunity to meet people involved with the project whilst raising money for the cooperative. A... more |
Fundraising events and activities | UK |
Fundraising activities |
Stroud Community Agriculture carry out informal fundraising activities as and when they need to raise money at different stages of their project... more |
Fundraising events and activities | UK |
Grant funding for a loan scheme |
Loenen Energie Neutraal (Loenen Energy Neutral) helps civilians to make energy saving adjustments by providing loans to support investments by... more |
Grants and subsidies | Netherlands |
Funding from a citizen investment fund |
A major source of funding for Plaine Sud Energies’ solar panel project came from the citizen investment fund for renewable energy of Energie... more |
Grants and subsidies | France |
Changing subsidy rates |
Brighton Energy Co-operative were forced to revise their funding model just three days before they were due to launch their first share offer,... more |
Grants and subsidies | UK |
Grant funding to recruit members |
Stroud Community Agriculture needed more members to ensure they remained viable after increasing the land area of their community supported... more |
Grants and subsidies | UK |
Online tools |
Southend in Transition use a range of online tools to facilitate the work of their core group. They hold weekly video call meetings using Google... more |
Information sharing | UK |
Launching at a public meeting |
Stroud Community Agriculture put up big blank posters at their first public meeting with headings asking questions such as “What would you want... more |
Launching a project | UK |