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Resilient Communities Fund: Review

Resilient Communities Fund: Review

The Resilient Communities Fund provided emergency support as quickly as possible to community businesses, to support them to implement energy resilience projects to become more resilient to both climate change and the cost-of-living crisis.
The role of Community Energy in a Just Transition to Net Zero

The role of Community Energy in a Just Transition to Net Zero

This policy report highlights the support needed from government, local authorities, electricity systems operators, and funders to unlock the potential of Community Energy Businesses (CEBs) in achieving a Net Zero future.
Community business and climate action

Community business and climate action

Scoping and analysing community business’ role in the transition to a fairer, greener economy 
Community business climate action programme scoping study

Community business climate action programme scoping study

Scoping the opportunities, considerations and areas of focus for the design of a community business climate action programme.  
Learning for community energy groups in a post-subsidy world

Learning for community energy groups in a post-subsidy world

Five ‘practical learning guides’ have been developed to share learning emerging from community energy innovation projects. These should be useful to community energy groups considering new approaches and also to other community businesses considering action on energy and climate issues.
The benefits of being in a community energy group

The benefits of being in a community energy group

The Next Generation programme supported survey research with 205 members of three community energy groups to explore the difference that community energy made to their lives.