Sheffield-based charity, The Heeley Trust, owns and manages multiple community-owned spaces across Heeley and Meersbrook as well as community bike shop, A Different Gear.
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Community anchor organisation in Birmingham, providing over 200 affordable homes for local residents. They transformed derelict land into useable green space and turned the old park keepers cottage into an eco community facility, reducing energy costs by 55%
England's first community-owned, chemical-free farm in Shropshire. Educates on sustainable farming and supports local communities.
Electric car club in County Durham tackling rural isolation and environmental issues
Anchor community organisation tackling climate change and socio-economic issues in a deprived area of Bristol
England's largest community-owned wind turbine powering over 3,000 homes in Lawrence Weston.
Founded by a group of young radicals in Hull in the 1980s, Giroscope’s self-help housing is regenerating the neighbourhood with a new generation of young people.
Investing in community-owned solar panels to tackle energy poverty.
Pollenize uses the power of community and science to fight against pollinator decline.
Building large scale renewable energy systems and using the income raised to fund innovative community projects
Bringing solar farms into community ownership and ploughing a proportion of profits into local community projects
Stocksbridge Leisure Centre, closed by the council in 2013, is now running at a surplus by and for the community.