Sudbury community energy event

Babergh District Council are inviting residents, including groups and businesses, from across the Stour Valley to find out more about how they can get involved in creating a community energy scheme.

Residents are invited to join the council at Sudbury Arts Centre on 30 October from 6-8pm for an event facilitated by Community Energy South.

Clean Energy

The meeting will provide an opportunity for communities to find out how they can generate clean energy, cut bills and help the planet. With the councils able to gauge interest in setting up a new local community energy scheme for the area.

Attendees will be able to:

• hear from existing successful community energy groups in Suffolk
• ask questions and get free advice from community energy experts
• learn more about community energy and how it fits within the council’s carbon reduction management plan
• understand more about the development of community led renewable energy projects
• and find out more about how they can get involved

No expert knowledge or experience is required to attend. The event is open to anyone interested in taking local action to tackle climate change and renewable energy.

The event is aimed at groups and individuals in the Stour Valley, including Sudbury and all the surrounding parishes.

Further details

Places can be booked via Eventbrite online.

More information about what community energy schemes are and what they involve can be found on Community Energy South’s website.

Anyone with further queries can email the council’s climate change team.

Community Energy South would provide support and mentoring to those interested in setting up a community energy scheme, following the event.