Local connections to address climate change together

From local energy champions helping people cope with rising energy bills to helping set up locally-owned community energy programmes - we seek out the power and potential within our local community. 

Established early 2014, Sustainability Connections CIC harnessed the collective social reach of, mainly, local women in East Kent. At first, these women shared expertise, skills and experience, but most importantly, their social capital to help unemployed women into work. Later, Sustainability Connections trained a similar group of women to be energy champions, helping thousands of vulnerable consumers save money on their energy bills.

This grassroots emPOWERment led to spin-off projects such as running funding workshops to help other community organisations find sustainable financing options through to recruiting the initial board and supporting the exciting fundraise for Kent's first community-owned solar farm,Orchard Community Energy.