Event Details

August's Energy Networx will discuss plans for Project Colette​, a proposed 1.2GW community-owned offshore wind farm off the Cumbrian coast. This project is being developed by the Green Finance Community Hub, in partnership with Arup, EnergyForAll and other supporters such as Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS). Project Collette was first proposed as part of the Green Investment Cumbria Plan​ and the project has recently received some grant funding. We will discuss Collette's opportunities for the local community


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Agenda

08:45 - 09:30
Registration, refreshments and networking
09:30 - 10:30
Part 1
Ciara Shannon, Green Finance Community Hub, Josh MacAlister and Jenny Benson
Welcome & Round the Room.Ciara Shannon, Green Finance Community Hub: outline of Project Colette. What could Colette deliver? What does community ownership look like?Jenny Benson, Cumbria Com...
Welcome & Round the Room.

Ciara Shannon, Green Finance Community Hub: outline of Project Colette. What could Colette deliver? What does community ownership look like?

Jenny Benson, Cumbria Community Foundation: Wind farm community benefit funds – making a positive contribution to our communities.
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10:30 - 11:15
Networking & refreshments
11:15 - 12:30
Part 2
Molly Woods and Mel Kinsella
Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAFs) โ€“ who are partners and supporters of Project Collette - will discuss in more detail Project Collette's stakeholder engagement work & Energy4Allโ€™s off...
Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAFs) – who are partners and supporters of Project Collette - will discuss in more detail Project Collette's stakeholder engagement work & Energy4All’s offshore wind survey followed by facilitated table discussions to input to the stakeholder engagement.
We'll also have our egg timer from Mel Kinsella and the BECBC Updates.
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Speakers

  • Ciara Shannon, Green Finance Community Hub (Director of Green Finance Community Hub)

    Ciara Shannon, Green Finance Community Hub

    Director of Green Finance Community Hub

    https://greenfinancecommunityhub.co.uk/

    An outline of Project Colette. What benefits have windfarms previously delivered for Cumbria and the UK? What could Colette deliver?

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    Josh MacAlister

    MP for Whitehaven and Workington

    https://joshmacalister.uk
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    Jenny Benson

    Director of Programmes & Partnerships at Cumbria Community Foundation

    https://www.cumbriafoundation.org/

    Wind farm community benefit funds – making a positive contribution to our communities.
    Jenny will describe how windfarm community benefit funds have supported communities in Cumbria.

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  • Mel Kinsella (Director - HR Consultant of Kinsella HR Solutions Limited)

    Mel Kinsella

    Director - HR Consultant of Kinsella HR Solutions Limited

    https://www.kinsellahr.co.uk/

    Egg timer

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  • Molly Woods (Programme Manager: Low Carbon Communities at Cumbria Action For Sustainability)

    Molly Woods

    Programme Manager: Low Carbon Communities at Cumbria Action For Sustainability

    https://cafs.org.uk/

    CAfS are partners and supporters of Project Collette, Molly will discuss Project Collette's stakeholder engagement work & an offshore wind survey inviting members to input to the survey in round table discussions.
    Molly is Programme Manager at CAfS, overseeing their community projects, home energy advice service and business decarbonisation support. She has extensive experience of stakeholder engagement, and expertise around energy efficiency and renewables, and community energy.

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Community

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Venue

North Lakes Hotel & Spa

Ullswater Road
Penrith, Cumbria, United Kingdom

If you have any questions please contact Dianne Richardson MSc BA (Hons), CMgr FCMI

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