Clean Community Energy
We are delighted to announce that we have reopened our Community Fund and are seeking new applications for projects that meet our criteria and are within our target area. We reluctantly paused the fund whilst we reorganised ourselves following Tom Parker’s resignation as chairman. We’re …
Repower Balcombe granted £874 to the West Weald Community Pantry team in January 2025 to buy a fridge to extend the shelf life of donated food and reduce the amount going to waste. West Weald Community Pantry exists to reduce food waste, support people in need, and bring the …
Another step towards a greener future in Balcombe In Repower’s early years, there were a number of discussions with the Victory Hall’s management committee about potential energy saving projects as a means of reducing running costs. About 2 years ago we were asked about LED …
Balcombe Parish Council has over several years, been converting its street lighting to LEDs, with the aim of making significant reductions to both running and maintenance costs. We advised the Parish Council that we could help to accelerate the conversion with a grant from our …
Last December we received a phone call from the school asking for advice on how best to spent some new government funding, targeted at reducing their energy needs. Our chairman, Tom Parker, toured the school with our thermal imaging camera, highlighting where the school was …
One of the founding principles of Repower was to support education about climate change and how we could all make a contribution. Sussex Green Living asked us to support their Youth Eco Forum (YEF), a group aged between 14-21 years old, of environmentally concerned people, …
Having started to spread the word about the availability of grants from Repower more widely around the communities surrounding Balcombe, our first application arrived in March 2023 from Turners Hill Parish Council. As a Parish Council, we have been working on a project to upgrade …
Back in November 2022, we heard about a new Food Larder being set up in Haywards Heath, at The Ascension Church, scheduled to open in December. With our next quarterly meeting not due until January 2023 we had to act fast. The Church rapidly completed …
As we approach the winter months, St Mary’s Church is so grateful to Repower Balcombe for the generous £2,368.45 grant donation that was given in August 2022. The church will see the benefits particularly around the lychgate area and the steps leading out to the …
Whilst restrictions on social contact related to Covid were in place, we decided to focus on simplifying our Community Fund application process. Once launched on our website we were delighted when the Balcombe Parish Room management committee approached us for help in completing their conversion …