Month: February 2013

Paid work experience for Brixton young people

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Supporting young people in Brixton’s communities is an important element of what the Repowering London cooperative aims to achieve. Lambeth  suffers from high unemployment and is the fifth most deprived Borough in London, so initiatives that enable people to learn new skills to improve their employment prospects are vital. That’s why Repowering London felt it … Continued

Empowering communities to take ownership of their own energy needs

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With energy prices continually on the rise, a new government initiative, Collective Energy Switch, is going to be promoted by local authorities to help residents switch their energy tariffs more easily. However, simply switching residents to a cheaper tariff using bulk buying power is not a sustainable solution to lowering energy bills. Today, the BBC … Continued