Posts by Natasha Hoare

This month saw the first hybrid AGM for NLCE, which was held at Heslam Park, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe on the evening of the 16th of September. Turn out from our board of directors, members and general public was good and online attendance was also worked well. Thank you to everyone who attended and voted for…

We are delighted to have been nominated for the ‘Going Green’ category in this year’s Great Big Small Awards. The Great Big Small Awards recognise the positive work being done by small local businesses and entrepreneurs across North Lincolnshire. Our award category is for local organisations who have shown they can adapt or innovate to…

Our latest installations are complete! NLCE added solar power to St Bede’s School and St Bernadette’s Academy in August. St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy now have 96 solar panels, with 40 kWp. St Bede’s Voluntary Academy have 238 solar panels, with 100 kWp. These installations will save the schools thousands of pounds each year…

NLCE have published our annual report which is available for members and non-members to read. It covers the financial year ending March 2025. Read the annual report here.  This is released ahead of our Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is being held on Tuesday September 16th. It’s a chance for members to have a say…

This year we will be holding our AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Tuesday September 16th at Heslam Park Club in Scunthorpe: join us for an evening filled with speakers, updates, discussions, and some community energy games. Book on Eventbrite This event is a great chance to connect with fellow members, share ideas, and contribute to…

As part of our ambitions to expand North Lincolnshire Community Energy, we have been seeking additional non-executive directors to join our board. We’re pleased to be able to share that we have a new director joining us at NLCE, Stewart Smith. Stewart took the opportunity of becoming a member in our last Share Offer, then…

In July NLCE started off well with plenty of ‘Community Energy Fortnight’ (#CEF2025) engagements in Scunthorpe; taking in part in the biggest celebration of community energy in the UK. NLCE screened the film WE THE POWER at Oasis Community Space, which is about the journey of Community Energy in Europe and how it can benefit…

As mentioned in our newsletter (Jan-May), NLCE are excited to announce we have been successful in securing two sets of funding recently to continue the work we have been doing locally within North Lincolnshire in our role promoting community energy. Firstly, NLCE secured Energy Redress Just Transition funding, which is allowing us to continue the…