BEC’s own Marianne Brown has just published her debut book, The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father’s Islands, which mixes memoir and journalism to tell the story of Britain’s most productive onshore windfarm. We asked her some…
If you’re reviewing your finances for 2025, or checking your will is up to date, don’t forget these useful facts: If you hold investments in BEC Bonds, they can be easily transferred to another adult at any time, or divided…
“Knitting helped me lose weight. It keeps my hands busy so I don’t eat so much,” Susan Jones says. She is tidying up years’ worth of loose ends – a ball of yarn that she’s created by tying up scraps…
Walk into the back rooms of the ceramics studio at the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) and you may discover the largest number of blue roses you’ve ever seen. They are sheets and sheets of transfers designed for white…
What an evening! We’re beyond thrilled to have picked up not just one but TWO awards at the Community Energy Awards hosted by Community Energy England on Friday night. We were delighted to win: 🏆 Campaigning Organisation of the Year…
South West Local Solar Scheme Supported by funding from the West of England Combined Authority Scope Design, supply and installation of approximately 2 x 65kWp at Soundwell Academy and KnowleDGE Learning Centre in Bristol. Timescales Tender advertised: 7th…
From supporting the installation of solar panels on a community building to helping prisoners gain qualifications as bike mechanics – this is part of what community benefit means for us. These important projects are among successful awardees of our Megawatt…
What kind of things are important to you when considering becoming a member? What do you think should be BEC’s priority? These are some of the things we’d love to hear from you in our supporters and members’ survey. Your…
As a band entertains a crowd of residents of Deerhurst Care Home with cheerful seafaring tunes, they are not the only source of positive energy at the building. Above them, workers from the Joju Solar team fix the final solar…
We are running a series of workshops called Future Energy Landscapes encouraging communities to come together to share how they feel about the place they live and imagine what kind of renewable energy projects they would like to see in…