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Energy Champion Training for Rother – Please book through Eventbrite
27th July 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Energy Champions are friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable local people who are passionate about making a difference to the environment as well as the welfare of their local community.
As an Energy Champion, you will receive free training and ongoing in person support to give energy advice to local people and help them to bring down their energy bills and save energy. You might also set up Community Energy projects such as thermal imaging, draught busting, solar streets, hosting energy workshops and more.
The role is very rewarding as it’s a chance to genuinely help people in a very tangible way. Energy Champions not only address the cost of living crisis by helping to bring down energy costs, they do something about climate change by bringing down carbon emissions too.
Read more about the project here.
The Rother Energy Champion project is funded by Rother District Council and the National Lottery Reaching Communities fund.
Who is this for?
This training session is for anyone that would like to volunteer to become an Energy Champion in Rother (if you live in another area please email as we have more sessions coming up soon). No prior experience needed!
Energy Champions will receive ongoing training and support from Energise Sussex Coast to enable them to give energy advice and organise events/ activities around energy saving and renewable energy. Energy Champions volunteer from 4 hours a month +.
Read more about the role here.
More about the training
This all day interactive training course will focus on the 5 ways we can help people reduce their energy use and bring down their bills. The session will cover:
1. Introduction to community energy
2. What is an Energy Champion?
The 5 ways to help people
1. Stop energy wastage – including how to make homes more energy efficient
2. Reviewing bills and changing payment methods
3. Priority Services Register sign up
4. Discounts and schemes
5. Making referrals
This will be followed by a zoom training session to create a community engagement plan.
Refreshments and a free vegetarian lunch will be provided for all attendees.
Facilitator
The workshop will be facilitated by Kate Meakin from Energise Sussex Coast. Kate is a Director of Energise Sussex Coast and the solar co-op Energise South. Kate manages the award winning energy advice for Energise Sussex Coast. She has years of experience of doing energy advice work and is a very experienced trainer.