Do you need help reducing your energy bills?
Apply for a SACC grant to help insulate your home.
Deadline for applications is 1st October.
Grants available for sheep’s wool loft insulation, LED lighting, draft proofing, cavity wall insulation etc. All carbon reducing ideas considered.
Apply here …..
or call 01789 73148 for a paper application form.
SACC have installed a 1000 litre water tank to bring a much-needed water supply to the allotments. A small pump has been fitted in Bell Brook which runs through the field next to the allotments. Water will be abstracted from the brook to keep the tank topped up. The pump will be driven by a solar panel mounted on to the tank. The tank has been mounted at the top of the allotments to allow standpipes to be installed at convenient locations on the allotment.
SACC would like to thank the Fete committee for their generous contribution to this project.
If you would like to take up an allotment you can enquire via email to Nicola Everall at snitterfieldpc@outlook.com
SACC were delighted to attend the fete again this year. The fete aims to be a Zero waste event and SACC were handing out the reusable cups which are lent to fete visitors against a deposit which is returned when the cup is returned at the end of the day. Volunteers wash up the cups which are available to community groups and for village events.
2020 GRANTS
Application 1 (2020/1): Loft insulation – Resident (Requested £173.64 / Granted £250)
Carried forward from last year
Application 2 (2020/2): Wildflower Verge Pilot in Snitterfield (Requested £950 / Granted £50)
Carried forward from last year
Application 3 (2020/3): Insulation of skeilings – VHMC (Requested £1000 / Granted £2000)
Carried forward from last year
Application 4 (2020/4): Loft insulation – Resident (Requested £350 / Granted £1100)
This application was for the materials to allow the applicant to install an additional 200mm of loft insulation to give an overall thickness of greater that 270mm, which is the current recommended minimum thickness. The committee were please to grant this application in full as the amount of heat loss over an extended period will be very significant so the additional insulation will significantly reducing energy bill and carbon footprint. The committee further noted that they would be willing to increase the grant to cover the additional cost of installing Thermafleece CosyWool sheep’s wool insulation which has a relatively low embodied carbon content. Furthermore the committee agreed to increase the grant to a maximum total value of £1,100 to allow the applicant to optionally procure materials to lift the existing loft floor sufficiently to increase the insulation across the whole of the loft floor.
Application 5 (2020/5): Bell tower carpet – Bell ringers (Requested £80 / Not Granted)
Unfortunately SACC’s constitution only allows grants to be awarded that reduce the carbon footprint of Snitterfield parish. It is suggested that such a request for funds might be forthcoming from the fete committee.
Application 6 (2020/6): Trees and hedging – Andy Resident (Requested £100 / Granted £100)
Planting of 27 Yew trees for hedging and 7 Hornbeam trees as part of his house and garden project. SACC agreed to make a contribution to the planting of trees/hedging of £100.
The national effort to combat the impact of climate change and to mitigate flooding through tree planting is now underway with urgency.
Snitterfield is starting a group, with assistance from the Parish Council, focused on getting trees planted in order to take on the challenges of climate change and flooding but to also improve our immediate environment and encourage wildlife and biodiversity.
We need volunteers to make a difference. Over the next 10 years we plan to plant an area of over 1 square mile. If you would like to get involved then please email Claudine (claudine.pearson@snitterfieldpc.org.uk)
This year’s grants from Snitterfield Actioning Climate Change to reduce the carbon footprint of the village totalled over £3,700 and included loft insulation, LED lighting and a living roof. We always welcome applications so get in contact or download the simple application form on the Free Grants page of the website. Applications are reviewed at our AGM in October each year.
A vast tree planting campaign across the world could play a huge part in reducing our net carbon emissions. Tree planting is a climate change solution that is available now, is relatively low cost and every one of us can get involved. As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. The Committee on Climate Change says the UK needs to increase its woodland by around 30% – no small feat. But Individuals can make a tangible impact by growing trees themselves, donating to forest restoration organisations and avoiding irresponsible companies. Snitterfield Actioning Climate Change will be taking on the tree planting challenge in our community but we can’t do it alone. If you wish to get involved in the tree planting initiative please get in contact with SACC via our Contact link.
Thanks to the extreme generosity and hard work by Ben Clifford of erjjiostudios.com SACC now has a new low carbon website and a shiny new logo. Keep up with latest events and happenings via our website (once we’ve worked out how to use it!) and follow SACC on Facebook.
Stratford Town Council, Stratford District council and Warwickshire County council have all declared Climate Emergencies. SDC have pledged to take local action to contribute to national carbon neutral targets through the development of their
own practices and policies, with an aim to be carbon-neutral in Stratford District by 2030.
Christmas is a period of shopping excess referred to by the retail sector as the “golden quarter”. China’s industry moves into overdrive to ensure shelves are stocked here in the UK. The reduction in climate change gases that we have achieved in the UK are partly through our choice to “off shore” our pollution by purchasing products made in the Far East. Given that we only have one planet and climate change knows no borders, “off-shoring” our pollution helps no one. The real present that we can give our friends and families this Christmas is not to buy something that digs humanity’s grave just a little bit deeper. Consider a gift of planting or dedicating a tree. www.shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees
www.nationalforest.org/get-involved/plant-a-tree/dedicate-a-tree
Photo caption Seth Brettell selling his low carbon wares at the Community Café: These will be available at the next Café on 1st Dec.