UK Power Networks’ Power of Giving fund is now in to its second year of awarding £300,000 worth of grants to charities and not-for-profit organisations that operate across our network region. The Awards Panel will be sitting to decide on the next round of funding in November and the closing date to be considered at […]
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Action Surrey, together with Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, has won funding to help people keep warm this winter. The following assistance is available: Free or discounted boiler repairs and replacements.* Free Keep Warm Keep Well kits including draught proofing, TRVs, radiator reflectors, carbon monoxide monitors and many more useful improvements.* Loft clearance so that […]
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Horley Leisure Centre has won a prestigious Green Apple Award for its positive contribution to the built environment. The Green Apple Awards for Built Environment & Architectural Heritage recognise and reward projects that demonstrate environmental endeavour. Whether the project has won a Gold, Silver or Bronze award will be announced at an awards ceremony in […]
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Solar panels are to be installed on Surrey County Council buildings in a move that is set to save taxpayers £2 million. The council will place solar panels on the roofs of up to 25 buildings it owns across Surrey. Savings from smaller electricity bills and income from selling spare electricity to the National Grid […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has provided an update on its energy efficiency work, which is also adding significantly to its cost saving efforts (and hence reduced pressure on Council Tax). The main areas of savings, most of which can be followed by residents, are as follows: LED lighting We are one of the first […]
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After heated debate at a Council meeting this evening, the Council approved an additional investment of nearly £400,000 in the Harlequin in Redhill, despite opposition from Residents’ Association and Green councillors. The opposition councillors put forward a motion to block the addition funding, but the motion was defeated resoundingly, meaning that the investment will go […]
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A total of 15,000 streetlights have been installed as part of Britain’s biggest ever roll out of smart lamp technology. Surrey County Council’s award-winning project* to replace all the county’s 88,000 old orange streetlights with white smart lamps began a year ago and has led to new lights being installed in Redhill, Reigate, Banstead, Guildford […]
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Local residents will be able to visit one of 30 exemplar energy efficient homes across Surrey over the weekend of 26/27 March, as part of the Surrey Green Homes initiative. The project is part of Action Surrey, which is run by the 11 district councils in Surrey along with the County Council. To find out where […]
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Heat seeking vehicles will once again be hitting the streets of Reigate & Banstead again to help identify homes that could benefit from improved insulation. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is working in partnership with insulation company Energy Saving Partnership to help householders in the borough to save energy and money. The revolutionary HeatSeekers vehicles, […]
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