WRITE TO YOUR MP
Latest Action: Ask your MP to ‘Please ask the Energy Minister, Michael Shanks MP, to extend the Community Energy Fund.’
Visit WriteToThem to send an email to your MP
Here are some points to consider when writing your email:
WriteToThem blocks template messages so please use your own words
Be polite and to-the-point
Say why you think community energy is great and highlight potential benefits, e.g. local skilled jobs
You could mention one of our campaign facts
Include your address so that your MP knows you are a local constituent
Background: The Community Energy Fund began in January 2024, as a result of our campaigning. Since then it has been successful and heavily oversubscribed. Over 150 community energy projects have been awarded grants, and yet over 100 more projects fully eligible for funding will not receive it. This is because the initial £10 million allocated is expected to run out within the next few months. Formally the Fund is due to end in December 2025.
The Fund is currently the only substantive mechanism helping community energy grow, yet it has no certainty beyond this year. Clarity on its future is needed from the Government to avoid the danger that the community energy sector’s growth will go back to the damaging stop-start situation it was in prior to the Fund commencing.
Remember….
MPs are elected to represent their constituents so it is important that we engage with them and ask them to act on our behalf. If done as part of an organised campaign, this is one of the most impactful actions that can be taken to address the climate crisis.
