Community Alive Falmouth

 
Help needed to find local Energy Saving Champions: homes for energy surveys wanted
 
The Fal Energy Partnership is extremely fortunate to have attracted funding to enable the FEP to become a legal body, focused on providing our local community with support regarding energy conservation and renewable energy.
 
We need your help!
 
We are looking for people to become our Energy Saving Champions!
We have funding to pay for four energy saving case studies of... Read full post

Apologies for short notice but on Wednesday 22nd 7:00pm at The WI there is a meeting to sort out the legal structure for Fal Energy Partnership.     For more info contact lorely@transitionfalmouth.org.uk or 01326 317587

 The Prince of Wales Pier needs a volunteer pier warden between April and October, this is an interesting outdoor role with a varied and changing set of tasks.
The role will include monitoring the pier, reporting any damage, assisting tourists, checking rescue equipment, and illegal parking, general maintenance and recording incidents.
 No specific skills or qualifications are required but the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people in a variety of situations,... Read full post

 
Press Release         10/02/2012
‘Dropin Friday’ 10th Feb was focussed on food:  not enough, food waste, local versus global, grow your own, energy efficient cooking and enjoying eating etc.
Information was available on…
The Food Bank: A representative from The Food Bank was present to explain how the Food Bank works and how many have been helped in the past 12months.  Foodbank vouchers can be obtained locally and... Read full post

On Monday we heard that we have succeeded in a funding application to DECC To set a vision, establish a legal body, complete the Fal Energy report, produce a FEP Energy Pack, carry out local housing stock case studies, promote project locally, produce an area wide 'hot map', explore specific wind site potential etc. More information and meeting times to follow. All to be completed by end of March. Project leader is Charmian Larke who is also tackling the Energy Report, case studies and wind... Read full post

Surviving and Thriving press release week one: Fuel.
Hi all Here is the press release for the first week of Community Alive Falmouth's Surviving and Thriving in 2012. I hope it gives a flavour of what is happening in Library Foyer please visit us this Friday 10th for Food Issues   cheers Lorely.     .....................Friday 3rd Feb saw the first 'drop-in' for Surviving and Thriving' in the Falmouth Library Foyer.Dedicated to energy and fuel issues this week,... Read full post

Speakers Corner is an exciting new feature on the programme Soapbox every Thursday morning on Source FM, where open-air public speaking, discussion and debate are very much encouraged. Every Thursday at 10.00hrs Source FM is looking for guest speakers young and old to take to the airwaves, uninterupted, for up to 10 minutes at a time, and voice an opinion on any lawful subject of your choosing. No legal subject will be prohibited!
So if you have something you have been dying to... Read full post

 
Community Alive Falmouth.
Surviving and Thriving in 2012
A programme of events and exhibitions to assist a healthy, wealthy and wise 2012 with information and inspiration about issues on poverty, wealth and fairness.
Community Alive Falmouth organisations are promoting the message that - though we are in ‘difficult times’ we can, together, offer information, inspiration and support to stretch the pounds in our pockets and increase community capital. 
The six weeks... Read full post

'Surviving and Thriving in 2012' Six week programme of info and activities: themes of Finance, Food, Fuel, Friends and Fun, and Fairness. Underpinning values - all inclusive, accessible, sharing, local and global. The following notes are an amalgam of 2 meetings - Community Alive Falmouth on Wednesday and Poverty Forum on Thursday. Community Alive Falmouth Mtg 11th Jan 2012 10:00am at Falmouth Council Chambers Present: Amy (Walker), Mary (May), Caroline, Rachel, Rob, Mary (Bradley), Glynn,... Read full post

Please note the following date.  Wed 7:30pm 25th January 2012 at The Poly 24 Church Street, Falmouth£2 donation to The Poly
‘Making it Happen’   Inspiration into Action 2012 Local Energy, Local Wealth, Local ResilienceThe second in our programme of events for developing Fal Energy Partnership.  Paul Martin of KABIN will be explaining the business mechanisms for setting up local energy production and the models used by Wadebridge and Ladock and... Read full post