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Located in rural Cheshire, Ashton Hayes is a well knit community of about 1000 people that is aiming to become England's first carbon neutral community. We started our journey in January 2006 and since then we have already cut our carbon dioxide emissions significantly - by working together, sharing ideas and through behavioural change. We now have our community owned renewable energy company.
This website encapsulates our journey towards carbon neutrality and offers free advice and guidance. Please feel free to use anything from our website (we'd like a credit if you can).
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:00AM Sadly we did not win the Sustainability award at the IET event on 9 November but we did get a 'highly commended' and we were all pleased to have been finalists from over 40 project entries this year. Thanks to EA Technology for hosting the table.
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 3:33PM We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Institute of Engineering and Technology's (IET) Sustainability award 2011. We have been shortlisted in the 'Sustainability' category for Expanding and Managing Community Energy through Technical and Social Collaboration in conjunction with our supporters Ashton Hayes, EA Technology Limited and ScottishPower. Fingers crossed for Wednesday night, 9 November.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 11:07AM We are pleased to announce the formation of the Ashton Hayes Community Energy Company - a Community Interest Company (CIC) that will manage the generation of renewable energy in the village. All profits generated by the company will be ploughed back into sustainability initiatives in the community. Thanks to Carbon Leapfrog for the free advice on legal issues and to Professor Roy Alexander for doing all the paperwork! More on this soon.
Monday, September 19, 2011 at 10:19AM Membership of the Electric car club continues to grow but at a slower pace than we would like. We are delighted that Business Gradutes Greg Ambrose and Tom Ellis have come on board to help us understand the user needs and promote the marketing of this fantastic vehicle. They are currently carrying out a user survey and series of promotions that will encourage residents to try out the vehicle. Our aim to offer flexible hire terms that suit the needs of residents. We shall also share this data with the Commonwheels organisation which operates the car management system on our behalf.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 3:36PM Our recent film, 'Letters from the Future' will be shown at the Coop Film festival on 7 October at the National Media Museum in Bradford.The film was made by four Ashton Hayes girls - Eleanor Hart 13, Emily Hopkins 11, Grace Owen 11 all of Ashton Hayes and Bella Ball 11 from Mouldsworth. It was produced by Elizabeth Barlow (Bootcamp) and coordinated by Kate Harrison. The filmed was financed by a £4000 grant from DECC under the Low Carbon Communities programme.
The Co-op Film Festival is a non-competitive and not-for-profit youth initiative run by The Co-operative to encourage young people to co-operate, develop creativity and express themselves. It is one of the longest running film festivals in the country and a huge celebration of young people’s creative film-making! It’s been going for a massive 45 years.
