The Warwickshire Community Oil Syndicate continues to go from strength to strength with numbers building each month.
Alongside the oil syndicate we have received various enquiries concerning LPG (liquid petroleum gas) and are now delighted to be in a position to offer reduced prices as below:
This new booklet, produced by Living Streets and the People and Places Coalition, which includes CABE and AgeUK, is being sent to all councils in England.
It offers a guide for councillors and communities on how they can transform the places they live, as well as signposting to useful information and tools to help communities and local councils work together effectively to shape their neighbourhoods.
The Warwick District Council Small Grants Scheme 2013/14 has been launched to encourage voluntary and community sector organisations to apply for small scale community projects.
The Small Grants Scheme provides grants up to a maximum of £2,000 to provide new opportunities for local people, to enable greater community involvement in public services. We welcome applications from groups that have ideas which will benefit the wider community.
This bulletin from the neighbourhood planning team in the Department for Communities and Local Government provides an update on the latest news and policy developments, how the neighbourhood planning team can help communities, and how communities’ varied work on the ground fits with the national picture.
Why not sign up for your own access to this helpful bulletin - email decentralisation@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Research on behalf of Defra has now been published. This has a focus on neighbourhood planning in rural areas, but the tips from the frontrunners should prove to be of interest to all. It is the first piece of Government funded research into neighbourhood planning. Prepared for Defra with intput from DCLG, it was reviewed by a reference group including representatives from ACRE, Cabe at the Design Council, CPRE, Locality, Planning Aid England and The Prince's Foundation.
From 1st May 2013 neighbourhoods can apply for a share of the £9.5 million earmarked by government to support neighbourhood planning.
The funding and direct support is administered by Locality.
Applications are invited in two stages.
Stage 1 - by completing an Eligibility Checker. The eligibility checker can be completed online by answering a series of simple questions. This will help Locality decide if you are eligible for a grant and/or direct support. Direct support will be expert advice tailored to the individual needs of your area.
These are the statistics from our latest oil order.
Market Highest 65.95ppl
Market Average 58.14ppl
Members Price 52.90ppl
(+ vat @5% on all prices)
Members made a saving of 5.24 pence per litre against the market average (£26.20 saving per 500 litres).
PURE, the Clean Planet Trust, has £1 million of low cost loan finance available to community groups and charities hoping to install renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
The loans range from £10,000 to £100,000 and cover up to 65% of project costs. To apply projects must be located in the bottom 50% of the country, as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation. If you have a project that you want to pursue give PURE a call and they will discuss it with you.
Information about the relaxation of reporting for small businesses.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recognise that some small employers who pay employees weekly, or more frequently, but only process their payroll monthly may need longer to adapt to reporting PAYE information in real time. HMRC have therefore agreed a relaxation of reporting arrangements for small businesses.
