It was nice to see our energy advice team's work credited, with a mention of our energy cafes in the government's Warm Homes Plan released this week. In 2024-5, our energy advisors saved households on average >£440 each in year 1, an estimated £968 over 3. More comment on the plan from us soon.

What if upgrading our homes could also strengthen the bonds between us & our neighbours? Live in #Southwark? @lb-southwark.bsky.social Be part of a shared community collective through workshops and shared support. Find out more ⬇️ selce.org.uk/selce-to-sup...

What We Learned from Selce's Last Two Share Offers Sharing in case any other #communityenergy groups can benefit from this info, our lessons (and mistakes!) along the way. selce.org.uk/learnings-fr...

As part of a @communityenergyldn.bsky.social event in Dec, our Co-Chair Kate Parker was interviewed by the @ceiclub.bsky.social. Here we publish the interview in full, in case it is useful to sister community energy groups, or current & future investors and members selce.org.uk/learnings-fr...

Selce Energy Advice Crowdfunder Raises More than £7000​ One more step to a cleaner, fairer future for EVERYONE, with no one left behind. Huge thanks to everyone who supported, shared and donated to this. selce.org.uk/selce-energy...

A New Year message from Giovanna "My optimism rests on a hunch that we’re approaching a social tipping point — a moment where small shifts in behaviour, values and expectations begin to cascade into something much bigger." selce.org.uk/a-new-year-m...

2026 - ‘What a decade this year has been’, already. Home from family holidays in 🇳🇱 at the 4th attempt, and 3 extra nights in AMS

Last chance, the campaign supporting our energy advice team closes tomorrow Please donate www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-ou...

4 days to go to our crowdfunder deadline. Please donate or share our campaign today, before it shuts. In 2024-5, our team saved households suffering fuel poverty £442 on average. Please donate so our team can keep up this up, and keep on having the same impact in 2026. ➡️ buff.ly/8xW28YY

One of our energy advisors, Bilqis made a video to show the work our team does, behind the scenes: buff.ly/N9KOp0g Please donate to our Crowdfunder, or share this post, so our team can keep up their work, and keep on having the same impact in other people's lives. ➡️ buff.ly/8xW28YY

“I wish to thank & extend a hand of appreciation... for your humanitarian & philanthropist support towards me.” In 2024-5, our team saved households suffering fuel poverty £442 on average.

Support the winter fundraiser for Selce's awarding-winning energy advice service .. Nadia Smith from @seloncommenergy.bsky.social www.salamandernews.org/selce-vital-...

Live in a flat in @royalgreenwich.bsky.social, or involved in a housing association? Always wanted solar but always seemed too tricky or complex to get off the ground? We want to change this! Find out more ⬇️ #greenwich

🔴 REVEALED 🔴 The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. 📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇

“It might seem small to some, but for us, it’s a big thing.” - Single mother and domestic abuse survivor www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-ou...

In 2025, calling out racism is 'lefty'

Our latest newsletter hit inboxes just a few days ago, this month featuring: 💡 Selce Energy Advice team wins national award...But faces funding gap in Jan 💡 Crowdfunder launched: please support us 💡 Utility Bills: Advice on What Grants and Other Support is Available

2025: A WordPress plug-in accidentally pushes something to live - the chair of a national institution resigns OpenAI intentionally release products to a mass market that includes errors, manipulations and stolen material - cool, cool Is this how it works? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Neil Young tickets just announced, starting at... 120 quid... Might be standard / old news etc... but who can even afford these types of gigs these days?

"One day your hard work will finally become a routine part of a humane energy system. Meanwhile, I hope this little helps ..." Thank you to our latest crowdfunder donor, who left this kind message 💙

Utility Bills: What Grants and Other Support is Available? As the cold season takes hold, it’s more important than ever to be aware of the range of grants and extra support available to you to help manage your energy and water bills this winter.

This #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay, Support our Energy Advice Team, Before Our Funding Gap Hits in January selce.org.uk/support-our-... 🚨Please share with your network - thank you 💙

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

"Rather than unlocking UK community power, successive governments have deferred to the model of innovation championed by US tech companies... picking corporate winners rather than investing in communities, people & places." www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

#communityenergy Awards 2025 - congrats to our energy advice team - winners of fuel poverty award + our founder Gi, of energy champion award... But most off all, to all finalists ⬇️⬇️⬇️ read more on their excellent work @commenergyengland.bsky.social site communityenergyengland.org/guidance/cas...

"rolling PR campaign with a spreadsheet attached to it" 👌🏼

Live in a flat in #Lewisham, or involved in a housing association? Always wanted solar but seemed too tricky or complex to get off the ground? >50% of Lewisham residents live in flats, yet only ~1% of domestic solar installs are on flats. We want to change this! buff.ly/H7EaIUr

Selce is among the signatories to a letter to the chancellor today, highlighting that potential cuts to home insulation / retrofit funding will only harm those in fuel poverty, alongside climate goals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

To quote the CEO of Palantir, how dare people "try to call the AI revolution into question?" We need a schadenfreude emoji www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This month’s newsletter is going out today, this month featuring: 💡 4th Solar Share Offer Hits Target 💡 Selce's Formula for Successful Retrofit 💡 Lewisham Community Energy Fund: Solar for Flats Call Out... and much more Read in full & subscribe at: buff.ly/MAF6ooJ

Selce's Formula for Successful Retrofit 🏠 In mid-October, the news was full of stories about poor quality retrofit work installed under the ECO4 or GBIS schemes. 💡 How we minimise the risk of poor installation, and maximise the number of people that can benefit. selce.org.uk/selces-formu...

In Card City, everyone is welcome 💙💡 Will you grow a tree? Or design a city vehicle for a better future? Our Card City project made an appearance at Penge East Community Association (PECA)'s community day earlier this month, with more than 300 people coming along.

Selce is a finalist in the Community Energy Awards 2025 🎉 for: - Fuel Poverty Action Award - Community Energy Excellence (L) Full shortlist at: communityenergyengland.org/events/commu... #CEAwards2025 @commenergyengland.bsky.social

🍄‍🟫 season - one you can write with and the other ???

"Horniman Primary School in Forest Hill, now saves around £9,000 annually in electricity costs. Edmund Waller Primary is saving a total of £20,000 through more energy efficient, LED lighting." selce.org.uk/local-green-...

Local Green Energy That's Powering a Better Future for All selce.org.uk/local-green-...

We've reached 54% of our target for Selce's 4th solar share offer! 🎉 Massive thanks to everyone who has invested so far 💙

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Share offer update: we've already reached 25% of our target! 🎉 Our 4th solar share offer aims to fund solar at Invicta Primary in SE3, & is projected to save the school £100k over 20 years. We encourage members to get their investments in soon, or risk missing out: www.selce.org.uk/shares

Selce’s latest Energy Advice newsletter went out yesterday - with the latest grants, support & tips to keep energy bills low. Read in full here: buttondown.com/energy-advic... Or sign up selce.org.uk/selce-newsle... and be the first to read future updates like this and more.

Invest in community. Invest in supporting local people. Invest in a cleaner, fairer future. Invest in solar at Invicta Primary School in Blackheath. Projected to save the school more than £100,000 over 20 years. www.selce.org.uk/shares

What is a Community Energy Share Offer? – A Guide "Cooperatives are democratic organisations. They all have a ‘one member, one vote’ setup, irrespective of their financial contribution." selce.org.uk/what-is-a-co...

Very excited to share that I'm writing a new book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY - about the loss of England's chalk downland: a tale of flowers, fascism & freedom. To be published by @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social in April 2027: www.thebookseller.com/rights/willi... Website: ghostsofchalkcountry.org

Six Low Cost Measures to Save on Energy at Home 🏠💡 As we move towards the colder months, we cover 6 low cost energy saving measures you can install in your home to reduce energy and save money - from draught excluders, to LED light bulbs, to water saving shower heads selce.org.uk/six-low-cost...

Thanks to everyone who led workshops, stalls, came along or took part in any way at Growing the Alternatives last weekend. We couldn't have put it better than London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities & Social Justice @debbieweekesb.bsky.social kicking off the event. ⬇️🎥 Together we are stronger 💙

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

Yes, It’s the Guns. It’s Also the Phones. www.liberalcurrents.com/yes-its-the-...

This Satuday 13th, from 11 am at the Albany, London SE8 4AG Lots of great workshops and talks! 👇 www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/growin...

Climate journalist & @salamandernews.org co-founder @dorothystein.bsky.social will be chairing a workshop on tackling climate disinformation at our next event, Growing the Alternatives, on Sat 13 Sept at the Albany in Deptford. ⬇️some thoughts from Dorothy