South Hill Association for Renewable Energy (SHARE)
This popular group, started in 2014 and incorporated as a Community Benefit Society in June 2015, is dedicated to supporting sustainability and renewable energy in the Parish of South Hill and beyond.
News Feed:
SHARE Update May 2022
South Hill Jubilee Orchard On April 24th, volunteers were invited to help plant a sapling hedge alongside the new parish Orchard. Altogether, 15 people turned up to help for varying amounts of time, and we were able to plant more than 420 trees in just over 4 hours. Species included Rowan, Elder, Dog Rose, Crab […]Read More »Congratulations from SHARE to South Hill Connection
100 editions of the newsletter – what an achievement! SHARE is proud to be a regular contributor to the Connection since our early days in 2015. We registered as a Community Benefit Society that year, and together with the Parish Council, installed our first solar PV array on the Parish Hall roof. This continues to […]Read More »Pooh Sticks!
SHARE Hydro Feasibility Update, March 2022 Regular readers will remember earlier articles describing our initial investigations into the potential of water turbines. For the benefit of newer readers, those investigations involved installing a measurement weir structure, however this unfortunately came to a premature end when the Environment Agency took an active interest. Temporary measurement weirs […]Read More »Our Mission:
“Powering renewable energy into a secure and sustainable future for all”
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
Membership Application Form
for those who live, work or own property in South Hill Parish
Associate Membership Application Form
for others who support our Mission, Vision and Aims
A Guide to Saving Energy in the Home
Produced in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, this booklet has been delivered to every household in South Hill Parish.
Just click on the picture or the link to download the booklet as a pdf (3.18MB).
Data Protection
Visit our Membership page to read our Rules and other information
Contact:
Astrid Fischer
(Company Secretary)
phone 383620
or email:
share@south-hill.co.uk
Recycling for Charity project http://www.south-hill.co.uk/charity-recycling
energySHARE movie
As a prelude to our 2015 energyshare funding application, we made a short video (above) to attract votes on Crowdfunder. We got 158 supporters, beating the competition for “Pot 1” funding.
Help & Information
As seen at our Slow Cooker workshop, May 2016:
Click to view Energy Saving Presentation
Click to view Energy Fit Kitchens Presentation
How it all started…
It all began when representatives of Community Energy Plus came to chat to us about projects currently active in Cornwall. Community Energy Plus is an “award-winning social enterprise that provides complete energy answers to help householders in Cornwall enjoy warmer, energy efficient homes as part of a more sustainable future” (direct quote from their website). They are funded by a number of organisations including Cornwall Council, NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and with money from the Big Lottery Fund.
As a result, a number of meetings followed, and a group of about 25 individuals emerged with an interest in forming a proper association. In November 2014 we obtained funding from energyshare. This money (£10,000) has been used to work out and implement a proper structure for SHARE, to pay for feasibility studies for possible renewable energy projects in the Parish, and to initiate our first major project.