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By creating genuinely affordable, healthy homes in the heart of Plymouth, our community can be part of the solution to tackle fuel poverty and climate change. This organisation is in the preliminary stages of being established.

We want to:

Use excellent design and clean energy to build affordable homes fit for the future.
Give local people the chance to choose a comfortable home with low bills and a fair rent; one that supports a sustainable lifestyle, promotes quality health and well-being and importantly, provides a stable, long-term home to be proud of.
Offer an ethical and innovative management model that allows our community to buy community shares and cooperatively run this business, just like we do with our solar installations. This way, local people can plan, design and determine the outcome, potentially earn a fair return and ensure any profits are re-invested to benefit the whole community.

We want local people to help with the details: design, waste, energy, transport, food, and ownership and bring it together to shape how we make it happen!

In March 2020, PEC Homes became an official entity, and was established as a Community Benefit Society. Members are at the heart of what we do, so if you are interested in becoming a Member, then please read our Membership Policy to below, to find out what it means to be a Member. If this sounds like something you want to do then please download the application form below.

https://plymouthenergycommunity.com/about/about-pec-homes?r=5070

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Community land trusts are set up and run by ordinary people to develop and manage homes as well as other assets. CLTs act as long-term stewards of housing, ensuring that it remains genuinely affordable, based on what people actually earn in their area, not just for now but for every future occupier.

Our vision is for anyone, anywhere to be able to set up and run a Community Land Trust to develop homes and other assets to meet local needs.

The National CLT Network is the official charity supporting Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in England and Wales. We work on behalf of CLTs and, in turn, our members shape and govern our work.

We provide funding, resources, training and advice for CLTs and work with the Government, local authorities, lenders and funders to establish the best conditions for CLTs to grow and flourish. Our aim is to transform the land and housing markets in England and Wales so that CLTs are mainstream, not dependent on short-lived specialist support programmes.

The Network is also part of a broad alliance of organisations promoting and supporting community led housing in England.

http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/

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A community benefit society helping local communities become more energy efficient and involved in renewable energy projects.

South Dartmoor Community Energy is a not for profit community energy company. We have seven voluntary directors and we are currently grant funded by a number of organisations to carry out our project work.

SDCE's aims are to:

Supply heat/electricity from renewable and low carbon sources;
Reduce fuel poverty and increasing the energy efficiency of buildings within the local community;
Generate income to support community organisations and projects that improve the sustainability of the Local Community, including through appropriate Community Supporting Organisations;
Provide funding for further community renewable and low carbon energy generation schemes;
Enable the local and wider community to share in the ownership of the renewable and low carbon electricity/heat generation projects;
Increase awareness and understanding of the benefits of renewable energy generation, local ownership of energy generation and energy efficiency.

https://www.sdce.org.uk/

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Sustainable Tiverton is part of the Transition Network, which inspires and supports communities to become more sustainable in the face of climate change – building resilience, supporting bio-diversity and reducing CO2 emissions. We encourage local projects that combat global warming and environmental damage; by supporting community groups to set up, run activities and events, get publicity, and work with others nearby.

http://www.sustainabletiverton.org.uk/

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