Carbon Co-op

Energise Manchester Session 1: Introduction to Home Energy
2024-01-15 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Levenshulme Inspire Centre, 747 Stockport Road, Manchester, England, M19 3AR, United Kingdom
Come along to our FREE community hub energy
training sessions to learn about how to stop losing
heat in your home and make it warmer!

Come along to our FREE community hub energy training sessions to learn about how to stop losing heat in your home and make it warmer!
Energise Manchester is a local energy advice programme aimed at supporting residents across Levenshulme, Longsight, Whalley Range, Rusholme & Moss Side to take action on keeping Warm for Winter.
This is the first of the Energise Manchester home energy hub training sessions in Levenshulme and is ideal for anyone interested in learning about how to improve the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of their home.
No prior knowledge is required – just bring your enthusiasm and questions!
What You’ll Learn:

Fabric First” Approach: Discover what it is and why it’s crucial for energy efficiency.
Retrofit Basics: Learn about retrofitting homes to reduce energy consumption.
Heat Loss Explained: Understand where and how heat is lost in a home and challenge common assumptions.
Insulation Strategies: Explore effective ways to insulate your home, improve windows, and enhance maintenance.
Airtightness and Thermal Bridging: Learn how to make your home airtight, address thermal bridging, and understand its impacts.
Ventilation Essentials: Find out why proper ventilation is key to a healthy home environment.
DIY vs. Professional Work: Get advice on when to tackle projects yourself and when to call in the experts.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Carbon Co-op Team

Energise Manchester Session 1: Introduction to Home Energy
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:30 | Moss Side Millenium Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, England, M14 4SL, United Kingdom
Come along to our FREE community hub energy
training sessions to learn about how to stop losing
heat in your home and make it warmer!

Come along to our FREE community hub energy training sessions to learn about how to stop losing heat in your home and make it warmer!
Energise Manchester is a local energy advice programme aimed at supporting residents across Moss Side, Rusholme, Whalley Range, Levenshulme & Longsight to take action on keeping Warm for Winter.
This is the first of the Energise Manchester home energy hub training sessions in Moss Side and is ideal for anyone interested in learning about how to improve the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of their home.
No prior knowledge is required – just bring your enthusiasm and questions!
What You’ll Learn:

Fabric First” Approach: Discover what it is and why it’s crucial for energy efficiency.
Retrofit Basics: Learn about retrofitting homes to reduce energy consumption.
Heat Loss Explained: Understand where and how heat is lost in a home and challenge common assumptions.
Insulation Strategies: Explore effective ways to insulate your home, improve windows, and enhance maintenance.
Airtightness and Thermal Bridging: Learn how to make your home airtight, address thermal bridging, and understand its impacts.
Ventilation Essentials: Find out why proper ventilation is key to a healthy home environment.
DIY vs. Professional Work: Get advice on when to tackle projects yourself and when to call in the experts.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Carbon Co-op Team

Energise Manchester Session 2: DIY Draught-proofing
2024-01-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Levenshulme Inspire Centre, 747 Stockport Road, Manchester, England, M19 3AR, United Kingdom
Come along to our FREE community hub energy
training sessions to learn about how to stop losing
heat in your home and make it warmer!

Come along to our FREE community hub energy training sessions to learn about how to stop losing heat in your home and make it warmer!
Energise Manchester is a local energy advice programme aimed at supporting residents across Levenshulme, Longsight, Whalley Range, Rusholme & Moss Side to take action on keeping Warm for Winter.
This is the second installment of our Energise Manchester home energy hub training sessions in Levenshulme. This free community hub session is dedicated to tackling draughts in your home, ensuring a warm and efficient home!
What You’ll Learn:

Draught Basics: Understand the fundamentals of air movement and cooling in your home.
Detecting Draughts: Learn accessible methods to identify draughts, including the use of thermal imaging cameras.
Common Draught Locations: Discover typical draught spots in homes and how to effectively address them.
Practical Demonstrations: See demonstrations using example products to fix draughts.
Importance of Ventilation: Discuss the significance of proper ventilation for a healthy living space.
Ventilation Strategies: Explore ways to reduce the need for ventilation while maintaining safety and comfort.
Key Ventilation Points: Identify crucial areas in your home that require effective ventilation.

This session is for anyone who may be experiencing drafts in their homes and want to learn how to tackle them. No previous experience is needed!
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Carbon Co-op Team

Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation
2024-01-27 10:00 - 12:30 | Hebden Bridge Town Hall, The Terrace Room, Saint George's Street, Hebden Bridge, England, HX7 7BY, United Kingdom
Discover cleaner indoor air solutions on Jan 27, 2024, at 10 AM, covering health impacts, ventilation basics, and retrofit planning.

If you are planning a retrofit project, either staged or all in one go, this training is highly recommended. However, this workshop is for anyone concerned about the health impacts of their living environment. Find out how you can tackle damp and mould and create a fresh feeling, making sure your home stays healthy as you improve its energy efficiency.
During the session you will:
1. Revisit the idea of the Whole House Approach and why ventilation is important when planning retrofit works.
2. Learn about indoor air quality and it’s impacts on your health
3. Cover some basics around ventilation
4. Understand standards and regulations
5. Take a look at ventilation systems and understand which kind of system is best suited to your home
6. Gain a list of simple things to do now
This workshop is one of a series of three, aimed at householders interested in learning more about the basics of retrofit, applying this to your home and sharing knowledge and learning with other local residents.
Hebden Royd Town Council, working with Carbon Co-op, aims to empower residents in Hebden Bridge to explore the possibilities of retrofitting their homes, creating cosier spaces, reducing energy bills, and improving the efficiency of their homes through knowledge sharing, workshop events, and technology.
Please note: These workshops are aimed at householders who want to learn more about retrofit. This is not a workshop for people working in the supply chain or seeking to promote a specific product or service – we will ask salespeople to leave the session.

Energise Manchester Session 2: DIY Draught-proofing
2024-01-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Moss Side Millenium Powerhouse, 140 Raby Street, Moss Side, England, M14 4SL, United Kingdom
Come along to our FREE community hub energy
training sessions to learn about how to stop losing
heat in your home and make it warmer!

Welcome to the second installment of our Energise Manchester home energy hub training sessions in Moss Side. This free community hub session is dedicated to tackling draughts in your home, ensuring a warm and efficient home!
What You’ll Learn:

Draught Basics: Understand the fundamentals of air movement and cooling in your home.
Detecting Draughts: Learn accessible methods to identify draughts, including the use of thermal imaging cameras.
Common Draught Locations: Discover typical draught spots in homes and how to effectively address them.
Practical Demonstrations: See demonstrations using example products to fix draughts.
Importance of Ventilation: Discuss the significance of proper ventilation for a healthy living space.
Ventilation Strategies: Explore ways to reduce the need for ventilation while maintaining safety and comfort.
Key Ventilation Points: Identify crucial areas in your home that require effective ventilation.

This session is for anyone who may be experiencing drafts in their homes and want to learn how to tackle them. No previous experience is needed!
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Carbon Co-op Team

Beginner's Guide to Retrofit
2024-05-09 18:00 - 19:30 | St Margaret’s Centre and Playing Field, Brantingham Road, Manchester, England, M21 0TT, United Kingdom
Join us for an in-person training session on retrofit – perfect for householders interested in retrofit.

Welcome to the Beginner’s Guide to Retrofit and Heat Camera training!
Join us at St Margarets Centre (on Brantingham Road) for an in-person event where you’ll learn all about the basics of retrofitting your home.
We will help you establish a basic understanding of eco-renovation and how you might go about planning to make your home warmer, more comfortable and that little bit greener whilst reducing bills.
We’ll discuss both DIY and contractor-led approaches, this is very much a starting point for retrofit rather than an in-depth discussion of the technical aspects but we will be introducing a new support programme with follow on training and assistance.
We’ll end the with some tips on how you can tell friends and neighbours about what you’ve learnt about retrofit.
Suitable for people thinking about or actively planning retrofit improvements.
Less suitable for social housing tenants who are reliant on their housing provider to make these changes.

This event is part of Energise Manchester, a 2 year programme of advice, support and assistance delivered by Carbon Co-op in partnership with People Powered Retrofit, to help people in South Manchester plan and carry out energy improvements to their homes.
Energise Manchester is part of the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator programme, funded by the UK Government Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Tackle Damp and Mould Parts 1 and 2 - Boiler House, Moss Side
2024-10-01 12:00 - 2024-10-08 13:30 | Boiler House, 9 Wilcock Street, Moss Side, England, M16 7DA, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

This is a two part training, where you will be given a task between sessions to assess damp and mould in your home. We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training. When you book onto the event, you will be booking onto both parts of the training, which are held on the 1st and 8th October, at the Boiler House, 12:00 – 13:30.
Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
You’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

Who should come? Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier this winter. No experience needed.
There will be free tea, coffee, and snacks provided as part of this workshop.
If you have any questions about this workshop, or any other Energise activities, please email us on energise-manchester@carbon.coop, or Call/Whatsapp us on 07593711298

Tackle Damp and Mould Parts 1 and 2 - Station South, Levenshulme
2024-10-16 18:00 - 2024-10-23 19:30 | Station South Cycle Cafe Levenshulme, 975-977 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, England, M19 3NP, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

This is a two part training, where you will be given a task between sessions to assess damp and mould in your home. We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training. When you book onto the event, you will be booking onto both parts of the training, which are held on the 16th and 23rd October, at the Station South, 18:00 – 19:30.
Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
You’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

Who should come? Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier this winter. No experience needed.
There will be free tea, coffee, and snacks provided as part of this workshop.
If you have any questions about this workshop, or any other Energise activities, please email us on energise-manchester@carbon.coop, or Call/Whatsapp us on 07593711298

Levenshulme Area-Based Retrofit Scheme
2024-10-30 13:00 - 14:30
Learn about the processes and ways of working that underpin this innovative retrofit scheme.

Carbon Co-op are leading this innovative place-based pilot, aiming to bring opportunities for retrofit into communities on a tenure-blind basis, by addressing some of the barriers and challenges currently facing households.
Acting as an intermediary, Carbon Coop have aggregated retrofit professionals and partnered with a social enterprise training/contractor on behalf of participating households, engaging local people through participatory community liaison. They are facilitated a blended finance package, mixing grant and zero percent municipal lending tailored to householder circumstances.
This webinar brings together a panel of key players from the scheme to explore their experience of the process to date, now that works are on site.
NB: all the households in the current scheme are owner occupied, but place based approaches involving public and private tenants are equally applicable.

Who should attend?
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in place-based or area-based approaches to retrofit delivery. This might include:

Local authorities
Community Energy organisations
Housing providers
Local and national government policy makers
Think tanks
Housing campaign groups
Financial providers
Retrofit professionals and providers

Chair and Panel members
Chair
Jennifer Brennan, Director – Harlow Consulting
Jennifer is a co-founder of Harlow Consulting, specialising in construction and built environment research and evaluation. She works with clients including CITB, Historic Environment Scotland, Home Builders Federation and Historic England. She has recently led a Skills Needs Analysis for Historic England assessing skills needs, gaps and shortages for construction, repair and maintenance of pre-1919 buildings, including skills and qualifications needed for retrofit.

Panel members

Jonathan Atkinson, Co-founder – Carbon Co-op
Jonathan is a co-founder of Carbon Co-op, a board member and staff member, developing and project managing innovative, new low carbon projects. He is the Retrofit Lead at the organisation, overseeing a wide range of energy efficiency projects. Jonathan’s earlier career included time at two research co-ops and in 2002 he co-founded UHC Collective, a multidisciplinary art and design project. He splits his time with People Powered Retrofit where he is Business Director.

Aneaka Kellay, Citizen and Community Engagement Lead – Carbon Co-op
Aneaka works in the Retrofit Team and Energy Commons Team at Carbon Co-op. She is experienced in workshop development, facilitation and community engagement. She is passionate about social and environmental justice. Over the last 9 years, she has worked to engage and organise training for householders and contractors around retrofit. Her current area of interest is in people-centred approaches to energy-efficient schemes.

Michael Dickinson, Director – B4Box Ltd
B4Box are an award-winning construction training provider and employer who work differently. Their unique integrated business model puts local learners and skilled employees at the heart of all business decisions, shaped and informed by their core values: tackling poverty, addressing climate change, promoting social justice and addressing inequalities. B4Box won the Ashden Award for Low Carbon Skills in 2022.

Hannah Dixon, Director, Architect, Certified Passivhaus Designer, AECB Certifier – Progress in Practice
Hannah is a chartered Architect and Certified Passivhaus Designer, specialising in sustainable, low carbon construction and community engagement. She has a wide range of experience working on Passivhaus and low energy schemes, as both Project Architect and Passivhaus Consultant.

Julie Maxwell, Architect and Retrofit Coordinator – Progress in Practice
Julie is a qualified architect who moved to the UK in 2015. She has a wealth of experience delivering divers residential projects from deep whole house retrofits to high performance new builds in Sheffield Yorkshire and the wider region. She is passionate about community engagement, making retrofit accessible to all and creating high-quality and sustainable designs.

Tackling Damp and Mould Parts 1 and 2 - 422 Centre, Longsight
2025-02-15 10:00 - 15:00 | 422 Manchester (formerly Longsight Youth Centre), 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, England, M12 4EX, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

This is a two part training workshop with a lunch in-between the morning and afternoon sessions. We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training where possible. When you book onto the event, you will be booking onto both parts of the training, which are held , on Saturday 15th at 422 Centre, Longsight, 10:00 – 15:00.

Damp And Mould Part 1: 10:00 – 12:00
Lunch: 12:00 – 13:00
Damp and Mould Part 2: 13:00 – 15:00

Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
You’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

Who should come?
Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier. No experience needed.
There will be free tea, coffee and lunch provided as part of this workshop.
If you have any questions about this workshop, or any other Energise activities, please email us on energise-manchester@carbon.coop, or Call/Whatsapp us on 07593711298

Tackling Damp and Mould Part 1- Withington Baths
2025-03-21 09:30 - 10:45 | Withington Baths & Leisure Centre, 30 Burton Road, Withington, England, M20 3EB, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
Over the workshops you’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

This is a two part training workshop with the second session on 28th of March 9:30am – 10:45am at withington baths & Leisure Centre. To secure your place for the second session you can book onto the event here.
We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training where possible.
Who should come?
Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier. No experience needed.

This project has been made possible through funding from ‘Locality’.

Tackling Damp and Mould Part 1- Withington Baths
2025-03-21 09:30 - 10:45 | Withington Baths & Leisure Centre, 30 Burton Road, Withington, England, M20 3EB, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
Over the workshops you’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

This is a two part training workshop with the second session on 28th of March 9:30am – 10:45am at withington baths & Liesure Centre. To secure your place for the second session you can book onto the event here.
We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training where possible.
Who should come?
Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier. No experience needed.

This project has been made possible through funding from ‘Locality’.

Tackling Damp and Mould Part 2 - Withington Baths
2025-03-28 09:30 - 10:45 | Withington Baths & Leisure Centre, 30 Burton Road, Withington, England, M20 3EB, United Kingdom
Learn how to tackle the root causes of damp and mould in the home.

Discover how to tackle mould in this workshop. Don’t let dampness damage your walls and furnishings or compromise your health. Join us to learn how to tackle damp effectively and create a safer living environment for you and your family.
Over the workshop you’ll learn:

The causes and effects of damp and mould
Practical tips to prevent and eliminate mould growth
Techniques to keep air in your home healthy
Do-It-Yourself solutions for a healthier home environment

This is a two part training workshop with the second session on 28th of March 9:30am – 10:45am at Withington Baths & Leisure Centre. To secure your place for the first session you can book onto the event here.
We strongly recommend attending both parts of the training where possible.
Who should come?
Everyone’s welcome! Whether you own your home, rent, or just want to feel cosier. No experience needed.

Carbon Co-op Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025
2025-04-23 18:00 - 21:00 | International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY, United Kingdom
An opportunity for Carbon Co-op and its members to reflect, celebrate and plan for the year ahead.
You can attend the event in person or dial in online. Members and non-members can attend – only members can vote at the formal AGM.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE.
Pre-AGM activities
We will be asking the question: How can the work of Carbon Co-op demonstrate and inform the action needed to accelerate an effective as well as just, energy transition?
We will do this by reflecting on two recent projects:
We will present on our ground-breaking LevABS street retrofit project and reflect on how our approach has changed since our last foray into construction, the Community Green Deal project from 2015. We hope to welcome householders from the scheme and Aileen McDonnell CEO of award winning social enterprise training/contractor B4Box.
We will review our Energise Manchester work which has been delivering in person energy advice over the past 2 years with some excellent case studies videos to showcase the work. Our Energy Saving Champions (who are also members) are keen to get involved, so some of them may attend and share their experiences.
Tea / Coffee break
We will conclude with a participative discussion activity, breaking out into smaller groups to discuss how the members think about the question “How can Carbon Coop help accelerate a fair and equitable energy transition action in Greater Manchester and beyond?
Formal AGM Agenda

Members present and apologies
Minutes of last meeting
Report on the year & Future Plans
Presentation of accounts 2023/2024
Complete amendment of rules It is proposed that the Rules of the Society be amended by deleting them in their entirety and substituting therefore the Rules attached (and marked ‘X’)
Appointment of Auditor resolution (to be voted on)“Proposal to dis-apply the requirement to appoint an auditor in line with the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.”
Board Election

Papers

Old rules
Proposed new rules
Resolution
Accounts

Board nominations
Join the Carbon Co-op board, learn new skills and help contribute to an innovative and ground breaking grassroots organisation. Complete this expression of Interest form by 21st April 2025: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5KwF0s5j2aZLAb8NSM8ZS_B4LZ9mm-jkHaT1hsi8cjvc60w/viewform?usp=sharing
