Summer 2025 saw the much anticipated completion of construction works on homes in the first phase of the Levenshulme Area Based Scheme (LevABS). Whilst this was undoubtedly a big milestone for householders and partners, work doesn’t stop once tools are downed on-site, and we were keen to ensure that householders have the information they need … Read more
Between 2024 and 2025, Energise Manchester teamed up with Longsight’s Queen Bee group to deliver a series of practical energy advice workshops — designed with the community, for the community. The Queen Bee group is a women-only group based at Northmoor Community Centre, where women from mainly South Asian backgrounds meet regularly to share food, … Read more
As members of REScoop, the month of May saw Lorenza Casini, Energy Commons team lead, and Jonathan Atkinson, Retrofit team lead, together with colleagues from People Powered Retrofit, head to the 2025 European Energy Communities Forum. It took place in Kraków, Poland, on 20—22 May 2025, during Poland’s six-month Presidency of the European Council, and … Read more
Carbon Co-op’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is taking place this Wednesday 23rd April at the Anthony Burgess Foundation in central Manchester. If you want to attend you can book a free place here. AGMs can be full of jargon, so this article explains what will happen at the event and how you can be involved. … Read more
Carbon Co-op’s area-based retrofit project is upgrading a group of homes in Levenshulme, South Manchester, aiming to improve energy efficiency, keep bills low and reduce carbon emissions. The key contractor for the scheme, Stockport-based B4Box, are not only a contractor but also a training provider, who are using the experience of retrofitting traditional Victorian terraced … Read more
Over the last year we’ve been increasingly asked about grant funded programmes for retrofit. Do we recommend them? Do we refer people into them? So we’ve done a lot of thinking about what our position is, because we want to provide clarity to our staff and the households we talk to. This blog post sets … Read more