Community Energy Connect
Helping community energy groups take their projects to the next level
Connecting groups with skilled volunteers
Hundreds of community energy organisations are reshaping the UK’s power system, building resilient and healthy energy communities.
Creating £9 worth of social benefit for every £1 spent, they are helping neighbours cut energy costs, retrofit homes and promote green energy.
But, with 80% of their work being volunteer-led, groups urgently need skilled support.
Enter Community Energy Connect.
A platform linking experts in law, finance, marketing, events and more with groups in need of extra hands.
Volunteers
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Sign-up
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Upload your profile
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Search opportunities
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Apply for roles that suit you
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Find a match!
Community Energy Groups
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Post your opportunity using our custom or pre-set templates
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Search volunteers
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Review applications
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Find a match!
Why we built Community Energy Connect at a Hackathon event
In 2023, we conducted interviews and focus groups up and down the country to explore the main challenges group face. Recruitment and management of volunteers was clearly a big challenge for lots of groups. Community Energy Connect emerged as a direct response to this.
Alongside research in the movement, we found a wider challenge. There was no clear call to action for the general public who can’t invest or set-up their own group. Community Energy Connect therefore, provides a simple way to mobilise skillsets and join a local movement.
Our Powering Communities Fund
Need a bit of extra financial support? Our grant funding can hep amplify your social impact.
Supporting community-owned projects
We support over 300 community energy projects across the country - and yours could be next!