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Graham 'Chalky' White from the Scouts sent me the request below yesterday.
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I think we all need to meet to discuss the way forward, then have a EGM to ratify/formalise any decisions we have made.
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20% of 24K is £4800 (so round up to £5k). That's the figure Graham is basically talking about I think. The figure includes installation. There are other users as well as us who he has no doubt asked the same request...
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Have a think about it and message/email me your views. We'll then set up a meeting to discuss.
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Wondering if men’s shed would consider helping us.
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We have been slowly making improvements to the hall. The latest has been the installation of the heat pump.
This appears to have been worthwhile as we have seen a decrease in our electric bill.
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We have also already replaced all the light fittings in the hall to LED, this reducing our energy use again .
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As you can appreciate energy costs are a big issue for us.
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To help try and improve our energy use even more and do our bit for the environment we are going ahead with the installation of a solar array .
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We envisage this to be 28.3kW and is made up of 44 panels each 645w. To be sited on the roof. This system will have a battery capacity of 26.8kW . This will give us flexibility when coupled with a suitable tariff to produce and store and sell electricity.
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The down side to all this is the capital cost. This is approximately £24K for the afore mentioned equipment and instal.
There is however, good news , we have secured grant funding of 80%.
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We envisage some other costs such as DNO G99 which is approval for us to install to generate. There may also be some battery storage required.
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As you know we try our best to help others in the community and keep our hall rental costs to a minimum.
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We have decided to ask our main users if there is any possibility of helping us with the costs of the installation not covered by the grant.
We understand this is a big ask and do not do it lightly .
The scout group is a charity and we are lucky to have an income from hall rental. But this is also needed to help run the group.
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Would it be possible to discuss with your members and gauge feeling on this request.
Please don’t worry if you feel you cannot help , as we know you also have costs in running your group too.
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Thanks for your consideration.
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Graham and the trustee board.
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