Author: Jon Halle

Today we started the process of pre-ordering the boiler to make sure that everything’s ready for installation as soon as possible after the share offer concludes. We can’t pay a deposit until that point, but somewhere in Austria the manufacturer … Continue reading →

Our hydro installation will go ahead as planned despite some of the worst floods in the Rea for around 60 years. Many people will have seen news reports of the severe floods at Neen Sollars. As well as the damage … Continue reading →

Despite the late start in promoting our share offer, we managed to get halfway to our target in 5 weeks, raising £153,400 so far from 87 prospective members – already a new record for a Sharenergy project despite competition from … Continue reading →

The share offer continues to have a huge amount of interest – over £24,000 worth of investment today! We’ll definitely be extending the share offer period so that more people have a chance to join the 76 prospective members we … Continue reading →

We’ve got a job going in Shrewsbury. We need somebody to run the books for the co-ops we help to set up and to help them keep abreast…

After a very slow start membership applications are starting to come in thick and fast. There is one week to go until the deadline. We want to get on with the installation as soon as possible – so if anybody’s … Continue reading →

We’re sure his boss would approve of this type of tax-efficient investment! Ben Dodd and Jon Halle represented Woolhope Woodheat at DECC’s day for winners of LEAF funding (which we used to set up our share offer). We had an … Continue reading →

We were featured in a very good piece in the Guardian today with a nice picture of Steve Dudhill harvesting wood with his working horse. The piece also highlighted share offers from other co-ops around the country. Meanwhile share applications are … Continue reading →

The share allocations have finally been finished and the share certificates sent out. The project has been remarkably successful in getting local support with over 90% of members coming from within 30 miles of the site. A deposit has been … Continue reading →

Woolhope Woodheat’s share offer is now up and running, with applications (and cheques) coming in from prospective members. Lots of local interest, we’ve been on BBC radio, in the Ross Gazette… and going national this week. We think this co-op … Continue reading →