News & Events
Solar scheme returns to help Lewes district switch to clean energy Short sign up time!
Homeowners across Lewes district are being offered the chance to reduce their carbon emissions and generate clean energy at home by installing solar panels. Solar Together Sussex offers high-quality solar panels and battery storage to people across the county. It’s a...
ENERGY & FUEL PRICES RISING!
OVESCO have big plans to help the community this winter to “Take back control of fuel bills”. We hav secured funding from the BIG ENERGY SAVING NETWORK to train Energy champions to work across Lewes district and to help people to understand their energy bills, ...
London Climate Action Week, 26 June – 4 July: Join up
With the COP26 climate talks now less than five months away, it’s time to build the pressure and press for a serious response to the climate emergency. A few days ago G7 leaders met by the beach in Cornwall, but it seems they’d left their ambition at home,...
Cycling Through Lewes: How to improve safety & the Sustrans National Cycling Route
Cycle Lewes have created an informative film about how to improve road infrastructure, cycle routes and safety for cyclists though Lewes. We welcome this useful film that explains not just what is needed for better and safer traffic management but also where cycling...
Rob Hopkins: “From What is to What if” Event
Transition Town Founder, Rob Hopkins will be talking about his latest book; From What is to What if: Unleashing the power of the imagination to create the future we want" - on Thursday1st July at7.30pm We can't tackle #climatechange without a vision of how we want...
Lewes District Council want young people’s views on climate change
We at Ovesco welcome the Lewes District Council initiative to create a video to send to the UN Climate Change Conference! The council are inviting young people across the district to say what they think the world's leaders should be doing to solve the climate...
Barcombe Net Zero Event 25th June 2pm to 7pm
Will take place at Barcombe Village Hall The CommuniHeat project is working to find the best way for Barcombe to switch to low-carbon heating, making it achievable and affordable for all. Come and find out more about our project. Learn about the computer...
New Weather Station installed in Barcombe
As part of our CommuniHeat project in Barcombe we have installed a new weather station at the Secret Campsite in Barcombe. This will give us accurate local weather data which will inform the findings about how the village interacts with weather conditions and heat...
Ouse Valley Cares – and wins National Lottery Community Funding
We are delighted to announce that the Ouse Valley Cares Project has won £150,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to kickstart a project to develop long term resilience across the Ouse Valley to tackle climate change. As a partner in this project, Chris...
Get the Green Homes Grants before they are gone!
Get the new Green Homes Grants before they're gone! This September the government introduced a new grant to boost carbon saving measures - the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme. This will end on 31st March 2021 or whenever the money runs out! Local contractors have...
