Findings from our focus groups with young people, including students and care leavers, who are new to paying energy bills.

Looking for funding for your community energy project? There's lots of grants and funding schemes available for new and existing projects.

We’ve created community engagement approaches and resources helping local communities design and push for changes they want to see.

This report presents the findings of CSE’s project exploring the experiences of first time bill payers. The research involved three focus groups with first time bill payers, defined here as people ...

Hundreds of councils have passed declarations of a Climate Emergency, signalling their determination to help the UK achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Town and parish councils are in a unique ...

Climate change is an urgent, global problem that can feel overwhelming and too complex to solve alone. Local action offers tangible solutions that can meet communities’ needs and add up to meaningful ...

Well built and maintained, community buildings can warm, welcoming and energy-efficient spaces for shared activities. They can bring people together and be places that demonstrate and inspire positive ...

Discover the Future Energy Landscapes (FEL) community engagement toolkit – your resource for local energy action. Created by planning and community engagement experts at CSE, this free toolkit is ...

Making a building energy efficient includes lots of different measures such as draughtproofing, insulation and updating heating systems. Each building requires a different approach. If you have links ...

On 16 March, the government announced that over £50m would be made available to help households struggling with soaring heating oil costs. CSE understands that this fund will be distributed by local ...

All communities are different and sometimes, it’s hard to know where to begin or what to prioritise when organising community action around local carbon emissions. That’s why we’ve developed our ...