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Lunch and Learn – Energy Saving Advice Talk

Please find information below about an Energy Saving Advice talk with Pete Wait the Cheshire West Citizens Advice Energy Adviser. 

Lunch and Learn – Energy Saving Advice Talk

Cheshire West Citizen’s Advice would like to invite anyone who’s role is working with or supporting anyone in the front line to a lunch and learn session to find out about and benefit from information and advice around energy saving.

  1. Thursday, 28th September 2023 from 12pm until 1pm via Teams

You will leave the session knowing how you can best support colleagues, friends, family members and anyone you may be working with, on advice on energy saving.

Within Cheshire West and Chester the percentage of fuel poor households within our borough as of 2022 was 11.9%.  From April 2022 to November 2022 during a 7 month period, the most requested support to the Help in Emergencies for Local People (HELP) scheme was for cash/energy vouchers. 

Within the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN), of those who reported a rising cost of living in January 2022, 79% cited higher gas and electricity bills as a cause. (Source: Office for National Statistics). 

It is known that over 300,000 households eligible for the warm homes discount last winter did not receive it.  With energy bills still high Cheshire West Citizens Advice Energy Adviser would like to go through what the energy crisis is and how it affects people, the current support that is available, ways to maximise income, simple energy saving tricks to reduce how much energy you are using and answer any questions you might have.

To register for the lunch and learn session, follow the link below. Following registration, a Teams link will be sent to you.

  1. Lunch and Learn: Energy Saving Registration

Opportunity for residents to join group-buying solar scheme

Residents in west Cheshire have an opportunity to sign-up to a group-buying scheme, providing high-quality solar panels and battery storage at a competitive price.

As part of Cheshire West and Chester Council’s work to help the borough to become carbon neutral by 2045, the Council is working with neighbouring local authorities to offer residents the opportunity to benefit from Solar Together Cheshire and Warrington. The scheme is a first for the area and will help Cheshire homeowners feel confident that they are paying the right price for a high-quality installation from pre-approved installers.

It is free to register and there is no obligation to go ahead with an installation. 

West Cheshire residents can join the group-buying scheme, which offers solar panels with optional battery storage and EV charge points. The scheme also offers retrofit battery storage for residents who have already invested in solar panels and are looking to get more from the renewable energy they generate, as well as increase their independence from the grid.

This innovative scheme builds on six years of a successful Solar Together programme, run across the UK. To date Solar Together has delivered over 22,000 installations and over 460,000 tonnes of avoided lifetime carbon emissions.  

Residents have until 10pm on Friday, 27 October 2023 to register their interest in the scheme. To find out more and to register, visit: www.solartogether.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester

How does it work?

  • Householders can register online to become part of the group for free and without obligation.
  • Pre-approved UK solar PV suppliers participate in a reverse auction, where installers bid to provide the service to you and others registered households. They can offer competitive pricing as the volume and geographic concentration makes it possible for them to realise greater efficiencies, which they pass on with lower prices for installations.
  • After the auction, registered households will be emailed a personal recommendation which is specific to the details they submitted in their registration.
  • If they choose to accept their recommendation, the specifics of their installation will be confirmed with a technical survey after which a date can be set for the installation of their solar PV system.
  • Telephone and email helpdesks are on-hand throughout the whole process which, together with information sessions, will allow households to make an informed decision in a safe and hassle-free environment.

Advice on other home energy schemes and support for those who are worried about the rising cost of energy bills, food and transport can be found on the Council’s website. Visit:

Pothole update – Cllr Lynn Gibbon

11th July 2023

Message from Lynn Gibbon – Conservative Councillor for Marbury Ward 

To Great Budworth Parish Council:

Highways

Safety Inspectors regularly inspect roads and footpaths for dangerous potholes in line with the https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/your-council/policies-and-performance/council-plans-and-strategies/documents/highway-safety-inspection-code-of-practice.pdf.

Also, Network Stewards investigate enquiries and concerns about potholes raised by our customers including Councillors, Parish Councillors, and the public.

 We prioritise all potholes so that the most dangerous ones are repaired either the next day or within 5 days and for those that do not meet the criteria we have routine maintenance and resurfacing schemes in place, as per Potholes and road faults | Cheshire West and Chester Council

 A useful guide to pothole repair document is ADEPT & DfT_Potholes – a repair guide_March 2019.pdf (adeptnet.org.uk)

 The majority of our pothole repairs are 50mm deep, cut out and fill, hot material permanent repairs.

This involves cutting around the pothole and breaking away the loose material, then refilling with hot tarmac and compacting. A bitumen over-banding is used around the joints to help protect from ingress of water.

On the odd occasion in emergency situations, we ask for a temporary fill and compact with cold tarmac, which is used to make safe until a permanent repair can be programmed. 

We also use a range of techniques and materials to repair and maintain our roads to keep the borough’s network moving smoothly and these can be found here  https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/transport-and-roads/highways/major-road-schemes/improvement-programme.

 Regards

Lynn  

Lynn Gibbon – Conservative Councillor for Marbury Ward 

(Parishes of Anderton with Marbury, Antrobus, Aston, Barnton, Comberbach, Dutton, Great Budworth, Little Leigh, Marston, Sutton Weaver, Whitley & Wincham)

 Deputy Leader – Cheshire West & Chester Conservative Group

 Shadow Cabinet Member – Inclusive Economy, Regeneration & Digital Transformation

 Email: [email protected]

Mobile: 07581 226814

Westage Lane road closure 11th July 2023

Please find attached a temporary road closure notice for Westage Lane, Great Budworth which commences on 11th July 2023. This is necessary for safety reasons to enable highway patching works to be carried out by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Should you require any further information regarding this closure, please contact Bryn Jackson on 0300 123 7036.

Budworth Heath road closure 7th June 2023

Temporary road closure notice for Knutsford Road, Great Budworth & Antrobus which commences on 7th June 2023. This is necessary for safety reasons to enable highway patching works, works to be carried out by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Should you require any further information regarding this closure, please contact Bryn Jackson on 0300 123 7036.

Westage Lane – Road closure

A temporary road closure notice for Westage Lane, Great Budworth which commences on 26th June 2023. This is necessary for safety reasons to enable highway repair works, works to be carried out by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Should you require any further information regarding this closure, please contact on 0300 123 7036.

HM QUEEN ELIZABETH ll

The members of Great Budworth Parish Council join the residents of Great Budworth in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth ll.

We pay tribute to the lifetime of devoted duty and service that she dedicated to the country and the Commonwealth over seven decades. She was an icon of wisdom, dignity, and grace, respected on the world stage and throughout the United Kingdom.

Our thoughts and prayers are with members of the Royal Family in their grief.

There is a book of condolence in the Church and there will be a Service of Commemoration on Sunday at 10:30 AM. Flags will be flown at half-mast in accordance with protocol.

May she rest in peace.

Looking forward to the reign of Charles lll  – God  save the King.

DWH – Chairman of GBPC