March 2010

Grant Award for Banham Community Centre.

Users of the Banham Community Centre are delighted following the award of a grant of £3450 from the National Lottery’s Community Sustainable Energy Programme.

The grant will allow the Centre to commission a feasibility study to investigate methods of reducing our carbon usage by installing suitable renewable energy technologies. We are applying for further grants to cover the necessary capital expenditure.

The technologies to be investigated include Solar Roof Panels and Ground Source Heat Pumps. Wind energy has been considered but ruled out due to the topography/space available.

BCCA chairman Adam Power said
“This is great news for the Centre. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful facility here in Banham, and we want to make sure that centre remains sustainable for the future. Increasing energy costs have placed an additional strain on our ability to keep the center running and that strain will increase in the future unless we can reduce the reliance on oil and imported electricity.”

For further information please contact:
Adam Power, Church Farmhouse, Banham, Norfolk NR16 2HW. Tel 01953 887539.
Email adam@adampower.co.uk