19:01:03 From Julian, Swindon (WCA) To Everyone: https://www.wiltshireclimatealliance.org.uk/wcamembersmeeting
19:01:15 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Autumn campaigning: plans and YOUR ideas Local focus: Summit spin-offs in your area Local Green Open Homes hubs Engaging with your MPs Engaging with the council Developing our joint Lottery Fund project ideas Green cycleways, in Wilts and across borders Home Retrofit for low income families AOB and next meeting
19:04:15 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: https://mcsfoundation.org.uk/news/households-could-lose-375-annually-due-to-low-uptake-of-flexible-energy-tariffs/
19:04:54 From Nick Orman To Everyone: What was the date of the local mass lobby?
19:07:14 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: Lots of government stuff coming in October (hopefully). Future Homes Standard, Warm Homes Plan, Hydrogen Strategy, Electricity Pricing, etc.
19:10:06 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Autumn campaigning: plans and YOUR ideas Local focus: Summit spin-offs in your area Local Green Open Homes hubs Engaging with your MPs Engaging with the council Developing our joint Lottery Fund project ideas Green cycleways, in Wilts and across borders Home Retrofit for low income families AOB and next meeting
19:11:27 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Thanks Bean!
19:12:57 From Tim, Corsham To Everyone: Thanks Hazel, I’d like to see and sign that
19:12:59 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: Today, the Chancellor has confirmed that the Autumn Budget will be held on Wednesday 26 November 2025 and commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast which will be presented alongside the Budget.
This Budget will focus on delivering for working people, by prioritising renewal and growth through investment and reform.
Please see the below press notice, which I hope will be helpful to you in explaining many of the details around the Chancellor’s plan. You can also view this announcement on X and LinkedIn.
19:13:04 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: As such, we have launched our Autumn Budget representation portal where individuals, organisations and Members of Parliament can submit comments on existing policy for consideration in the Budget. You can find the portal here. Please be advised, that any submissions sent to Special Advisers, ministerial offices, or Treasury policy colleagues, will be returned to the sender with a request to submit a representation via the portal.
The portal will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 15 October 2025.
19:13:27 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: That’s the press release from the Treasury
19:16:11 From Kate, Pewsey To Everyone: Retrofit and green energy and transport stand at Newbury Royal Show 20th and 21st Sept. Starting up the thermal camera surveys again in Pewsey Vale in Nov 2025. Also Community energy workshop for Pewsey and Manningford on 20th of Nov 2025 Catherine Read:👍
19:17:02 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion plans across the UK - Petitions
19:17:27 From Matthew Short - Zero Chippenham To Everyone: libraries week Monday 27th Oct to Sun 2nd Nov - ‘Seeds of Change: Make a difference with your library’
19:17:50 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Matthew can you give us details of that Business Climate Forum session?
19:18:05 From Matthew Short - Zero Chippenham To Everyone: Wiltshire Business Show Climate Forum Wednesday 17th Sept - 11am - Hosted by Severn Wye Energy
19:20:59 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Ask your MP to meet you during Lobby Week (13 - 20 September) https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change-forever
19:21:49 From Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh To Everyone: Bean, please can you put a link into the chat for the Treasury comment. Do you think a WCA response would carry more weight than individual? Any guidelines on format as well
19:25:21 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: AGENDA Autumn campaigning: plans and YOUR ideas Local focus: Summit spin-offs in your area Local Green Open Homes hubs Engaging with your MPs Engaging with the council Developing our joint Lottery Fund project ideas Green cycleways, in Wilts and across borders Home Retrofit for low income families AOB and next meeting
19:25:42 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: https://www.downehome.com/HEAT/ Hungerford Environment Action Team is also doing something at the Newbury Show
19:26:34 From Matthew Short - Zero Chippenham To Everyone: Climate Forum - Where are we Going? Tickets, Wed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
19:27:45 From gill and jimmy, Salisbury To Everyone: apologies, we have to join another meeting and will try to rejoin later
19:28:23 From Matthew Short - Zero Chippenham To Everyone: Hi Matthew,
Thanks again for this email and your patience. We are likely planning the pre-season training session of about 3 hours for the weekend of 27th/28th Sept, exact time and location TBC. Does this work for you?
To cover the admin cost, we would ask for £100 per person to join the session and online training, plus £30 to join a survey. Surveys should start up in mid to late October, weather dependent.
Following the training, we would ask that you not advertise any surveys you do as Heatview or CHEESE surveys specifically, but you can say that you have been Heatview trained/completed Heatview training.
Let us know if any questions, thanks.
Best regards, Willow
Willow Merewood
Business Manager, The CHEESE Project CIC
Company number 11204415
7c Hanham Hall, Whittucks Road, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3FR
Tel.: 07393 941 960
www.cheeseproject.co.uk
19:30:06 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: Replying to “Bean, please can you put a link into the chat for …”: The link is in the piece that I posted, Bill
19:30:25 From Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh To Tim, Corsham (direct message): How about a newsletter with all this information??
19:32:23 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Thanks for the CHEESE info, Matthew!
19:35:58 From Catherine Read To Everyone: Replying to “Stop airport expansion: halt all airport expansion…”: Shared and signed.
19:36:41 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/wiltshire-climate-alliance-donations
19:39:19 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: HI Richard! Richard, Donhead St Mary:👋
19:39:25 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: I assume that no one is going to the Reform Conference at the NEC on Friday! Andrew Nicolson:🎉 Catherine Read:😂
19:41:54 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: AGENDA: Autumn campaigning: plans and YOUR ideas Local focus: Summit spin-offs in your area Local Green Open Homes hubs Engaging with your MPs Engaging with the council Developing our joint Lottery Fund project ideas Green cycleways, in Wilts and across borders Home Retrofit for low income families AOB and next meeting
19:46:50 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: I just went to make a donation but there is nothing on the website that I could find. Can you advise please?
19:49:12 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Jeremy, Donate button on homepage, or go direct to https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/wiltshire-climate-alliance-donations
19:51:12 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Who can come to BoA to meet Brian Mathew MP? Brian could do a meeting on Friday 12th September from 12.30-1.30, if that works. Alternatively, Friday 19th September from 1-2pm is (was) available. You don’t have to live in his constituency, he is, er, liberal.
19:52:09 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: Replying to “Jeremy, Donate button on homepage, or go direct to…”: There is no donate button on the homepage
19:52:44 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Some resources: https://www.theguardian.com/business/series/heat-pump-mythbusters
19:52:50 From Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh To Everyone: Proposal 1 -Proposal 1 -Inter-urban greenway https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FOmNHAU5FdFO1MFYanhPxImqrQQk89U/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112668249970564366793&rtpof=true&sd=true
19:53:14 From Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh To Everyone: Proposal 2 -retrofit delivery for low income housing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j0TmbQrTWzEncmZQ7n2tZnRb_HxEh9Up/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112668249970564366793&rtpof=true&sd=true
19:53:54 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: Replying to “Jeremy, Donate button on homepage, or go direct to…”: Apologies - just found it
19:54:54 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: Replying to “Jeremy, Donate button on homepage, or go direct to…”: That button does not appear on my mobile phone
19:55:41 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Replying to “Jeremy, Donate button on homepage, or go direct to…”: Noted!
19:57:24 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://www.hpf.org.uk/news/launch-of-the-happy-heat-pump-podcast-with-evan-davis-bean-beanland
20:00:24 From Catherine Read To Everyone: Sorry need to leave now. See you all soon. Thanks.
20:03:19 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: MCS is also telephoning 100% of BUS recipients. I’m working to get them to go back to a significant proportion 12 months in, so that true satisfaction can be gauged after a full heating season
20:04:10 From Jacky Macqueen To Everyone: Would love to meet Brian on the 19th. We are in his constituency
20:04:19 From Margaret Green To Everyone: details of Brian Matthew meeting
20:04:29 From Margaret Green To Everyone: please :)
20:05:54 From Kate, Pewsey To Everyone: I can do Brian on Friday 12th . Not in his constituency.
20:06:29 From Julian, Swindon (WCA) To Everyone: https://www.wiltshireclimatealliance.org.uk/wiltshire-climate-summit-2025
20:07:30 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Brian Mathew Friday 12th September from 12.30-1.30, if that works. Alternatively, Friday 19th September from 1-2pm is (was) available.
20:07:57 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://www.wiltshireclimatealliance.org.uk/wiltshire-climate-summit-2025
20:12:30 From Richard, Donhead St Mary To Everyone: Feckin’ numpty!
20:12:30 From Jacky Macqueen To Everyone: TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATIONS HEAT PUMP SURVEY! The National Energy Foundation (NEF) is running a major survey into customer satisfaction with retrofitted heat pumps, funded by MCS Charitable Foundation. The aim is to build the largest UK study of its kind, capturing real-life user experiences and helping to correct misinformation often seen in the mainstream media. If you’ve lived with a heat pump for at least one heating season, please consider taking part. It only takes five minutes and you’ll be entered into a £500 prize draw for completing the survey. Please also share the survey with anyone you know who has had a heat pump installed. Take the survey here.
GO TO SURVEY
20:14:07 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1
20:19:08 From Margaret Green To Everyone: Sorry, I have to go
20:21:56 From Tim, Corsham To Everyone: FYI (@Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh ? @Julian, Swindon (WCA) ?) Looks like both the docs are not shared with the wider world
20:21:57 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Bath Climate Hub: https://transitionbath.org/directory/climate-hub-banes/
20:27:16 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: There is also a call out for 1,000 positive heat pump “stories” run by National Energy Foundation. If anyone with a heat pump would like to contribute, please email me and I’ll introduce you to the NEF team
20:27:42 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://greenwaysandcycleroutes.org/
20:28:06 From Kate, Pewsey To Everyone: I am going to have to go. It’s getting near my bedtime and I am knackered. Thanks for all your hard work everyone. Richard, Donhead St Mary:♥️
20:28:23 From Tim, Corsham To Everyone: Is there a way to identify anyone in Sarah Gibson’s Chippenham constituency would like to go and meet her with me (assuming we can set one up?)
20:28:22 From Jeremy Wire Bradford on Avon To Everyone: Replying to “There is also a call out for 1,000 positive heat p…”: I think Jacky put the link in earlier, Bean
20:28:42 From Julian, Swindon (WCA) To Everyone: Replying to “FYI (@Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh ? @Julian, Swindon …”: just seen this - which docs Tim?
20:29:14 From Tim, Corsham To Everyone: Replying to “FYI (@Bill Jarvis Dilton Marsh ? @Julian, Swindon …”: proposal 1 & 2 above eg https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FOmNHAU5FdFO1MFYanhPxImqrQQk89U/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=112668249970564366793&rtpof=true&sd=true
20:32:17 From Tony Currivan To Everyone: sorry but I need to go too
20:34:00 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: 18th September : https://environmentcentre.com/blog-articles/heat-pump-101-webinar/
20:35:15 From Bean Beanland To Everyone: The Dorset-based Greening Campaign successfully applied for Lottery funding. I’m sure that they would be happy to share their experiences.
20:37:12 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: Bean, I’ve emailed you about St Mgt’s Hall, BoA. Thanks!
20:40:14 From Richard, Donhead St Mary To Everyone: Can’t make 17th I’m afraid (or 15th).
20:43:27 From Andrew Nicolson To Everyone: https://cms.wiltshire.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1125&MId=16069