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  • Make a clean getaway this summer

    Whether you are jetting off to the sunshine, catching a bus or ferry, taking the train or driving to your holiday destination, there is an unavoidable carbon impact of your travel this summer.

    28 July 2010
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  • CARBON PARTNER EVENT: A bright, lean, green NHS

    Date: Thursday 9th September 2010
    Time: 8:30 - 17:00
    Place: Radisson Blu Hotel, Liverpool

    Designed to engage both the public and commercial sectors, this workshop will inform you of current thinking where it really matters; at NHS purchase decision making level.

    22 July 2010
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  • Leisure Centre gets switched onto lower energy bills

    People taking a dip in the swimming pool at All Seasons Leisure Centre in Chorley are now using a new source of energy, thanks to a project that was part-funded by Foundation.

    15 July 2010
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  • Liverpool business visitors help make the city greener

    Conference organisers hosting events in Liverpool will be able to compensate for their carbon impact by donating to a range of green projects across the city.

    12 July 2010
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  • Cycle Challenge Success

    Rediscovering the joy of two wheels, workers from across Greater Manchester cycled an impressive 79,004 miles over three weeks as part of a project supported by Foundation.

    12 July 2010
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  • KRO dragons roar to second place

    KRO bar and restaurant’s rowing team stormed to second place at this year’s Salford Charity Dragon Boat Festival.

    12 July 2010
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  • Jonathon Porritt joins drive to highlight Northwest’s Green Heroes

    Jonathon Porritt, outspoken supporter of renewable energy and sustainability, has been confirmed as keynote speaker for the Northwest Business Environment Awards.

    2 July 2010
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  • Food producer celebrates an authentic green win

    Manchester-based ready meal producer, The Authentic Food Company has won this year’s Food Northwest Green Business Award which was sponsored by Foundation.

    30 June 2010
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  • Once around the world for the GM Workplace Challenge!

    Workers from across Greater Manchester have clocked up over 25,000 miles (that’s once around the world!) as a cycle challenge supported by Foundation approaches its halfway point.

    16 June 2010
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  • Support David’s Oarsome Challenge!

    Foundation's business development manager, David Marnell, is taking part in the upcoming Salford Charity Dragon Boat Festival and needs your support!

    3 June 2010
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  • Green scheme to benefit Northwest workers

    Northwest employees are being offered cut-price energy-saving products in a new scheme which teams ‘green perks’ for staff with donations to Foundation.

    21 May 2010
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  • Green dream for threatened community centre

    A community centre in Preston threatened with closure has been saved though an imaginative eco-makeover made possible by Foundation.

    8 April 2010
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  • Orchard sows the seeds for greener hosting

    Manchester based web company Orchard Hosting is taking positive action towards making its web hosting service greener by working with Foundation.

    29 March 2010
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  • Local communities get planting!

    Communities from across Merseyside and Cheshire have been braving the winter chill to take part in tree planting sessions, helping lock up carbon from the atmosphere and make our region greener.

    24 February 2010
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  • Liverpool boosts funding for renewable projects

    Liverpool City Council has teamed up with Foundation to make up to £100,000 available to local communities who devise innovative micro generation schemes, such as wind and solar projects and heat pumps, but who need some funding to make a start.

    8 February 2010
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  • Credit where credit’s due for new initiative!

    A project that received support from Foundation is inventively combining the Government's Boiler Scrappage Scheme with it's own initiative to help cut carbon emissions and fight fuel poverty.

    4 February 2010
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  • Solar power switch on for Cumbria school

    A Lake District primary school officially unveiled its newly installed solar panels, by using their energy to light up its Christmas tree!

    27 January 2010
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  • DECC official visits the Carbon Co-op

    As part of a visit to Greater Manchester, Phil Wynn Owen, Director General for National Climate Change and Consumer Support at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) visited one of Foundation’s demonstration projects.

    15 December 2009
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  • Family fun and wise words from a weatherman

    To coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen, Manchester Town Hall is hosting FUTURE FEST, a CO2mmunity festival for low carbon living, and Foundation is excited to be part of the action!

    9 December 2009
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  • Foundation to benefit from Manchester’s Green Pound

    Manchester has seen a new currency hit the high street just in time for the Christmas rush – and it is also set to support Foundation.

    9 December 2009
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  • Region’s top business leaders back Foundation

    In July, The Northwest Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) publicly backed Foundation, becoming the first organisation to join us.

    9 December 2009
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  • Kro embarks on new climate change campaign

    Manchester based bar and catering business Kro has teamed up with Foundation to ask customers to compensate for their carbon emissions and help fund community carbon reduction projects across Greater Manchester.

    27 November 2009
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  • Quarter of a million pounds for new projects!

    Since launching in April this year, Foundation has approved just over £250,000 of funding for new carbon reduction projects across the region.

    25 November 2009
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  • Foundation awards £50,000 to help fight fuel poverty

    Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Credit Union has been awarded £50,000 from Foundation to finance interest free loans to help fight fuel poverty in the region.

    9 November 2009
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  • Come and join the Great Green Debate!

    Foundation will be exhibiting and taking part in the Great Green Debate at this year’s Business Northwest exhibition and conference.

    26 October 2009
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  • Manchester International Festival make first major donation

    Manchester International Festival (MIF) has donated nearly £7000 to Foundation, to compensate for unavoidable carbon emissions released by artist and staff travel during the two-week celebration of arts and popular culture.

    23 July 2009
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  • Building the case for a brighter future

    £35,000 of funding from Foundation is being used to improve the energy efficiency of a Cumbrian school and village hall.

    15 April 2009
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  • Sheep’s wool, peat bogs and burning wood...

    England’s Northwest is striking out to be a low carbon pioneer in the UK, today (16th April) with the launch of Foundation, a climate fund for the Northwest, which will deliver £1m per year for local, community based carbon-reducing projects.

    15 April 2009
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