2012

January       Christmas Tree shredding at Village Hall. Shreddings used for paths at allotments.

February      Open Meeting to discuss future projects

2011

2 Give and Take Days including displays from Commons Group and community projects.

February    Visit to Viridor Recycling site and Great Blakenham to learn more about recycling.

March        Leapfrog Conference on Creating Low Carbon Communities attended by 2 members

May          2 members made a presentation to Broadland District Council

May   Report commissioned by WESG from the Low Carbon Innovation Centre based at the UEA presented to the village at our third AGM. Gave us valuable information about how to reduce the village's carbon footprint and save money.

Took part in a short film produced by Halesworth Middle School about local environmental issues.

September    Forum on PV cells, giving advice and information. Led to 5 households going ahead with installations before the Dec. 12th deadline, and others considering it.

November    Borrowed a thermal camera, surveyed 22 buildings including the Village hall, the Star pub and the Methodist church. Reports produced from them all.

2010

Energy saving Trust video made in Wenhaston, to show the merits of energy saving measures particularly solar water heating panels.

February     "Turning the Tide" play by Open Space at Village Hall, hosted by WESG.

Second Carbon Audit taken, with final report available from April 2010.

April             Second A.G.M.

Warmer Wenhaston Round 2 completed with 17 households benefitting.

December      Fact finding visit to London to find out about the community group at Ashton Hayes.

2009

Febuary     Talk given to Great Bealings

Much continued as 2008, e.g. Wenhaston Word newsletter and energy meter loan

Warmer Wenhaston insulation project, first stage completed with 31 households receiving free or discounted materials. Final collection at Village Hall in February.

Open Meeting held to find out what actions the village would like.

First Village Give and Take Day organised with Bright Green, with much given and taken.

Zero Waste Week, also organised with Bright Green. 11 households took part and considerably reduced their landfill waste. Workshop first with Karen Cannard, well-known zero waster.

First AGM March

Updated light bulb library made availaable for villagers' use May to July.

Visit to village from Dr. Burgess, advocate for Rural Communities and his team in July.

Visit to refurbished and energy efficient Village Hall by members of Greenprint Forum in September.

Improvements made to improve energy efficiency of Church Room in September.

Warmer Wenhaston Round 2 started November.

Article in December Countryfile magazine featured Wenhaston.

2008

Published monthly bulletin  in the local Wenhaston Word newsletter
Showing of Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth

Insulation Day March

Awarded 2008 Community Energy Award from Suffolk Strategic Partnership's "Creating the Greenest County."

Constitution developed, officers elected

Insulation morning held, to provide basic information from experts.

Solar Water Heating Event - to set up tendering process to provide bulk buy discounts for solar water heating. Taken up by 13 households

Promotion of low energy light bulbs - distributing free bulbs and promoting Bulb Library

Distributed to households CRed brochure on “50 things you can do to save energy”

Encouraged villagers to join the syndicate to buy bulk oil.  Currently 50 households involved in this.

Developed link with Wenhaston Primary School including loan of energy meter

Purchased energy meters to loan out to villagers to check their energy consumption

Attended Suffolk Show as a Greenest County winner

Successful application for grant from EEDA for green refurbishment of village hall - September.

Additional grant from Suffolk County Council for community project - September

Energy Fair in November, opened by Hon. John Gummer M.P. to launch current Warmer Wenhaston insulation project.

Spoke to various local community groups about our work

Website developed

2007

Wenhaston Energy Support Group formed in March.

Carbon Footprint Audit

Energy Day in June

Public Forum to present analysis of audit and discussion with Professor Tim O’Riordan of Dept. of Environmental Science, UEA