EVENT: A year of progress in low cost, low carbon energy, and community energy

14th June 2025, 9:30 am – 1:30pm (doors at 9am)
The Ferriby Social Club, 6 Low Street, North Ferriby HU14 3DD

This event was held on the 14th June. A review, together with the slides from the sessions is available here: https://ferribysustainability.co.uk/2025/06/15/reflecting-on-sustainable-ferriby-2025-a-community-event-for-change/

Learn why we should be optimistic, what happened to the FUD, (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt), how the technology, policy and adoption have moved forward in 12 months.
Hear from your neighbours and experts on what you can do at home. Find out how to make your monthly energy bills one of your smallest costs, and what it takes to do that. Learn about the exciting community energy programme in our villages and how you can get involved.
If you are interested in sustainability and the transition to NetZero, while lowering your household costs then this community event is definitely for you. If you don’t think you are interested you should come anyway; you might change your mind.

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Sessions

9:30 Keynote – Sustainably Good News (Simon Hudson)

10:00 GB Energy, communities, policy and Yorkshire (Harry Baross)

🌤️ North East and Yorkshire Netzero Hub

10:30 Sceptic to convert (David Huzzard)

🌤️ The road to doing sustainable stuff

☕ — 10:50 Coffee & conversation —

11:15 Ferriby Sustainability Forum update (Duncan Ross)

🌤️ Community Energy, getting involved

11:45 Heat pumps (James Clark)

🌤️ What, why, how much

12:15 Empowering Sustainable Homes (Tom Lockwood)

🌤️Government Fully Funded Schemes (Warm Homes)
🌤️Solar, battery storage and tariffs

12:45 Q&A panel session

13:00-ish Close and next steps

Post-event “Come see for yourself” experiences.
EV & home visits

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As a community-led event, you can hear from your neighbours as well as experts on what you can do at home and in your community.

• Ignore the misinformation, hear all the good news
• Get more on how to lower your monthly electricity bills.
• What’s the latest with EVs, why you might now want to buy one (or 2) and how why you should plug one into your home.
• Learn how to go from 80% to 400% heating efficiency.
• Hear about the regional, global and global picture.
• Get involved in Community Energy in our villages.
• Get up close and personal with the technology, the numbers and the folk with experience.

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Venue

The Ferriby Social Club, 6 Low Street, North Ferriby HU14 3DD

There is limited parking at the venue, but pleny of on street parking on the approach roads.

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