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Restore is a mental health charity in Oxfordshire. We co-produce initiatives with our Members. We wish to regenerate two of our sites to make them more sustainable and energy efficient helping us achieve our One Planet action plan and enabling Members to benefit from this initiative.
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Situation
We have 6 sites across Oxfordshire where our local service users with mental ill-health (Members) are able to attend recovery groups/programmes. Members can participate in crafts, woodwork, cafe projects, therapeutic gardening and customer services, along with being trained in various new skills. We wish to make our buildings more energy efficient in two of these groups. We also want to enhance our organic growing opportunities with a polytunnel for members' therapeutic gardening in another.
Solution
Oxfordshire County Council have kindly donated some solar panels to us. These panels were available to be recycled. Our Facilities Manager wrote a successful bid to win the panels and secured 42 panels for us. We now need to gain funding for inverters and installation on two of our sites needing such efficiencies. In addition, we are asking for funds for a poly-tunnel and LED lighting. All initiatives are co-produced with members and are part of our one planet action plan.
