Managed by Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS) and delivered by a range of partners (including Cumbria Business Growth Hub), there’s a great range of support for businesses in Westmorland & Furness wanting to reduce their carbon footprint and operate more sustainably.
We wanted to draw your attention to the below support which may be of interest, there are also details of an event happening soon in Barrow.
Guardians of Grub
It’s estimated that the Hospitality and Food Service industry throw £3.2billion of wasted food into the bin each year – an average cost of £10,000 for every outlet in the UK!
With new legislation set to come into force in March 2025, requiring any organisation with 10+ staff to separate out and dispose of food waste separately, the cost might be about to rise.
Cumbria Tourism have teamed up with the Guardians of Grub as part of the Westmorland & Furness Green Enterprise Hub to provide a personalised approach to food waste reduction. And best of all, it’s completely free.
What’s on offer?
- 1 week of food waste monitoring to identify key areas of waste and produce a personalised report
- 2 hour face to face or online session to run through the report and discuss waste reduction solutions for your organisation
- 1/2 weeks to implement some of the solutions discussed
- Follow up week of food waste monitoring to see how the changes have impacted
- 2 hour face to face or online session to develop a food waste reduction action plan
To book a slot to discuss support click here
Price reduction
Some of the services offered through the CAfS partnership are chargeable but there’s good news! The price of energy and renewables advice visits has been reduced to £100 per service.
To find out more contact the Helpdesk by calling 01768 210 276 or emailing greenhub@cafs.org.uk
Ask the Experts: Inside Cumbria’s Green Enterprises
25th June 2024 – 5pm to 7pm – Full of Noises, Piel View House, Abbey Road, Barrow-In-Furness, LA13 9BD
- Curious to see how low energy buildings work?
- Want to meet other likeminded organisations in the area?
- In need of advice to reduce your energy bills?
- Interested in switching to electric vehicles or supplying charging points?
- Want to create a sustainable brand or update existing environmental policies?
- Keen to appeal to a ‘green-minded’ audience?
- Want help retaining staff, by developing a purpose driven mission statement?
The Westmorland & Furness Green Enterprise Hub can support you with all of the above, and more!
Come along for food, music, and inspiration: an opportunity to connect with other like-minded businesses and to ask your questions to our expert advisors.
Meet our experts in:
- Building energy reduction;
- Renewable technologies;
- Electric vehicles and charge points;
- Hear from Full of Noises about their experience of undertaking a building energy improvement project.
- Share your experiences, challenges, and successes.
- Develop your own decarbonisation plan.
To book your place click here
We’ve got case studies from businesses already supported, sharing further details of the work delivered by partners and we’ll continue to add more as the project progresses – click here