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Drumarg shortlisted in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge

Drumarg Community Association is one of just six community groups from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team toured the country earlier this year in search of [...]

Mullaghdun Community Association shortlisted in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge

Mullaghdun Community Association is one of just six community organisations from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team toured the country earlier this year in search of [...]

Transition Omagh shortlisted in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge

Transition Omagh is one of just six community organisations from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team toured the country earlier this year in search of community [...]

Annaclone Group shortlisted in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge

Annaclone Community Engagement Group is one of just six community groups from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team toured the country earlier this year in search [...]

Transition Omagh: Background

One of two Transition Town groups, Omagh are flying the flag for Tyrone in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge Members of the group have previously been involved in the Transition Together project which helped educate them in the benefits of energy saving for the benefit of themselves as well as their community; Transition Omagh [...]

Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke – Banbridge & Craigavon: Background

One of the more interesting groups in the challenge is a joint group from Banbridge and Craigavon as part of the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke group. They are a voluntary group based in the Lawerencetown Community Centre, who are working to improve the lives of people and families within the local community by [...]

Mullaghdun Community Association: Background

An integral part of the rural County Fermanagh village, the Mullaghdun Community Association is a close knit community which is excited to be taking part in the BIG Energy Saving Challenge. The Mullaghdun Community Centre, in which the group is based, celebrates its 25th anniversary this December and following major damage to the main hall [...]

Transition Town Whitehead: Background

Transition Town Whitehead are no strangers to energy saving as they are already involved within another Power NI pilot project; ‘Warmer Whitehead’. By their own admissions TTW is a small group with big aspirations – they want to increase the town of Whitehead’s growing reputation across Northern Ireland and make it known as a town [...]

Annaclone Community Engagement: Background

Annaclone Community Engagement Group is based in the rural County Down village of Katesbridge, which often ranks highly in Northern Ireland’s lowest recorded temperature areas – making their inclusion in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge a great opportunity for the community to come together to reduce their energy costs! Based in the local Annaclone GAA [...]

Power NI kicks off The BIG Energy Saving Challenge £100,000 Giveaway

Six community groups from across Northern Ireland have cause for celebration after being selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team toured the country this year in search of community groups who are switched [...]

Banbridge and Craigavon NI Chest Heart and Stroke branch shortlisted in Power NI’s BIG Energy Saving Challenge

The Banbridge and Craigavon branch of Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke is one of just six community organisations from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to compete in The BIG Energy Saving Challenge, an exciting new initiative from Power NI which is giving £100,000 to communities to encourage energy saving. The Challenge team [...]