The Projects that the Rauceby Little Footprint Initiative are presently developing are as follows:
Walled Garden and Orchard Project - Steering Group
Lives Type Group - Steering Group Ben Clark - rachandbenclark@btinternet.com Objective
Will look into establishing a footpath link between Rauceby Drove and The Railway Crossing by Ralph Dears Petrol Station and will also be concerned with road calming in the villages to ensure safety for all ages of walkers and cyclists.
Waste Recycling Objective:
Social Enterprise Store Project Will look into whether there is a need in Rauceby for a Community Store. It will be run as a social enterprise and all profits will go back into other community based projects. The store will sell locally grown produce.
Farmers Market Project - Steering Group Jonathan Hoare - jonathanhoare@mac.com Market planned to start in April of 2009. Volunteers for required steering group. Objective: Will look into setting up a regular market at the Village Hall. The market will occur twice a month and will sell locally sourced produce. Proceeds from the sale of goods and pitch charges will go to the social enterprise.
Energy providers project - Steering Group Jonathan Hoare - jonathanhoare@mac.com Daniel Sumpton - dsumpton@live.co.uk David Webb, SustainNK Email - David_Webb@n-kesteven.gov.uk Objective: To work with our local energy provider to ascertain how they can assist with the development of the RLFI project. Initial contact made with Eon. Meeting arranged between RLFI Chairman, Vice-Chairman, SustainNK, LCC and Eon represenative. Then action plan to be drawn up and implemented after initial meeting.
Efergy Smart Meter Trials Project - Steering Group Objective: The purpose of this project is to undertake regular energy audits and to encourage both awareness of how the participants consume energy and how they can make simple changes to their consumption thereby saving money and helping the environment. It is hoped that by being part of such an initiative that people may take a more active role in the initiatives supported by the RLFI. This initial audit will collate readings through the month of December. This data will enable the RLFI to take an average of our community’s energy consumption and compare that average to the national average. The participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire at the beginning of the trial and at the end. There was also a village get together on Wednesday the 26th November with a quiz and an opportunity for the villagers to offer their views on the RLFI projects and to offer their own ideas for future projects, the details of which can be found in the Feedback section. Another event like this is being planned for 2009. The results of this trial will be made available as a model for other communities to use on completion of the first trial in January of 2009.
Biodiversity Audit Project – ‘Nature on your Doorstep - Steering Group Jonathan Hoare - jonathanhoare@mac.com David Webb, SustainNK - David_Webb@n-kesteven.gov.uk Margaret Haggerty, Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership - MHaggerty@lincstrust.co.uk Objective: The purpose of this project is to carry out regular biodiversity audits to ensure the community is aware of the species around them and to actively seek to protect and make the most of them. It will include the involvement of a variety of local professional bodies who will collate the evidence and will require community involvement. The event is planned for the 16th May 2009.
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