The CA’s grant support from the Lotteries Community Fund for the Monk Fryston and Hillam Community Sustainability Funding is coming to an end. It was initially for 2 years and was later extended to 3 years.
It started in March 2022 and with their financial help we have been able to install an Air Source Heat Pump, and a 2nd 10 kWh Electrical Storage Battery. In addition, we have carried out further energy efficiency work, most notably replacing the original Main Hall UPVC double glazed fire doors with upgraded heavy duty ‘more energy efficient’ aluminium ones. We have installed more replacement LED lights and automatic lighting controls but inside and outside the Centre – places where lights tend to get forgotten and left on.
Together with previous sustainability investments, these investments helped us to stop emitting any Co2 at the Community Centre from July 2023. Last year we achieved Net Zero status for 4 months - May, June, July and August.
Monk Fryston School’s recognition award to pupils for their outstanding work in achieving the Eco Schools Gold and Merit awards on each of the past few years has been paid for by the Lottery Fund. A very well deserved token of recognition for the whole schools outstanding environmental work.
Going forward we now have permission from the Lottery to spend our remaining unspent capital and revenue budgets.
The unspent capital of £1100 will be used as a contribution towards a new set of replacement Fire doors for the Newton Room to the same standard as the Main Hall.
The unspent revenue budget is to be spent on the cost of building and operating the new CA website. This includes a new enlarged sustainability section.
In addition, it will pay for a further sustainability project booklet. We hope this will update every household on the progress of ‘the sustainability Project spin -off’ Hillam and Monk Fryston Together which the CA is leading. Its aim is to develop an agreed ‘Community Facilities Development plan’ to act as a guide to all our Village partners when applying for funds in the future from the approved Energy Transition Projects such as the Yorkshire Green Project and the SSE Battery Storage Farm both on Rawfield Lane.
The CA would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to the Lottery Fund.
