Free and nearly free training

I am a founder member of this organisation but have never attended any of their events as I live well outside their boundaries.

See
http://retrofit.coop

Contact
info@retrofit.coop

They have far more demand than resources, so you need to be patient.

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Thanks. I had a reply from them (Nic) today saying they are looking at it.

Sounds like a good place if they have a lot of work and people seem to recommend them.

It might not be exactly what you are looking for, but just to let you know that People Powered Retrofit expanded their service area a while ago to include Crewe (and even a little bit further!).

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Thanks Matt. Yes, I have emailed People Powered Retrofit and they did indeed reply to say they have seen my message and will soon come back with more details. So fingers crossed. :slight_smile:

Have you used them before or know them?

So I actually work for Carbon Co-op. People Powered Retrofit began as a Carbon Co-op project before being spun off into its own independent co-operative.

Whilst we aren’t directly connected anymore, their office is across the hall from ours, and we tend to work quite closely together.

Sorry if that wasn’t clear before!

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Thanks for the update. No worries.

Will be great to hear from them.
I like that it all started as a cooperative. After all that is why I signed up here.
We need more people to work together to make change happen.

Thanks again.

Encouraged by your note, and their initial reply, I have emailed them a brief of the works on Thursday with some drawings. to find out what part if not all of the project they may be able to help with.

I am a bit unclear what exactly they can deliver, but their website states “We offer a service for householders to help you plan, procure and deliver your home retrofit.” which sounds exactly right.

Anyway, in case you meet Nic or anyone of their hub across the hall, maybe you can ask if they consider projects at the moment and if mine would be interesting. Would be good to know in terms of planning my next steps. Thanks.