Become an Energy Ambassador for your community group or organisation and be equipped to support others to reduce and manage energy costs
About this Event

Are you involved in your local community or do you work for a voluntary or public sector organisation?

Run over 3 sessions (1.5 hours per week), this enjoyable and informative course aims to raise awareness of ways to save energy, support schemes, and how you can advise others to reduce costs and manage energy bills. We will provide practical resources that you can share with others, and also send out regular newsletters and updates after the course.

This information continues to be absolutely vital. Average annual energy costs went up by 10% on 1st October and there is expected to be another small rise on 1st January 2025. National Energy Action estimate that 6 million households are in fuel poverty and record numbers of households are in over £3 billion of energy debt .

You will learn about:

All content is updated for every course to reflect ongoing changes in the world of energy.

Please note that this is a 3-week course, 1.5 hours per week

Wed 8th Jan 2025, 1-2.30pm

Wed 15th Jan 2025, 1-2.30pm

Wed 22nd Jan 2025, 1-2.30pm

The course is funded by Northern Gas Networks and is free to anyone who is based within their operating area (most of Yorkshire, Northern Cumbria and the North East of England).

Feedback from previous courses

This will be our 60th Energy Ambassadors course since the project kicked off at the start of the first Covid lockdown in April 2020 and we have received some excellent feedback:

"This has to have been one of the most useful and informative courses I have attended in a long time, with direct relevance to our client group (older people) at this time".

"One of the best courses, informative, interesting and useful. Trainers who delivered made the course enjoyable. Great team."

"Excellent course. As well as actually enjoying it, I really felt I learnt a lot of relevant information which will help our clients and also my own knowledge/experience. Kate and Chris have to be congratulated on being so up to date in a very changing/challenging period. Brilliant."

"One of the best courses for information I have ever done - delivered really well and very engaging facilitators thank you"

"It was brilliant. Pitched at the right level. Each session was the perfect length of time. Lots of great information and signposting"

"All of the course content was helpful. Best course I have attended in ages. Thank you"