LOCAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

SY Ecofit are project managing clean energy transformations.

A social enterprise working with South Yorkshire communities to improve the energy efficiency of homes and communities by delivering retrofit projects and creating networks and partnerships to build community wealth and develop local skills.

A FAMILY-RUN DAIRY FARM

Based in Dungworth, Sheffield and run by Eddie Andrew and his family since 1947. It diversified into selling ice-cream in 2007 using the farm’s own milk and cream and has had great support from the people of Sheffield.

Our Cow Molly supplies over 110 local businesses and is active on Facebook and Instagram.

FUNDING PROVIDER

A partnership of the six Combined Authorities of the North East and Yorkshire, funded and directed by government to support local authorities and they communities they serve with the development and delivery of clean energy projects.

The hub has funded the feasibility studies for our projects.

EXPERT CONSULTANT

Hockerton Housing Project joined SY Ecofit CIC and Our Cow Molly to examine the potential for wind turbines at the dairy, providing a comprehensive feasibility report for this long term vision.

ADVISOR

Pure Leapfrog is a charity with over 20 years of experience working at the cutting edge of sustainability innovation. They led the financial modelling component of the feasibility study, and helped us work through legal structures, share capital options, and what it would take to make the project attractive to community investors.

RESEARCH PARTNER

Researchers and students at the University of Sheffield have provided robust academic evaluation and forecasting for our projects, including creating Life Cycle Assessment tools. These mean that can we share comprehensive impact, costs, and maintenance forecasts for our clean energy projects.

ADVISOR

We’ve worked with Co-operatives UK to establish the Community Benefit Society, including foundational structures such as our Rules, and support to achieve the Standard Mark. We’re incredibly grateful for their expertise and support.

PROJECT PARTNER

We’ve teamed up with Mottainai to explore the potential for a community-owned energy systems, balancing carbon-sequestering biochar and energy production by processing waste from the arboriculture sector. Mottainai is a Community Interest Company providing science based, ground up solutions to develop regenerative local entrepreneurial communities and guide businesses towards circular revenue models, to create more resilient circular cities.

CONTRACTOR

Future Greens build advanced anaerobic digesters that make organic waste-to-energy systems cheaper and easier to deploy. They’re undertaking feasibility work on the waste streams from gardens and cafes at the Wentworth Woodhouse estate.

EXPERT ADVISOR

As part of the Wentworth Woodhouse project, we’re exploring the potential for capturing heat from defunct coal mines. The geothermal centre are helping to model the groundworks and infrastructure requirements and integration with the estate’s existing systems as part of a feasibility study into reducing heating costs at the site using clean energy technologies, with a community-ownerships model.