How to… run a community share offer

Communities all over the UK are taking control of their energy and heating needs. But how do you raise money to fund solar panels, ground source heat pumps or hydro-electric turbines?
In this interactive session we hear from Josh Brewer, Senior Business Development Manager at ethical investment platform Ethex, and Dan Curtis, Marketing and Communications Team Lead at Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-op (BHESCo): organisations which between them have raised well over £100 million for sustainable projects in the last decade.
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