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Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • ALEO Yorkshire & Humber regional update for the ALEO National Executive meeting - January 2018

2018-01-19T15:16:52

- provided by Matt Lewer, Chair of ALEO Yorkshire and Humber, for the ALEO Executive meeting held on 18 January 2018.

ALEO East Pennine met for the first time for over two years on November 17, 2017. The meeting was held in the afternoon after the National Energy Action Yorkshire and Humber forum. The first point of business was the proposal to rename the region from ALEO East Pennine to ALEO Yorkshire and Humber. The proposal suggested this better reflected the regional identity and mirrored the name of other regional fora. This proposal was approved.

At the event, we also had presentations from the following people:

Stephen Laing, A&M Energy Services – ECO funding
Tom Adamski, Citizens Advice Bureau – Benefits of a single point of contact
Alan Jones, Eon – Minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector

The meeting was attended by approximately 20 people.

Since taking the role of chair, I have undertaken a review of the membership of ALEO in the region. As a result, we now have an up-to-date and more comprehensive list of local authority officers that can be contacted about energy related matters. The next stage is to focus on membership from housing associations.

In other news, discussions are ongoing with DCLG and City of York Council about the potential of hosting an ‘Addressing Fuel Poverty’ event, mirroring an event DCLG are running on the south coast.

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:16 pm

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • ALEO East Pennine becomes ALEO Yorkshire and Humber

2017-11-29T17:13:59

At the regional network meeting held on 17 November 2017, ALEO East Pennines decided to change its name to ALEO Yorkshire and Humber. It was felt that this better reflected the geography of the network area.

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:13 pm

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • ALEO East Pennine regional update for the ALEO National Executive meeting - July 2017

2017-07-25T10:58:09

- provided by Matt Lewer, Chair of ALEO East Pennine, for the ALEO Executive meeting held on 20 April 2017.

As chair I attended the NEA Fuel Poverty Forum on 23 June, to provide a presentation on what ALEO is, why it is important and what we are trying to do as a region to grow membership. This presentation was well received and as a result I have been contacted directly by a number of council officers interested in joining. The next NEA Fuel Poverty Forum will be in November, immediately following this meeting it is my intention to run a ALEO regional network session. Prior to this I will be canvasing members to take a view on the sorts of presentations they would like to see at these network meetings.

The ALEO conference held in York on 3 July was very well attended by representative local authorities from the East Pennine region. This has helped raised the profile of the organisation locally, which will hopefully boost attendance at the November meeting.

Whilst membership has increased in the last few months, there are still a handful of local authorities which do not currently have a named individual on the ALEO membership list. This is something I am working on and hope to ensure a full coverage soon.

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:58 am

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • ALEO East Pennine regional update for the ALEO National Executive meeting - April 2017

2017-04-27T14:06:41

- provided by Matt Lewer, Chair of ALEO East Pennine, for the ALEO Executive meeting held on 20 April 2017.

Until recently the position of Chair of the East Pennines ALEO has been vacant. This issue was raised by Darsh Chauhan, when he attended a NEA Fuel Poverty Forum in York on 3 March 2017 to present on the Homes Energy Conservation Act Reporting requirement. Following the session I was talking to Darsh when he asked me to consider taking on the role of Chair. The region already has a very experienced vice-chair in Jane Mears but she does not have the time available to take on a more active role then she already plays. After some consideration and encouragement from a handful of colleagues working at different local authorities, I agreed to accept the position.

I am the Principal Housing Policy and Development Officer in the Housing Strategy and Development team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council. My current role includes being the strategic lead for affordable warmth and domestic energy efficiency. Prior to this I managed a not for profit company, called Yorkshire Energy Partnership, which was owned by all of the local authorities in North Yorkshire. I have also previously managed the North Yorkshire and Humber Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre and have been chair of both the North Yorkshire Fuel Poverty Officer's group and the North Yorkshire Climate Change Officer's group.

As Chair I have the following priorities:

1.Organise two regional meetings per annum, to share best practice, support networking and discuss energy related issues.
2.Increase the membership within the region, especially where there are local authorities without anyone registered

Over the next few weeks I will be developing an action plan, so would welcome any suggestions/advice.

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:06 pm

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • East Pennine CAN becomes ALEO East Pennine

2016-06-20T16:29:37

The East Pennine Carbon Action Network will now be known as the Association of Local Energy Officers East Pennine (ALEO East Pennine), following approval from members at the regional forum meeting held on 17 June 2016.

This follows the change of the Carbon Action Network's national identity to the Association of Local Energy Officers, on 1 February 2016.

For more information, see:
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=744

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:29 pm

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • Consultation on a combined authority for West Yorkshire

2013-11-11T11:13:15

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has opened a consultation on the proposal to establish a combined authority for West Yorkshire, as well as the details of the proposed structure, constitution and functions of the new authority.

For more information, visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... -yorkshire

DCLG are also consulting on a similar proposal to establish a combined authority for Durham, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... e-and-wear

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:13 am

Yorkshire & Humber News and Announcements • Rotherham Warm Homes Healthy People Evaluation

2013-06-05T15:48:06

Rotherham Metropolitian Borough Council has published a report on the work delivered in Rotherham through the Department of Health's Warm Homes Health People funding.

The document, titled 'Preparation for Winter: Rotherham Warm Homes Healthy People Evaluation', can be downloaded from http://www.winterwarmtheengland.co.uk/t ... uation.pdf

Statistics:Posted by ALEO Admin — Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:48 pm