Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust (WeSet)

The Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust has been set up as a charity with initial funding of 1,000.  It is funded on an annual basis by 0.5% of the revenues of the Westmill Wind Farm roughly 5,000-6000 depending on how the wind blows that year.  Its objective is to encourage and promote the deployment of sustainable energy, in particular (but not exclusively) within the area of benefit.  The area of benefit is defined as within a 25 mile radius from Westmill Wind Farm.

We have recruited 7 Trustees from those who expressed a strong interest to be involved at the AGM or workshops.  The current Trustees are Colin Bell (secretary) Mike Blanch (treasurer), Clive Burke, Barbara Hammond, Eoin Lees (chair), Nan Pratt and Liz Rothschild.  The initial composition of the Trustees represents the interests of low carbon communities, education and arts, consistent with the object of the Trust.  It is envisaged that the Trust in its activities will be mainly local and will not duplicate but may support existing activities from other like-minded organisations.   

So what is happening now?   We have decided to begin with the following projects:
1. Organising and conducting Site Visits
2. Erecting a Notice Board at the entrance to WWF site
3. Planning for involving the schools in education projects leading up to next years Education week/fortnight and open day
4. Creating a web presence and populating it with relevant material

If you think you can help us with any of these activities (e.g. conducting site visits (training will be provided), design skills, web expertise etc.) we would love to hear from you please contact us through this website until we get our own up and running.

Longer term, the Trustees will seek to establish working groups in the areas of low carbon communities, education, and the arts to carry out the objectives of the Trust. These groups will be self organizing and open to any members of Westmill Co-op (and potentially beyond) who wish to become involved.

Contact the WeSET team via email on wesetbookings@westmill.coop