Tendring Community Energy

28/08/2026

28/08/2026

Tendring Community Energy are proud to support this brilliant community campaign. If you’ve got an unwanted bicycle, drop it off at Un‑sealed on 2 September between 10am and 2pm.

Free up space in your shed, garage or garden — and know your donation is giving someone else a life‑changing opportunity.

26/08/2026

Half way thru the week and you maybe feeling a little exhausted already…. Take a break for five minutes, concentrate on something which doesn’t really matter, just for a bit of fun.

20/08/2026

Sometimes what seems like simple advice can make a huge difference - and that’s why we do it, to make people’s lives better!

17/08/2026

⚡🧠 MONDAY ENERGY CHALLENGE! 🧠⚡

Fancy a quick brain teaser while you’re having your cuppa? ☕️

Here’s today’s challenge:

🔥 Move just 3 matchsticks to make the HIGHEST possible number! 🔥

🤔 Can you work it out?

Drop your answer in the comments — but no peeking at anyone else’s answer! 👀👇

At Tendring Community Energy, we like finding clever ways to make the most of what we have — whether that’s energy, money… or matchsticks! 😄⚡

💚 Tendring Community Energy — powering our community, one bright idea at a time.

08/08/2026

💚 Sometimes, people don’t need another number to call. They just need someone to HELP

This week, a local resident walked back into the Tendring Community Energy Hub at 16 Station Road because he simply couldn’t get the electricity working in his new home.

He had moved into his flat less than two weeks earlier.

He had topped up his electricity meter.

BUT NOTHING WORKED

He tried contacting his landlord.
He tried his energy supplier.
He tried the electricity network operator.

And each time, he was passed from one to the other.

👉 “You need to speak to them.”
👉 “That’s not our responsibility.”
👉 “You’ll need to contact someone else.”

And so the circle continued.

The problem was made even harder because this resident doesn’t have a mobile phone and doesn’t have internet access. Trying to navigate several organisations, explain the problem and work out who was actually responsible was incredibly difficult.

So we decided to do something different.

WE TOOK OWNERSHIP

We visited his flat and checked what was happening.

We contacted the energy supplier and established that electricity was reaching the property.

That meant the problem wasn’t with the supply coming into the flat — it was something that needed the landlord to investigate.

So we contacted the landlord directly.

AND FINALLY

someone acted.

An electrician was immediately arranged to attend.

For many people, this might sound like a small problem.

But imagine moving into your new home, having no electricity, no internet, no mobile phone — and then being passed from organisation to organisation with nobody taking responsibility.

That’s not just frustrating.

It’s frightening.

And this is exactly why Tendring Community Energy exists.

We don’t just give people another telephone number.

🔸We listen.
🔸We understand.
🔸We investigate.
🔸And, where we can, we take ownership and help find a solution.

Because behind every energy problem is a real person.

And sometimes, all that person needs is someone to stand beside them and say:

“Don’t worry. We’ll work through this together.” 💚

📍 Tendring Community Energy Hub
16 Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea

📞 01255 740020

If you’re struggling with an energy problem and don’t know where to turn, come and talk to us.

Tendring Community Energy — because sometimes a little support can make a very big difference. 💚

06/08/2026

Sometime Energy Companies get it wrong

04/08/2026

A little bit of support is sometimes all it takes.

31/07/2026

From Advice to Action

Many organisations either provide advice or develop renewable energy projects.
Tendring Community Energy does both.

Every conversation with a resident helps us understand the challenges our communities face.

Those conversations then influence the renewable energy projects we develop.

It's a unique approach where practical support today helps shape the infrastructure of tomorrow.

30/07/2026

Building Partnerships Across Essex

No organisation changes a community alone.

Over the last year we've been fortunate to work alongside local councils, charities, education providers, health organisations and businesses who share our ambition of building stronger communities.

Together we are exploring:
• community owned renewable energy
• support for vulnerable households
• skills development
• education
• volunteering
• reducing energy costs for community buildings

Every new partnership makes the next project possible.