Carbon Co-op have been fortunate enough to have been invited to the EnergyShare day at River Cottage. on 18th May 2011. The day will be packed full of workshops and seminars from other community renewables projects, it’ll also be a great opportunity to see Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s local food project up close.

The day will give us an extra boost in our ambition to win part of the EnergyShare prize and deliver more community renewables and retro-fit work in Greater Manchester - thanks for all those who have supported us, it’s not too late to give us your vote!

Together Works is the social enterprise for Greater Manchester. I’ve been involved in creating a series of video case studies profiling the breadth and diversity of the members. What struck me about visiting these videos was the inspirational stories of the individuals involved in these enterprises, all of them share the concept of trading to benefit society but carry out that in such different and innovative ways.

Many thanks to Sarah Irving for carrying out the interviews, Dave Gee for photography and Damien Mahoney and Helen Lagoe for carrying out the video production.