2013
In February 2013, a small team from the Schumacher Institute accompanied by Karen Morgan, Chair of Trustees for The Converging World, went to India for an international conference on Global Convergence on a Finite Planet. Read more “Converge Conference in India”
2013
Internship Job Title: Online & Community Fundraising Assistant Read more “Fundraiser Required”
2013
We are delighted to report that our TCW Co Founder John Pontin OBE and Chief Executive Wendy Stephenson are amongst the 33 winners of this year’s prestigious Beacon Fellowship Awards. Read more “Local Philanthropy shines a Beacon for next generation giving”
2012
Our Power to the People programme aims to support UK communities reduce their energy consumption and install much needed renewable energy. Read more “TCW present to Vince Cable, Tessa Munt and Ed Davey”
2012
TCW has brought together young leaders from Mumbai and Bristol. Through the TCW Global Citizen Twinning Programme, young people have been encouraged to think about shared issues, such as food miles and energy consumption, and to explore and communicate with each other through digital media around a range of environmental and cultural themes. The programme aims to support young leaders to play an active role in the global society and to develop aspirations to tackle shared issues. Read more “From Bristol to Mumbai and back again!”
2012
TCW (The Converging World) has been working with the local community group Sustainable Backwell for a couple of years. Last autumn we supported them to secure around £40,000 of LEAF funding from the government Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for an energy assessment project. Read more “Work complete on Backwell Energy Assessments”
2012
Environmental and social charity The Converging World launches Green Loans, a unique financial vehicle that allows individuals to participate in an alternative way
Published on PR Newswire here. Read more “Press release: Environmental and social charity The Converging World launches Green Loans”
2012
In December 2011, the Government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change announced a £10M Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) to support communities to find options for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. TCW and the local community group Sustainable Backwell submitted a joint bid and received around £40,000 to model energy saving potential in the town, engage the community, and to further develop Backwell’s community wind turbine project. Read more “TCW and Sustainable Backwell partner on Energy Assessments”
2012
Over the past six months, The Converging World, in collaboration with the Knowle West Media Centre, has been developing an exciting Twinning Programme for Schools. The concept of twinning has always been at the heart of TCW. This idea of ‘connecting communities’ has remained a constant theme throughout the charity’s development and it is an integral part of our vision for how we continue our journey towards one planet living. Read more “Twinning project connects school children in India and the UK”
2012
The TCW team have been hard at work recently developing a new online tool to support people working in energy efficiency or renewables: Energy Map. Funding from Artist Project Earth and the Vodafone Foundation have allowed us to invest time into EnergyMap – we’re extremely grateful to these organisations for their support. Read more “EnergyMap tool launching soon”