Warm Wales

Warm Wales launches new company

Warm Wales Launches New Company Warm Wales is excited to announce the development of ‘Co-Cymru’ a new community interest company within the group.  Co-Cymru offers community regeneration services to customers, focusing on employment, training and community friendly procurement.  To assist them in this venture they have been joined by Rachel Moxey, an expert in social regeneration.  Rachel was until recently the Head of Employment and Social Procurement for the Welsh Government’s Regeneration Division.  She ran the uniquely successful JobMatch programme across the Heads of the Valleys area.  (more…)

A PIONEERING project launched by Warm Wales Cymru Gynnes at a Wales & West Housing Association (WWHA) retirement scheme to help tackle the issue of fuel poverty has been given the ‘thumbs up’ by First Minister, Carwyn Jones.

The project, at The Beeches retirement complex in Bridgend, is the result of a partnership between Warm Wales, WWHA and Wales and West Utilities Ltd (WWU) kicks off the fuel poor initiative which is to be rolled out across Wales.

“I am delighted that this scheme to bring cost effective warmth to those who live at The Beeches in Bridgend has been so successful,” said Mr Jones, AM for Bridgend.

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Arbed Energy Saving Programme Underway

Warm Wales – Cymru Gynnes (WWCG) are delighted to have been commissioned by a number of social housing providers to help deliver schemes throughout Wales which are being funded under the Welsh Assembly Government ‘Arbed’ programme.

‘Arbed’ (meaning ‘Save’) is a £30 million fund sourced primarily from the Strategic Capital Investment Fund (SCIF) and the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (the initiative is also known as the ‘Strategic Energy Performance Investment Programme’). Phase 1 of ‘Arbed’ (2010 – 2011) is focused specifically on energy efficiency improvements to homes in economically deprived communities within Wales.

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A joint Warm Wales-Charter bid for £1.6m ‘Arbed’ grant funding to carry out energy efficiency improvements to properties in Markham village has been approved by the Welsh Assembly Government.

The £1.6m Arbed grant will help to fund a £2.3m programme of energy efficiency improvements to both Charter’s 124 homes and other private/public sector housing in Markham. Proposed Arbed measures include cavity insulation, insulated external render, solar hot water and photovoltaic panels. (more…)

BRE Wales and Warm Wales-Cymru Gynnes are working together to deliver a one stop shop solution for the delivery of the Code for Sustainable Homes and Sustainable Refurbishment.

Both Companies are ‘not for profit’ organisations with no shareholders. ‘Surpluses’ generated by BRE companies go into research and education projects in the built environment, whilst those generated by Warm Wales-Cymru Gynnes are reinvested into the communities it serves.

Working together, BRE and Warm Wales-Cymru Gynnes, are uniquely able to offer consultancy, guidance and confidence to deliver high level sustainability in an affordable and easily replicable way.

For further information, download the Refurbishment and Code for Sustainable Homes solutions from BRE & Warm Wales pdf

Warm Wales – Cymru Gynnes Cwmni Buddiant Cymunedol has appointed Phil Roberts as Chief Executive Officer to take forward the next stage of major development for the company. Phil’s association with Warm Wales began when he joined the company Board of Directors in 2008. (more…)