UK360 Terry Wogan 24/01/12

This episode is brought to you by Terry Wogan. www.communitychannel.org UK360 brings you the most inspiring community stories from across the UK, about people and projects that are changing lives and local areas for the better. Tune in each fortnight to find out about communities that are positively improving neighbourhoods from the grass-roots up. This episode of UK360 starts by looking at The People’s Supermarket, ‘run by the people, for the people’ in Holborn, Central London, that now boasts well over 1000 members all donating four hours a week of their time in return for a discount on their shopping. This project has inspired similar co-ops up and down the country. www.thepeoplessupermarket.org To celebrate over 100000 hours of young people’s environmental action, Community Space Challenge led young people in Goole, Yorkshire in making a new wildlife pond for the local community. UK360 shows how this project has seen young people in 70 neighbourhoods across England transform neglected public spaces for the good of the community. www.communityspacechallenge.org UK360 also showcases a bourgeoning renewable energy project by Pavegen, generating energy from people stepping on tiles. To stay updated with this exciting social enterprise, visit their website. http Residents of the tiny Scottish Island of Eigg have set themselves the target of halving their energy consumption. They’ve installed a new electricity supply from a combination of hydro, solar and wind power. To …