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Pride Youth restarts Catherine Wayte powered up for Green Flag award
A group for 13 to 19 year olds that are Pupils and staff at Catherine Wayte Primary School are already experienced eco-practitioners, having
questioning if they are lesbian, gay, achieved the Bronze and Silver Eco-schools awards in recognition of their actions for a sustainable life-
bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) style. With new solar panels and further energy saving measures they are now hoping to go to the next
has been re-established. level and gain the Eco-Schools Green Flag award.
Pride Youth Swindon supports
Headteacher Laura Brierley said: with an anticipated annual yield with accredited company Applied
young people in coming out to family “We have worked hard to ‘reduce, of 32,889 kilowatt hours. Over 25 Sustainable Energy to project man-
and friends when they are ready, as re-use and re-cycle’ and this year’s years they will create an average an- age the installations at schools and
well as introducing them to others elected team of eco warriors have nual energy saving of £6,700 for the public buildings.
that are LGBT or questioning. been encouraging pupils to switch school and feed-in tariff payments “At Catherine Wayte we shall be
If you’re looking for sensitive
like-minded support or know off lights and taps, re-use paper, put for the council of £11,120 a year. conducting an energy survey in the
rubbish in recycling bins, recycle
The installation was part of the new year to identify further ways of
someone who is, search Swindon ink cartridges, pick up litter and fi rst phase of Swindon Council’s reducing energy costs and reinvest-
Pride-Youth on Facebook or contact use the compost bins.” £900,000 investment in solar pho- ing in energy saving measures.”
Gail McVicar on 07766 368361: gm- The school is the fi rst primary in tovoltaic panels on a number of “The solar panels are working
[email protected] or Michael the town to have solar panels fi tted. buildings, such as the Civic Offi ces, very well,” said Mrs Brierley. “A
Wadley, 498922: michaelwadley@ The £129,000 system is designed to Swindon Commercial Services De- computer display screen tells us
swindon-college.ac.uk
generate over 42 kilowatts at peak, pot and Thamesdown Transport. how much electricity is being gen-
Neil Saunders of Swindon Com- erated and used. The governors
mercial Services, lead provider of and the Eco Team are confi dent
FIAT & ALFA ROMEO sustainable energy solutions, said: about our chances of gaining the
“We are working in partnership Green Flag.”
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