Event description
Attend this FREE informative workshop to learn more about your energy usage, how to save money on your bills and get the best deal, plus information on accessing renewable energy!
Places are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so make sure to secure your attendance as soon as possible.
Who is this workshop for?
The workshop is open to all local residents who are interested in increasing their understanding of these issues. Everyone is welcome and you are not required to have any prior knowledge or skills to attend this workshop.
This session is designed to be inclusive of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, including those with limited English. Our session host is fluent in Mandarin and can provide translations and extra support to anyone who needs it.
The venue is accessible to pushchairs and wheelchairs, with a step-free entry. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, our team will be happy to help in any way they can.
What can I expect from the session?
The session will run for two hours, including a break in the middle with refreshments provided. Please arrive ten minutes early to sign in and help ensure the session starts on-time.
There will be opportunities to ask questions and contribute your thoughts so that you get the most out of the session. Pens and paper will be provided, and you don't need to bring anything - just yourselves and a willingness to learn!
We will cover the following 5 modules:
☀️ Understanding the energy system
☀️ Reading your energy bill and getting a better deal
☀️ How to access payment support and energy saving tips
☀️ Energy safety
☀️ Understanding how to access to renewable energy
Can I bring my kids?
Yes, you are welcome to bring your children to the session. We will provide a supervised activities area for children, with colouring-in and art supplies. All our staff have up-to-date Working with Children Checks and will be happy to keep a close eye on your little ones while you attend the workshop.
What is Voices for Power?
Voices For Power is a project by Sydney Community Forum - a local not-for-profit organisation- which brings diverse community members together to build collective power and organise for clean and affordable energy solutions. The Voices for Power Project has listened to hundreds of stories from communities about their struggles with the energy system. Through deep listening and engagement with Cultural and Linguistically Diverse communities, they found that communities prefer to receive information face to face, in their own language, from community leaders that they trust.
Their vision is to train a cohort of Community Energy Champions who can support and empower people in our communities to take charge of their energy and feel confident to participate in the energy system.
What is Electrify Wolli Creek?
Electrify Wolli Creek is a new community initiative that was set up by a group of local residents, to help people living in Wolli Creek get access to cleaner, cheaper energy. Their vision is for their local community to feel empowered with better knowledge and understanding of the issues that impact them, and to find the solutions that will help make their homes healthier, more sustainable, and more energy efficient so that they can save on bills.
Electrify Wolli Creek is supported by Solar Citizens, a not-for-profit organisation who are working hard to ensure all Australians can access renewable energy - including solar, batteries, efficient appliances and affordable clean transport.
If you have any questions about this workshop, please send an email to: charlie@solarcitizens.org.au