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NOVEMBER 2023
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You can help bring warm, sustainable homes for all
As the weather cools, the nationwide campaign to ensure that everyone can have a warm home that doesn't cost the earth is really hotting up.
Saturday 18th November is the United for Warm Homes National Day of Action and we will be meeting with our MPs to show them the popularity of our campaign asks and to ask them to work to make those asks a reality. Those 3 asks are
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financial help now for those struggling with energy bills
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a nationwide programme of home insulation
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an energy system based not on costly fossil fuels but on climate friendly renewables
We'll be using our local United for Warm Homes petition to demonstrate support for these measures.
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Can you help by adding your name now?
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More names on the St Albans and District United for Warm Homes petition shows the depth of support for the 3 measures we're asking for.
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If MPs know that actions have the support of more people, they're more likely to press for them.
Let's show our MPs that our measures for warm homes are vote winners
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Let's give as many people as possible the chance to show their support for the campaign for sustainable, warm homes.
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Can you sign the petition then share it with a family member, a friend or a group?
With your help we can make sustainable, warm homes for all a reality.
Take these 3 steps towards warm homes now
With more and more people unable to afford energy bills and the pressures of man made climate change becoming ever more urgent, the asks of our United for Warm Homes campaign are what we need now:
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financial help for those who can't afford bills
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a nationwide role out of home insulation
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an energy system based on renewable, affordable energy
You can help bring these goals closer, and help people and the planet, by taking these 3 easy steps.
Step 1 - Come and ask Daisy Cooper MP to push for warm homes
Put it in your diary now - Saturday 25th November 9.30am by the Clock Tower in St Albans city.
Come and help us:
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thank Daisy for the support she has already given for the aims of our United for Warm Homes campaign so far
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present Daisy with our United for Warm Homes petition and ask her to keep working to make the United for Warm Homes campaign aims reality
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join together for a photo with us, Daisy, and the United for Warm Homes Community Quilt for the press and social media
More people showing up shows more support for green energy and insulation for all. So please take just 20 minutes of your time and join us on Saturday at 9.30.
I'll put 9.30 Saturday in my diary now!
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Step 2 - Sign and share the St Albans and District United for Warm Homes petition
This is your last chance to sign the petition asking our MPs to work for our 3 campaign aims to ensure everyone can have a warm home that doesn't cost the earth.
If you've already signed, please can you share the petition with a friend?
The petition shows our MPs that the campaign asks are popular with the people who vote for them and give them the mandate to ask their parties to support them.
Please sign and share the St Albans and District United for Warm Homes petition now.
Finally, local warm homes hero and member of our group, Judith Leary-Joyce continued her quest to help people retrofit their own homes to make them warm, sustainable and cheap to run with her talk at St Albans TEDx.
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Help her spread the work by watching, liking and sharing the video of her talk.
See you at the Clock Tower 9.30am Saturday!
And finally... Get active on social media
If you've not joined the St. Albans Friends of the Earth Facebook Group yet, then there's no time like the present.
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And get on Twitter to find us at @stalbansfoe
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If you're really keen, then get some top tips to be really effective on social media here.