Tag: Triodos

Birtenshaw launches £3m crowdfunding with Triodos Bank UK to support young people with SEN in Bolton

Stuart Mitchell

Award-winning special educational needs and disability charity Birtenshaw is seeking to raise £3 million of crowdfunding with a new bond offer, launching today on Triodos Bank UK’s crowdfunding platform (triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk). Founded nearly 70 years ago in Bolton, Birtenshaw supports young people with significant physical impairment, complex health needs, learning disability and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions to lead independent and fulfilling lives through highly acclaimed services.  The group operates special schools in Bolton and Liverpool, a specialist college in Bolton, several children’s homes, Adult Supported Tenancies and further services including a community café, a horticultural project and a sports and activity centre.  The…

Read More

Triodos targets reduced emissions and financing of 275 energy transition projects by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Following the COP30 climate in Brazil, which saw little progress on the integration of climate and nature targets, Triodos Bank today launches its first integrated Climate & Nature Strategy that turns ambition into immediate, measurable steps. It includes concrete targets to rapidly reduce emissions, accelerate the energy transition and scale-up high-integrity Nature-based Solutions. Following the COP30 climate in Brazil, which saw little progress on the integration of climate and nature targets, Triodos Bank today launches its first integrated Climate & Nature Strategy that turns ambition into immediate, measurable steps. It…

Read More

Thrive Renewables launches new crowdfund following record year of capacity growth

Stuart Mitchell

Thrive Renewables, a pioneer of 30 years in the UK’s clean energy sector, has launched a new £5 million share offer on Triodos Bank’s crowdfunding platform, allowing people to invest in new clean energy projects to tackle the climate emergency. In 2023, Thrive announced ambitious growth plans, with an aim to double the amount of capacity it funds by 2028. Two years later, it has already made significant progress with this goal, securing new project development rights that will take its total capacity from 91.5 to 170.1MW by 2027. In…

Read More

Housing association secures funding for the creation of 200 new affordable homes in Harrogate

Stuart Mitchell

Harrogate Housing Association has raised £15m of new loan funding from Triodos Bank UK. The loan facility will enable the association to develop a further 200 homes to add to its existing portfolio of just over 300 homes in and around Harrogate. The new homes will all have energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings of B or above, with some properties generating renewable energy through air source heat pumps and solar panels. This will allow customers to benefit from energy bill savings, as well as providing wider environmental benefits.   Harrogate…

Read More

Triodos backs first nature reserve for rewilding charity

Stuart Mitchell

Rewilding charity Heal has acquired its first landholding with the help of a £3.75 million loan from Triodos Bank UK. It will create a new nature reserve with the 460 acres near Bruton in Somerset – the first in a series of nature reserves it plans to establish in every English county. The lending marks Triodos Bank’s first loan to a rewilding project and is believed to be the first commercial loan of its kind in the UK. Heal Somerset will tackle the nature and climate crises while creating new…

Read More