Cutting carbon
10% at a time
pppPitch Pledge Party
Bringing 10:10ers and donors together to turn your carbon-cutting ideas into reality
Pitch Pledge Party is a brand new funding experiment developed by 10:10, The Funding Network and the Guardian. The aim is to link 10:10 participants with donors looking to support practical carbon-cutting ideas. Think Dragons' Den, but friendlier!
The first event
In the evening of 10 October, 100-or-so committed donors gathered at the Guardian offices in London. Three carefully-selected applicants pitched their ideas one at a time, and after hearing all the presentations, donors pledged over £15,000 to all three projects. Read Julika's event report here.
Our three finalists
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Latest Pitch Pledge Party updates
10:10 in 2011 – the highlights
23 Dec 11It's been another amazing year for the 10:10 community, and we wanted to do something a bit special to celebrate everything we've achieved together.
So we've put together a bumper 2011 roundup page, featuring all the highlights of the last 12 months.
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: one month in
20 Dec 11
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare was lucky enough to be awarded funding at 10:10's Pitch Pledge Party event back in October. We got the money for our work in kidney units where we retrofit heat exchangers on inefficient dialysis machines. It's all pretty technical but each upgraded unit uses a hefty 20% less energy.
Remade in Edinburgh: one month in
19 Dec 11
Hello from Remade in Edinburgh!
Back in October we were delighted to get some crowdfunding from 10:10's Pitch Pledge Party event, as well as to receive the £1,010 People's Project award, voted on by the 10:10 community.
Now, just over one month into the funding, it's meant a part-time salary for me to keep coordinating the project, and being able to pay for a public meeting where we consulted on our three year plans. We were even able to take the volunteers out for a much deserved lunch afterwards. The public meeting was really helpful in focusing which activities we take forward, and what kind of funding we need to secure for them.
Energise Barnet: one month in
16 Dec 11
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I'm Nigel from Energise Barnet. Back in October we were awarded some funding at 10:10's Pitch Pledge Party event to help us take our community energy and renewables initiative to the next level. Since then we've been very busy indeed!
Global news round up
9 Dec 11
This week, we're all about low-carbon Christmas and share a bunch of shiny new success stories with you!
Around the web
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