SolarAid and Solarcentury win best partnership award

SolarAid has won ‘Best Business & Small Charity Partnership Award’ for its partnership with Solarcentury- its founding company. The news was announced last night at the National Fundraising Awards 2009.

The award scheme, which is run by the Institute of Fundraising, looks for the best relationship between a charity and a business providing benefit to the charity.

MPs make Commons solar power motion number one

The motion for solar power in the UK today became the most supported in Parliament. Over 250 MPs have signed the Commons motion (EDM 689) in support of solar PV in the UK, making it the most popular Commons motion out of over 1,600 tabled to date in this Parliamentary session. The weight of MP support for the motion reflects the views of 1000’s of individuals and 100’s of organisations signed up to the 'We Support Solar' campaign.

'We Support Solar' Photography Competition - over £1,000 worth of prizes up for grabs

Now that Spring is well and truly here, get your camera out and... Celebrate Daylight!

'We Support Solar', in association with The Ecologist, is today launching a photography competition to celebrate daylight in the UK.

The competition brief is to take a photograph that conveys the beauty and potential of light in the UK. From a landscape with a cloudy sunrise, or a reflection in a buildings window, to the setting sun reflected in a water droplet, any subject, anywhere & anything could be suitable.

Enter for your chance to win one of SANYO’s latest High Definition XACTI Dual Camcorders, a Wattson energy meter, tickets to the Eden Project and London Duck Tour, and a chance for your picture to be exhibited at The Big Chill Festival this summer.