Community and Support

Community Energy Groups

Use heating oil? Save money, time and stress – join one of our community energy groups.

Join your local community energy group and benefit from the group’s combined buying power to get a better price for your heating oil.

Group membership is £27 per year for residential customers and £36 per year for community buildings. All of which helps cover our costs of running the club.

Members can also get support with ordering from local volunteer coordinators. Get in touch with us to find out if you have a coordinator in your area.

Voluntary and Community Infrastructure Support

Our Voluntary and Community Infrastructure Support team offers free advice, guidance and support to local charitable groups and organisations. Whether you are thinking of setting up a community group, a fairly new group or organisation, or have been established for many years, we can support you with the following:

• Advice and guidance
• Training
• Grants and funding promotion
• Volunteer brokerage

The team delivers its work as part of the Shropshire Infrastructure Partnership (SIP), a well-established partnership of Community Resource, Qube, Energize, and SYA.

Community Connectors

We facilitate and host regular ‘Community Connector’ networking meetings across the county, where a wide array of people attend from the Voluntary, Community, Public and Private sectors. It is an opportunity to share information about your organisation or service, promote an event, and seek support and advice if needed, all with the wider purpose of supporting and strengthening our community.

If you wish to know more about a meeting near you, then email enquiries@community-resource.org.uk  with the subject title of ‘community connector meetings.’

Rural Housing Enabler Programme

What is a Rural Housing Enabler?

Rural communities face unique challenges when it comes to housing, making initiatives like the Rural Housing Enabler Programme essential. Our Rural Housing Enabler, works directly with parishes of less than 3,000 residents to identify their housing needs and ensure they have a voice in any development progression. Craig’s approach is rooted in partnership and participation, ensuring that communities are not just beneficiaries but active participants in shaping their future. This is community-led housing; local housing for local people.

Employability and Enterprise Programme

The Employability and Enterprise Programme offers county-wide support for young people to enable them to build important life skills, gain experience and qualifications to help them achieve their aspirations.

The programme is funded by the Lintel Trust and is a partnership between Community Resource, Shrewsbury Town FC Foundation and SYA.

The Employability and Enterprise Programme offers specialised person-centred support to young people between 14 – 30 living in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The Programme will enable young people to access volunteering opportunities, accredited training courses, wellbeing support, mentoring, and guidance on business start-up and entrepreneurship.