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Don't time out for Feed-in-Tarrif

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Wilson Chowdhry with new solar panels on roof. My father recently installed photo-voltaics (solar panels) to our roof, which will produce around 60% of our annual general electricity consumption. This will not only lower our electricity bills but because the installation was fitted before the 31st of March, my father can also benefit from a feed-in-tariff (FiT), which means he will be paid for any daily surplus that is not used for our home. Most importantly the solar panels produce a very green form of energy and today I feel as if our family is really doing something important to preserve the future of our environment. We were lucky as since we moved to Chigwell we are now in the county of Essex. As an incentive to local residents Essex County Council organised a bulk-buy scheme with a local contractor, meaning that due to economies of scale overall the purchase was discounted for all those who took part in the "Solar Together Essex" programme. A spokesper...

Teens want a say on knife crime too!

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Image: Hannah Chowdhry speaking at Redbridge Peace Pole. We urge adults and teenagers in the UK to sign our petition calling for stronger knife-crime reforms  (click here) Support Hannah Chowdhry's teen non-alcoholic bar project by donating (here) . We know projects like this work as we have had success before:  (click here) ,  (here)  and  (here) Over 30 teenagers we polled on their concerns about knife crime and information form that was shared in a letter to the Government by myself.  All of those polled have suggested that teenagers are ignored when it comes to matters about knife-crime pertaining to them. To provide an opportunity for teenagers to have their say, the British Pakistani Christian Association, Ilford High Road Baptist Church, anti-knife UK, East Ilford Betterment Partnership, Al Bayan Welfare Centre and Mosque, Met Police, E-Gangs, 4TY and others have teamed up to hold a knife crime meeting on Saturday 30th Marc...

Essex Youth Councillor pleads with UK authorities to do more to eradicate teen knife crime

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Hannah Chowdhry BCyA (behind pole), speaking at a Redbridge Faith Forum vigil at the Redbridge Peace Monument in 2018 Please sign our petition  (click here)  or help raise funds for a non-alcholic bar for teenagers in Ilford  (here) Support Hannah Chowdhry's teen non-alcoholic bar project by donating (here) mark donations Teen Bar. We now projects like this work as we have had success before  (click here) , (here) and (here) My name is Hannah Chowdhry, I am 15 years old and I am a young Essex Youth Councillor who is volunteering for the British Pakistani Christian Association(BPCA). Hannah was presented with a British Ciizen youth Award last year In the wake of a further two teenagers killed on Friday and Saturday  (click here) , I am pleading to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, and Essex Council Leader, David Finch, to take swift and bold action against knife crime. As a passionate, anti-knif...