Kate Parker
@kateaparker.bsky.social
💚 working in energy transition projects| 💡 volunteer director & co-chair @seloncommenergy.bsky.social | Quaker trying to live adventurously
Nice to have a good news story to share!
“The plan builds on the knowledge, experience and success of community energy groups across the UK and the ‘working with’ not ‘doing to’ approach is welcomed."
Our co-chair @kateaparker.bsky.social was present at the launch of the government's Local Power Plan earlier this week - buff.ly/0czObIb
Our co-chair @kateaparker.bsky.social was present at the launch of the government's Local Power Plan earlier this week - buff.ly/0czObIb
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Nice to have a good news story to share!
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Green Party Leader Zack Polanski Highlights Funding Challenges in Fuel Poverty Support & Selce's Service at GLA
Zack Polanski Highlights Funding Challenges in Fuel Poverty Support & Selce's Service at GLA - SELCE
We’re a co-op helping communities in South East London to bring solar energy to their homes, their schools, and their community centres. We also give out free advice on energy bills, to households in…
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February 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski Highlights Funding Challenges in Fuel Poverty Support & Selce's Service at GLA
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Two days - two defections!
Huge welcome to the Green Party to Cllr Lakshan Saldin in Greenwich.
Green Party keeps growing! 💚🚀
greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/01/07/g...
Huge welcome to the Green Party to Cllr Lakshan Saldin in Greenwich.
Green Party keeps growing! 💚🚀
greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/01/07/g...
Greens gain second Greenwich councillor after ex-Labour member signs up - The Greenwich Wire
The Green Party has gained a second councillor in Greenwich after a former Labour member joined their ranks with four months to go until the next election.
greenwichwire.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Two days - two defections!
Huge welcome to the Green Party to Cllr Lakshan Saldin in Greenwich.
Green Party keeps growing! 💚🚀
greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/01/07/g...
Huge welcome to the Green Party to Cllr Lakshan Saldin in Greenwich.
Green Party keeps growing! 💚🚀
greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/01/07/g...
I have the privilege of being a director & co-chair of @seloncommenergy.bsky.social so I see 1st hand the incredible support provided to households in Greenwich, Lewisham & Bromley struggling with their energy bills. Gov data suggests 2/5 households are experiencing fuel poverty - help us to help.
"One day your hard work will finally become a routine part of a humane energy system. Meanwhile, I hope this little helps ..."
Thank you to our latest crowdfunder donor, who left this kind message 💙
Thank you to our latest crowdfunder donor, who left this kind message 💙
Support Our Energy Advice Team - Jan Funding Gap - Supporters
Raise funds for Selce's award-winning Energy Advice Team, so we can keep going in at the most critical time of year & as we hit funding gap.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have the privilege of being a director & co-chair of @seloncommenergy.bsky.social so I see 1st hand the incredible support provided to households in Greenwich, Lewisham & Bromley struggling with their energy bills. Gov data suggests 2/5 households are experiencing fuel poverty - help us to help.
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Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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Selce's Formula for Successful Retrofit 🏠
In mid-October, the news was full of stories about poor quality retrofit work installed under the ECO4 or GBIS schemes.
💡 How we minimise the risk of poor installation, and maximise the number of people that can benefit.
selce.org.uk/selces-formu...
In mid-October, the news was full of stories about poor quality retrofit work installed under the ECO4 or GBIS schemes.
💡 How we minimise the risk of poor installation, and maximise the number of people that can benefit.
selce.org.uk/selces-formu...
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Selce's Formula for Successful Retrofit 🏠
In mid-October, the news was full of stories about poor quality retrofit work installed under the ECO4 or GBIS schemes.
💡 How we minimise the risk of poor installation, and maximise the number of people that can benefit.
selce.org.uk/selces-formu...
In mid-October, the news was full of stories about poor quality retrofit work installed under the ECO4 or GBIS schemes.
💡 How we minimise the risk of poor installation, and maximise the number of people that can benefit.
selce.org.uk/selces-formu...
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Reading comprehension not high on Elmo Musk's list of priorities.
The "hard men of Gondor." Weakened and corrupt, obsessed with past glories and barely able to function as a nation. A couple Hobbits had to save their collective asses.
The "hard men of Gondor." Weakened and corrupt, obsessed with past glories and barely able to function as a nation. A couple Hobbits had to save their collective asses.
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reading comprehension not high on Elmo Musk's list of priorities.
The "hard men of Gondor." Weakened and corrupt, obsessed with past glories and barely able to function as a nation. A couple Hobbits had to save their collective asses.
The "hard men of Gondor." Weakened and corrupt, obsessed with past glories and barely able to function as a nation. A couple Hobbits had to save their collective asses.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Share offer update: we've already reached 25% of our target! 🎉
Our 4th solar share offer aims to fund solar at Invicta Primary in SE3, & is projected to save the school £100k over 20 years.
We encourage members to get their investments in soon, or risk missing out: www.selce.org.uk/shares
Our 4th solar share offer aims to fund solar at Invicta Primary in SE3, & is projected to save the school £100k over 20 years.
We encourage members to get their investments in soon, or risk missing out: www.selce.org.uk/shares
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Share offer update: we've already reached 25% of our target! 🎉
Our 4th solar share offer aims to fund solar at Invicta Primary in SE3, & is projected to save the school £100k over 20 years.
We encourage members to get their investments in soon, or risk missing out: www.selce.org.uk/shares
Our 4th solar share offer aims to fund solar at Invicta Primary in SE3, & is projected to save the school £100k over 20 years.
We encourage members to get their investments in soon, or risk missing out: www.selce.org.uk/shares
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Invest in community.
Invest in supporting local people.
Invest in a cleaner, fairer future.
Invest in solar at Invicta Primary School in Blackheath.
Projected to save the school more than £100,000 over 20 years.
www.selce.org.uk/shares
Invest in supporting local people.
Invest in a cleaner, fairer future.
Invest in solar at Invicta Primary School in Blackheath.
Projected to save the school more than £100,000 over 20 years.
www.selce.org.uk/shares
September 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Invest in community.
Invest in supporting local people.
Invest in a cleaner, fairer future.
Invest in solar at Invicta Primary School in Blackheath.
Projected to save the school more than £100,000 over 20 years.
www.selce.org.uk/shares
Invest in supporting local people.
Invest in a cleaner, fairer future.
Invest in solar at Invicta Primary School in Blackheath.
Projected to save the school more than £100,000 over 20 years.
www.selce.org.uk/shares
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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Does Labour have a plan for getting out the vote at the next election?
This guy is my local councillor, very hardworking and always out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors.
He seems to have been deselected for objecting to Starmer's "country of strangers" speech.
Who will be left to campaign?
This guy is my local councillor, very hardworking and always out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors.
He seems to have been deselected for objecting to Starmer's "country of strangers" speech.
Who will be left to campaign?
Two more Greenwich councillors have quit Labour and will sit as independents until the next elections in May, The Greenwich Wire can reveal.
In total, four current councillors were barred from standing, while ten women are standing down voluntarily.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/09/10/a...
In total, four current councillors were barred from standing, while ten women are standing down voluntarily.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/09/10/a...
Two more councillors quit Greenwich Labour while ten women stand down - The Greenwich Wire
Two Greenwich Labour councillors - including a former cabinet member - have quit the party after being told they cannot stand in the council elections next May.
greenwichwire.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Does Labour have a plan for getting out the vote at the next election?
This guy is my local councillor, very hardworking and always out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors.
He seems to have been deselected for objecting to Starmer's "country of strangers" speech.
Who will be left to campaign?
This guy is my local councillor, very hardworking and always out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors.
He seems to have been deselected for objecting to Starmer's "country of strangers" speech.
Who will be left to campaign?
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3 lesser known facts about solar, from Jason's 10 years' experience in renewable energy across all scales and technologies.
Join us on 13/9 at Growing the Alternatives - inc Jason's renewables workshop 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
Join us on 13/9 at Growing the Alternatives - inc Jason's renewables workshop 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
September 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
3 lesser known facts about solar, from Jason's 10 years' experience in renewable energy across all scales and technologies.
Join us on 13/9 at Growing the Alternatives - inc Jason's renewables workshop 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
Join us on 13/9 at Growing the Alternatives - inc Jason's renewables workshop 🎟️ bit.ly/foca-selce
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Amid escalating violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, many fear Israel is moving towards annexation.
It is more urgent than ever for the UK government to act on the International Court of Justice's ruling that the occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Read more: tinyurl.com/end-occupation
It is more urgent than ever for the UK government to act on the International Court of Justice's ruling that the occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Read more: tinyurl.com/end-occupation
Israel deepens illegal occupation of Palestine as influential states fail to act, Quakers say
A full year after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Israel’s occupation of Palestine illegal, the UK government has not responded, let alone addressed the situation.
tinyurl.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Amid escalating violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, many fear Israel is moving towards annexation.
It is more urgent than ever for the UK government to act on the International Court of Justice's ruling that the occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Read more: tinyurl.com/end-occupation
It is more urgent than ever for the UK government to act on the International Court of Justice's ruling that the occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Read more: tinyurl.com/end-occupation
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A year ago, the International Court of Justice reaffirmed that Israel's occupation of Palestine is illegal and must end immediately.
We join charities, faith groups, and unions in calling on the UK government take urgent action.
Read the letter here: waronwant.org/resources/uk...
We join charities, faith groups, and unions in calling on the UK government take urgent action.
Read the letter here: waronwant.org/resources/uk...
The UK must act on the International Court of Justice's ruling on Israel's illegal occupation: joint letter
waronwant.org
July 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A year ago, the International Court of Justice reaffirmed that Israel's occupation of Palestine is illegal and must end immediately.
We join charities, faith groups, and unions in calling on the UK government take urgent action.
Read the letter here: waronwant.org/resources/uk...
We join charities, faith groups, and unions in calling on the UK government take urgent action.
Read the letter here: waronwant.org/resources/uk...
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If the Rosebank oil field goes ahead, the UK public will cover 84% of the cost of developing the project.
That means we'll give Rosebank's owner Equinor & Ithaca Energy billions in tax breaks to build this disaster project.
Equinor made £24bn in profit last year.
How is this fair?
#StopRosebank
That means we'll give Rosebank's owner Equinor & Ithaca Energy billions in tax breaks to build this disaster project.
Equinor made £24bn in profit last year.
How is this fair?
#StopRosebank
July 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
If the Rosebank oil field goes ahead, the UK public will cover 84% of the cost of developing the project.
That means we'll give Rosebank's owner Equinor & Ithaca Energy billions in tax breaks to build this disaster project.
Equinor made £24bn in profit last year.
How is this fair?
#StopRosebank
That means we'll give Rosebank's owner Equinor & Ithaca Energy billions in tax breaks to build this disaster project.
Equinor made £24bn in profit last year.
How is this fair?
#StopRosebank
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It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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The surgeon I saw wasn't born in the UK.
My dentist wasn't born in the UK.
Many of my neighbours weren't born in the UK.
Several of my children's teachers weren't born in the UK.
They're not strangers, they're neighbours, friends and tax paying public servants.
They hold the country together.
My dentist wasn't born in the UK.
Many of my neighbours weren't born in the UK.
Several of my children's teachers weren't born in the UK.
They're not strangers, they're neighbours, friends and tax paying public servants.
They hold the country together.
Keir Starmer says immigration system is “almost designed to permit abuse” and that it risks “pulling the country apart”.
PM says UK needs tougher rules to reduce immigration significantly or it risks becoming “an island of strangers”.
PM says UK needs tougher rules to reduce immigration significantly or it risks becoming “an island of strangers”.
May 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The surgeon I saw wasn't born in the UK.
My dentist wasn't born in the UK.
Many of my neighbours weren't born in the UK.
Several of my children's teachers weren't born in the UK.
They're not strangers, they're neighbours, friends and tax paying public servants.
They hold the country together.
My dentist wasn't born in the UK.
Many of my neighbours weren't born in the UK.
Several of my children's teachers weren't born in the UK.
They're not strangers, they're neighbours, friends and tax paying public servants.
They hold the country together.
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We’re proud to lend our support to the chorus of voices standing against Part 4, including the High Court and the UN. 🕯️🙏
🚨CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL FOR REPEAL OF PART 4🚨
We’ve written to the Government, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, @libertyhq.bsky.social, @quaker.org.uk, @right2roam.bsky.social and others, to urge for a repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. (1/3)
We’ve written to the Government, alongside @amnestyuk.bsky.social, @libertyhq.bsky.social, @quaker.org.uk, @right2roam.bsky.social and others, to urge for a repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. (1/3)
April 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We’re proud to lend our support to the chorus of voices standing against Part 4, including the High Court and the UN. 🕯️🙏
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What do customers think of Simon, AKA the Heat Doctor, and the help & support he provides residents in SE London?
“Your character & work ethic is an asset to Selce and all customers like ourselves who have the opportunity & pleasure to meet you & witness your exceptionalism in everything you do.”
“Your character & work ethic is an asset to Selce and all customers like ourselves who have the opportunity & pleasure to meet you & witness your exceptionalism in everything you do.”
April 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
What do customers think of Simon, AKA the Heat Doctor, and the help & support he provides residents in SE London?
“Your character & work ethic is an asset to Selce and all customers like ourselves who have the opportunity & pleasure to meet you & witness your exceptionalism in everything you do.”
“Your character & work ethic is an asset to Selce and all customers like ourselves who have the opportunity & pleasure to meet you & witness your exceptionalism in everything you do.”
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Selce - shining a light on people power, in @salamandernews.org
Selce - shining a light on people power
A group of residents came together with the shared vision of using "people power" to generate clean, affordable energy for their local communities. Camilla Berens, co-founder of Selce, tells the…
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April 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Selce - shining a light on people power, in @salamandernews.org
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This really really hurts.
Quaker Meeting Houses are not consecrated ground, but they are places of sanctuary, prayer, quiet contemplation and peace.
20 police officers breaking down the door of a place of worship is simply not acceptable.
Will we be safe to worship on Sunday?
How will we know?
Quaker Meeting Houses are not consecrated ground, but they are places of sanctuary, prayer, quiet contemplation and peace.
20 police officers breaking down the door of a place of worship is simply not acceptable.
Will we be safe to worship on Sunday?
How will we know?
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This really really hurts.
Quaker Meeting Houses are not consecrated ground, but they are places of sanctuary, prayer, quiet contemplation and peace.
20 police officers breaking down the door of a place of worship is simply not acceptable.
Will we be safe to worship on Sunday?
How will we know?
Quaker Meeting Houses are not consecrated ground, but they are places of sanctuary, prayer, quiet contemplation and peace.
20 police officers breaking down the door of a place of worship is simply not acceptable.
Will we be safe to worship on Sunday?
How will we know?
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🚨New paper🚨Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation 1/17
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨New paper🚨Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation 1/17
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....