About Us

We are a social enterprise based in North Lancashire offering households free advice and support with energy issues. Our aims are to help people stay warm and well, and to make homes more sustainable!

Up until the end of 2024 we have achieved the following positive outcomes for Lancashire.

You can find out more about our achievements in our Impact Report for 2023.

Households helped

Lifetime bill savings

tonnes of Co2e emissions avoided

Champions Trained

Surplus invested in local community

Our Team

Clare Bowman

Clare Bowman

(she/her) • Home Energy Advisor

Clare is one of our Home Energy Advisors, who also works as an Occupational Therapist and is studying for an MSc in Psychology, specialising in the Environment, Health and Wellbeing. She is out and about providing tailored advice to help households make sustainable choices that reduce their bills and improve comfort. She is passionate about supporting individuals during the cost of living crisis and addressing fuel poverty, helping people navigate the challenges they face and find practical solutions.

Dave Brookes

Dave Brookes

(he/him) • Technical Lead

Dave is a qualified Domestic Energy Assessor, Retrofit Assessor, and Retrofit Coordinator, providing surveys and advice to homeowners and landlords looking to invest in making their homes greener by improving energy efficiency and comfort while reducing bills and carbon emissions. He is also a director of Morecambe Bay Community Renewables, and a trustee of several local charities.

Georgianna Cardoso Zarate

Georgianna Cardoso Zarate

(she/her) • Home Energy Advisor

Georgianna is one of our professional Home Energy Advisors, providing help via telephone and supporting people to reduce their energy consumption, understand their energy bills and to research other sources of funding. She is also studying for her level 3 Retrofit Advisor qualification. As a professional artist with an MA in Fine Art, Georgianna finds it rewarding to connect with people and empathise with them, and she has worked with vulnerable communities facilitating wellbeing art workshops

Tamsin Coxhill

Tamsin Coxhill

(she/her) • Engagement and Communications Lead, Home Energy and Retrofit Advisor

Tamsin is one of our experienced advisors, providing help via telephone and supporting people to reduce their energy consumption, understand their energy bills and to research other sources of funding. She is a level 3 Retrofit Advisor. She is also a director of Morecambe Bay Slings CIC, helping local families safely carry their babies and Firespiral Slings Ltd. She is an experienced digital marketing professional and looks after the websites for Green Rose and Greener Homes in Lancashire.

Ashlea Hughes

Ashlea Hughes

(she/her) •Retrofit Advisor

Ashlea has recently joined Green Rose to support Greener Homes in Lancashire as a Retrofit Advisor. She is studying for her level 3 Retrofit Advisor qualification. Ashlea is passionate about living a sustainable life.

Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson

(he/him) • Home Energy Advisor

Matt is one of our Home Energy Advisors, covering Preston and Wyre. ​He is actively engaged in delivering personalised guidance to assist households in adopting sustainable practices that lower their energy costs and enhance home comfort. With a strong commitment to aiding individuals during the cost of living crisis and combating fuel poverty, he empowers people to navigate their challenges and implement practical, effective solutions.

Lucy Reynolds

Lucy Reynolds

(she/her) • Energy Matters Advisor

Lucy is a very experienced freelance development manager who works on our Energy Matters project with Citizens Advice North Lancashire across the Lancaster District . She has worked in the area over the years in a variety of health and information giving community roles. A qualified youth and community worker she has a passion for delivering both practical advice, workshops and skills within dynamic projects to help empower communities.

Rebecca Samuels

Rebecca Samuels

(she/her) • Administrator

Rebecca is our dedicated Administrator, providing help via telephone and email as well as assisting with our Warmer Wednesdays project. She enjoys the technical backend project support work our teams rely on to free them up for their roles. She is also an amateur archaeologist with a BA in Classics, and an avid performance poet. 

Georgina Sommerville

Georgina Sommerville

(she/her) • Director

Georgina has a background in social housing, charity development and quality assurance management. She is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and oversees the operational delivery of Green Rose’s programmes

James Sommerville

James Sommerville

(he/him) • Director

James has worked in the energy industry for over a decade in various roles across the public, private and community sectors. He leads on Green Rose’s financial and business development functions and also runs a separate energy policy consultancy.

Alexandra Wolfenden

Alexandra Wolfenden

(she/her) • Director

Alex is the Director of a charitable trust that supports vulnerable people and their families to achieve their goals, including providing secure and sheltered accommodation. She uses her experience here and from a decade working as a housing director to lead on Green Rose’s strategic development.

Any profit that we make goes directly into community projects for those most in need. Since 2020, we have donated our profits to Morecambe Bay Foodbank.

 Morecambe Bay Foodbank are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. They provide nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis.

 

Like them, we think that no-one in our community should have to face being cold or going hungry.

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