Blog
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Looking to the future: Working with a new Welsh Government
After a long period of debates, hustings, televised discussions and community conversations, Wales now has a new Government.
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The Results of Our Social Return on Investment Report
The results of our Social Return on Investment (SROI) report through Social Value Cymru. The report gives us a clear picture of the social return on investment from what DEG’s team does; that is, the real financial, emotional, social, and environmental impacts of our work.
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DEG receives Environmental Social Enterprise of the Year award
We at DEG were honoured to receive the Environmental Social Enterprise of the Year 2025 award on the 9th of October as part of the Social Business Wales Awards. The awards, which attracted a record 101 entries this year, celebrate the best of Wales’ social enterprise sector – businesses that use their profits and efforts…
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Helping people save money and stay warm – Feedback from Prosiect Sero Net Gwynedd
Prosiect Sero Net Gwynedd has come to an end – for now. For the last 15 months, DEG worked as part of a partnership providing advice for individuals facing fuel poverty. However, our Energy Officers are still available to provide advice on energy bills, energy-efficiency measures and improving your home. We also have staff available…
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A Year of Community Climate Action with GwyrddNi
An update from the GwyrddNi team! Over 2024, many things have been happening, e.g. moss mapping, retrofitting houses, setting up bike hubs, fixing things, growing food, and much more. This is a report about what has happened over the last year and the impact GwyrddNi has been having.
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Helping communities save money and reduce their carbon footprint: an update from Cyd Ynni
Cyd Ynni, one of DEG’s projects, has been helping communities set up renewable, community-owned energy where the profits are reinvested into the community. Here’s Phil giving us an update about what Cyd Ynni has been doing. Cyd Ynni is a consortium of nine community groups, originally formed in 2017 when we secured £247,000 from the…
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Making local homes “cosier”
As part of DEG’s Energy Service, our Energy Assessors can visit your home (or non-residential building) and give you a detailed energy assessment, with advice on all the ways you can save money on your energy bills and reduce your carbon footprint. These start with small, free or low-cost measures, all the way up to…
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Support and Advice from DEG Energy Officers
A large number of residents in Gwynedd suffer from fuel poverty and do not know where to turn for advice. Prosiect Sero Net Gwynedd (Gwynedd Net Zero Project), which has been funded by the UK Government, enables our Energy Officers to help individuals and families across Gwynedd either in community hubs, through a home visit…
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Celebrating 10 Years of DEG!
Celebrating 10 Years of DEG! On the 13th of January, we reached a special milestone – DEG turned ten years old (it sounds better in Welsh, because “ten” in Welsh is “deg”, as well as “fair”)! It’s hard to believe that we have come so far. We started with the hope of kick-starting conversations about…
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PHD: The role of the Welsh Language in Community Action
UPDATE: Applications are closed. Emily-Louise is studying the role of the Welsh language in community action groups and community engagement, working alongside GwyrddNi – read more here. The School of Arts, Culture and Language (Bangor University), supported by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales (Wales DTP), and in collaboration with us, Datblygiadau Egni Gwledig…
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DEG donates £2000 to Arfon Food Bank
Caernarfon Social Enterprise Datblygiadau Egni Gwledig (DEG) has donated two thousand pounds to the Arfon Food Bank this Christmas. In making the donation DEG are keen to raise awareness of their local food bank’s unwavering efforts locally. “In an ideal world a Food Bank wouldn’t exist” says Grant Peisley, Director at DEG. “But unfortunately they’re…
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Cyd Ynni: working together across nine communities in Gwynedd
The original Cyd Ynni project, conceived in the early months of 2016, was a collaborative project that successfully linked five community energy groups; Ynni Ogwen, Ynni Anafon Energy, Ynni Padarn Peris, Egni Mynydd and Ymlaen Moelyci – in the post-industrial villages of north Gwynedd.
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Car-n-arfon: Community Electric Car available for hire
Do you live in the Caernarfon area? If so, did you know that there’s a community electric car here that you can hire?
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Project Sero Net Gwynedd
Exciting times are ahead for DEG because, in partnership with several other local organisations, we’ve launched a huge project to help Gwynedd households use energy more efficiently while providing employment and training opportunities for local people.
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GwyrddNi
GwyrddNi is a community-based, community-led climate action movement established by the following six social enterprises in Gwynedd:
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What is a Community Assembly?
Assembly. It’s a word we hear often these days, and a word that conjures images of the Senedd in Cardiff Bay or a school hall I’m sure. But what does the word assembly actually mean?
