Get involved in new
community oil scheme and save money
Join the super savvy savers of Wiltshire who
have between them saved almost £23,000 in the past 10 months on fuel bills.
Anyone who wants to
save money on their fuel bills and help the environment too is invited to get
involved in an innovative new scheme. Community First Wiltshire has developed CF
Oil – a brilliant way to negotiate and buy oil for the best price and help
local communities save money on their heating fuel.
Members in each
area can have their oil delivered every month at the same time, saving on fuel
miles for the lorries as well as on cash for themselves. Once it receives all
the orders Community First organises bulk purchase and delivery of the oil from
different suppliers at the best prices, achieving collective savings for all
the members in the group.
Since starting in October 2011 we have saved clients £21,688.82 on their
combined fuel bills; an average saving of £150 and the highest saving on a
single order being £499.
CF Oil now wants to recruit more members and more co-ordinators all across
Wiltshire to make the scheme even more economical and worthwhile.
Co-ordinators only
have to volunteer for an hour or two each month. They save on the annual
membership fee for the scheme, currently £20 a year for private households, £30
for community buildings and £100 for businesses, and don’t have to handle any
money, since members pay for their order direct to the delivery company.
“This is a great
scheme which benefits everyone,” said Philippa Read, Chief Executive of
Community First. “Every time a tanker
comes out to make a delivery, it is using a lot of diesel - a full tanker
can get as little as a horrifying eight miles per gallon. If deliveries
are organised so that one tanker delivers to several customers in a village
instead of making lots of individual deliveries, the fuel consumption is
reduced and so is traffic in the village.
If you want to join
those who are saving hundreds of pounds on their fuel bills – or would like to
know more about being a local co-ordinator please contact CF Oil at Community
First, Wyndhams, St Joseph’s Place, Devizes, Wilts SN10 1DD; on tel 01380
732809 or email oil@communityfirst.org.uk
