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Oxygen Therapy Jersey Now Powered by Sunshine Thanks to SunWorks’ £10,000 Solar Giveaway

☀️Oxygen Therapy Jersey is officially running on sunshine! Thanks to SunWorks’ 2025 Solar Giveaway, the charity has received a brand-new solar panel system worth £10,000—installed in just two days by the SunWorks team in a full-force, “all hands on deck” effort.

This transformative project will help the charity dramatically reduce its energy bills and environmental footprint, freeing up more resources to support islanders with a wide range of health needs❤️

“By installing this system, we’re helping Oxygen Therapy Jersey future-proof its running costs while also cutting carbon emissions,” said Mark Brandon, Co-Owner and Managing Director at SunWorks. “It’s fantastic to see renewable energy directly benefiting a charity that makes such a difference to people’s lives.”

The installation is expected to save the charity up to 15% on its electricity bills, creating vital breathing space in its budget.

“We are absolutely delighted with this installation,” said Collette Bagas, Centre Manager at Oxygen Therapy Jersey. “Winning the SunWorks 2025 Solar Giveaway will provide an important boost to reducing our carbon footprint. More of our resources can now go directly into delivering care to our clients.”

🙏Collette also expressed gratitude to the community for their support:

“We’re incredibly thankful to everyone who voted for us and to SunWorks for placing their confidence in our work. This installation strengthens our commitment to sustainability and allows us to expand our services, reaching even more individuals who could benefit from oxygen therapy. Our vision is growth, sustainability, and continued service to the island community.”

Looking Ahead: Sponsors Wanted for 2026 🔭

With the success of this year’s giveaway, SunWorks is now seeking a headline sponsor to partner on the 2026 Solar Giveaway. This is a unique opportunity for a local business to take a leading role in supporting Jersey’s charities, promoting sustainability, and creating lasting community impact. You can view the full sponsorship pack here: 2026 Solar Giveaway Sponsorship Deck

“This initiative has grown year on year, and with the right partner, we can make the 2026 Solar Giveaway even bigger and better,” said Mark. “It’s a fantastic way for a local organisation to showcase its commitment to both the community and the environment.”

SunWorks has confirmed the competition will return in 2026, with full details to be announced early next year. Interested parties are encouraged to get in touch with SunWorks to learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

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We’re Hiring: Construction and Operations Manager to Lead Project Delivery

As Jersey’s leading renewable energy installation company, and with over a decade in business, SunWorks specialises in the design, installation and maintenance of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, roofing services, energy efficiency upgrades and EV charging equipment, supporting the island’s future energy and environmental goals.

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SunWorks Announces Winner of 2025 Solar Giveaway: Oxygen Therapy Jersey

We’re proud to announce that Oxygen Therapy Jersey has been selected as the winner of our 2025 Solar Giveaway, receiving a free solar installation worth up to £10,000.

Oxygen Therapy Jersey is a local charity providing innovative oxygen treatments to support islanders with a wide range of health conditions. Their dedication to improving lives across our community deeply inspired us—and clearly resonated with the public, who voted overwhelmingly in their favour.

💬 Supporting Community Wellbeing Through Clean Energy

“We’re thrilled to be supporting Oxygen Therapy Jersey with this installation,” said Mark Brandon, Co-Owner and Managing Director at SunWorks. “Their work provides essential health services to our community, and by reducing their energy bills, we hope to give them more freedom to focus resources on their patients rather than overheads. At the same time, this installation will help lower their environmental impact, showing how clean energy can power community wellbeing.”

The bespoke solar panel system will be installed in early autumn 2025, helping the charity reduce its running costs and carbon footprint for years to come.

🙌 A Community Effort

Oxygen Therapy Jersey shared their heartfelt thanks:

“On behalf of the Oxygen Therapy Centre, I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for us, to SunWorks for shortlisting us, and everyone involved in making this happen.
This will have a huge impact on the Charity and also on the environment. We can’t thank you enough for your amazing support.”

This year’s giveaway saw strong applications from across Jersey, with EYECAN shortlisted as a finalist. The public voting throughout July and August highlighted the incredible support islanders have for local charities making a difference.

🌍 Powering a Brighter Future

The Solar Giveaway is part of our ongoing commitment to making clean energy accessible and impactful across Jersey. This marks the second successful year of the initiative, and we’re already looking forward to what next year will bring.

Stay tuned for updates on the installation and more opportunities to get involved in future community projects.

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SCOOP’s Success Since the 2024 Solar Giveaway

In 2024, SunWorks launched the first Solar Giveaway worth £10,000! The Sustainable Co-operative (SCOOP) won the competition, which ran for several months and involved various challenges. The public voted for their favorite non-profit organisation to win this amazing prize!

As part of winning the competition, SunWorks installed a 5kW solar system worth £10,000. The SunWorks team also volunteered their free time on a Friday afternoon to help with the installation, alongside SMART Scaffolding, who kindly donated the scaffolding used for the project! This demonstrates that not only is SunWorks passionate about sustainability and supporting Jersey locals and businesses, but other businesses and individuals are too!

Since September 2024, the installed system has generated over 2,470 kWh of clean energy, with SCOOP using 98% of their solar energy, resulting in total savings of £550 to date. We are now edging into summer, so this is set to significantly increase over the next few months.

Kaspar Wimberley, the Director of SCOOP, said, “SCOOP was the lucky recipient of the SunWorks giveaway in 2024, which was the perfect fit. Switching to renewable forms of energy aligns with our focus on environmental sustainability and in times of increasing energy prices and economic uncertainty, harnessing solar power to be more energy independent can add resilience and reduce the running costs of the business. With a constant energy supply required to power our cold storage of fresh organic produce, solar power made sense and has helped lower our electricity bills. We are extremely thankful for the generosity of SunWorks and wish all those applying for support in 2025 the best of luck!”

The success of the 2024 Solar Giveaway underscores our commitment to sustainability and community empowerment. We look forward to continuing our efforts to make renewable energy accessible to all, especially by installing the 2025 Solar Giveaway for the lucky winner!

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SunWorks Appoints Tom Noel as Chair of the Board

SunWorks is proud to announce the appointment of Tom Noel as Chair of the Board. Having served as a Non-Executive Director for the past three years, Tom brings a wealth of strategic insight and governance expertise to this new leadership role.

Tom comes from a successful corporate career with JT and originally joined the SunWorks board to gain greater exposure to the challenges of a growing local small business, while bringing his big-picture thinking to the company. SunWorks continues to strengthen its unique position as an innovative leader across the construction, technology, and energy sectors.

With ambitious plans for 2025 and beyond, the business remains focused on delivering high-impact renewable energy solutions that support Jersey’s sustainable future. Tom’s step up to Chair marks a key moment in driving forward SunWorks’ growth strategy and reinforcing strong governance at board level. SunWorks’ Chair since its establishment in 2013 has been co-founder Ian Brandon, who steps aside after 12 years but remains on the board in a key strategic role.

Commenting on the appointment, Managing Director Mark Brandon said: “SunWorks is entering an exciting phase of development, and I’m delighted to welcome Tom as our new Chair. His leadership experience and passion for innovation will be a huge asset to the business. We’re planning some big moves for 2025, and Tom’s guidance will help us turn that vision into reality. As an IoD-qualified Chartered Director since 2016, Tom also brings valuable alignment, particularly as I work towards completing that qualification myself within the next year..”

Tom Noel said: “I’m delighted to take on the role of Chair at SunWorks. It’s been a privilege working with the leadership and the wider team over the last few years, and together, we’ve laid a strong foundation for our ambitious growth plans.”

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Sunworks Welcomes Richard Preece as Lead Electrician

SunWorks is thrilled to welcome Richard Preece to the team as our Lead Electrician & Quality Supervisor (QS). Richard recently moved to Jersey with his family, bringing over 15 years of experience as an approved electrical contractor. With a strong background in solar energy systems, battery storage and EV Charging technology, Richard is perfectly positioned to help us elevate the quality of our specialist electrical work.

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NEWSLETTER – Lighting up your Christmas & New Year

2023 was a year of change at SunWorks, and as we look into 2024, we’re reflecting on all that happened last year and the exciting developments for the year ahead. From supporting the community with repairs during storm Ciaran and being a government approved installer for EV chargers, to working on commercial and residential solar projects and growing our services and workforce. There have  sometimes been challenges, yet we’ve continued to grow as a business and share our energy saving mission.

Expansion of roofing services

We’ve been recently raising more awareness about our roofing services which are primarily in support of our core Solar PV installations, in instances where a re-roof and solar is required at the same time, or for construction projects where solar is considered at the design stage.  Our team is ready to deliver solar and roofing contracts in 2024.

After Storm Ciaran we sprang into action, and we were glad to be able to offer our services to our existing client base as well as a significant number of referred individuals. This also gave us an opportunity to accelerate the skills of our colleagues, adding to their already plentiful solar installation knowledge.

Exclusive Referral scheme

Exclusive to SunWorks’ existing clients and accessed through the SolarEdge monitoring platform, this referral scheme has seen plenty of  our valued customers introduce new clients to SunWorks, earning £250 reward if the referral progresses to installation! Our business has been built on client referrals and there’s no better time to encourage your friends and family to adopt SolarEdge Solar through SunWorks.

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New staff

We’ve had some new faces join us this year. As demand grows, so does our team. We strive to recruit team members who share our passion, and who can extend and diversify our skillsets. We’ve welcomed Anthony Regan, Jack le Brun & Matthew Davy as electricians, with Luce Beardshall, Niall Le Gallais and Andrew Lempiere as Trainee Solar technicians.

In addition, Alex Pearce has returned from a sabbatical and has been appointed interim Service Delivery Manager, providing fundamental support for both the operational and installation teams.

Sunworks Team 2023
Sunworks Team 2023

Key Projects

We’re delighted to have been involved in some very special projects this year, including an installation for Jersey Electricty at the Parish of St Helier depot. We’ve also begun the installation of a substantial and highly bespoke system for the Government of Jersey at the new Cyril Le Marquand House site.

In addition, we have delivered solar to over 100 residential properties this year and seen the introduction of our new domestic 3 phase battery storage systems. Our 2024 Q1 diary has been taking more bookings in the last few weeks, so request a survey if you are interested in having Solar installed well ahead of summer 2024.

To the Future

2024 is looking to be another year of exciting progression for solar energy and sustainable energy solutions, with no shortage of ongoing dialogue surrounding our island’s energy future taking place in government forums and online. At this time, onsite solar presents the only options available to homes and businesses as a safeguard against future energy price rises and should be adopted alongside an energy reduction strategy.

The electricity price increase of 12% in January will no doubt stimulate further discussion and it remains to be seen how quickly our energy prices rise to meet European averages, with the UK average being between £0.30 and £0.35 pence per kWh. What is becoming clear is that the need to generate power locally has never been greater, with energy security now becoming a real concern.

As ever, we will continue to monitor global trends and keep you up to date with products and offerings appropriate for the Jersey market as they become available.

 Finally, we thank all our customers, suppliers and partners for their continued support throughout 2023, and wish for 2024 to be a year full of good health and success.

All the best,

The SunWorks Team
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Recruitment – Service Delivery Manager

SunWorks are Jersey’s leading renewable energy installation company providing design, installation and maintenance of Residential and Commercial solar photovoltaic (PV), battery storage and EV charging equipment. With significant energy projects in the pipeline for 2024 SunWorks are seeking a technical minded Service Delivery Manager to lead our ambitious team, maximise efficiency and assist with enabling Jersey’s renewable energy future.

This is an ideal opportunity for a time served electrician and/or Mechanical & Electrical industry professional looking to join modern company making a local difference. Applicants will be expected to have extensive experience within electrical contracting alongside good knowledge of electrical design, scheduling works and quality assurance.

DAY-TO-DAY TASKS: Ensuring effective delivery of company technical services – Management of electrical and solar installation teams – Provide technical design input – Implement systems for managing on-site risk and delivering consistent quality – organise recruitment and training prepare KPIs

BENEFITS OF SUNWORKS:

  • Part of islands’ energy future
  • Environmentally focused company
  • Respected work/life balance with flexibility
  • Modern business culture
  • Use of company EV
  • Digital operation systems
  • Private healthcare
  • Employee benefits with bonus scheme

REQUIRED:

  • Management skills for leading a productive team
  • Effective communication skills
  • Electrician with electrical design & construction background
  • Desire to work within an environmentally focussed company
  • Confident with IT, Digital workflow management / KPI dashboards
  • Electrical qualification or relevant equivalent
  • CAD ability would be an advantage
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