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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.

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!