Forget about lending your hard earned money to banks to invest in oil, tobacco companies and goodness know what else. You can support the development of renewable energy in the UK and give the benefit of free electricity to a local community organisation.

Renewable energy is the future, and it just takes a small amount from each person to quickly add up to enough money to make a real difference.

The community shares model has been successfully applied to wind farms, hydro electric schemes as well as village pubs, housing projects and sports clubs. You can find out more about community shares at the Community Shares project.