Den Brook Wind Farm provides a Community Benefit Fund of £36,000 per year, index linked, to support local social and environmental projects. The Community Benefit Fund is part of a community benefits package totalling £90,000 per year. The first payment was made in summer 2017.

The Den Brook Community Committee is made up of representatives from the parish/town councils of Bow, Spreyton, Zeal Monachorum, South Tawton and North Tawton. They administer the Fund and make decisions about which local projects to support. 

For guidance notes and an application form for the Community Benefit Fund, please contact Fund Administrator, Anna Clarke, by emailing denbrookcommunityfund@gmail.com or by post c/o North Tawton Council Office, 14a The Square, North Tawton EX20 2EP.

Since the early 2010s, RES has been operating its unique Local Electricity Discount Scheme (LEDS), which was developed in response to feedback from the communities around its wind farm projects.  LEDS offers a direct and tangible benefit to residential, business and community properties closest to participating operational renewable energy projects in Great Britain and Northern Ireland through an annual discount on their electricity bills.

RES made the first LEDS payments at Den Brook in 2016.   Eligible registered properties will continue to receive annual LEDS payments for the operational life of the wind farm.

At Den Brook, the discount is offered to properties within 2.3 kilometres of Den Brook Wind Farm and built prior to May 2014.

For more information, including contact details for the LEDS team, please visit the dedicated LEDS website at:
www.leds.res-group.com