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Selce’s 6th Community Share Offer is Live

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Invest in Community. Invest in SE London. Invest for a Healthy Return. Invest in a Cleaner, Fairer Future.

– Our sixth community share offer is live: our aim is to fund energy efficient lighting to be installed at Marvels Lane School in Lewisham. And our target is £39,000.

– This will be Selce’s 11th such community financed site. We love LED lighting, not least because it needs around 70% less energy than fluorescent lighting, which persists in many schools and other public buildings.

– Our installation at Marvels Lane will include replacing 285 lightbulbs, saving the school around £79,000 over 10 years. LEDs also contribute towards an improved general wellbeing, fewer migraines and eye strain for pupils and staff members alike.

– Our lighting upgrade project will reduce emissions at the school by an equivalent of around 71,000kg in CO2 over 10 years.

– Any project surplus also goes to supporting Selce’s fuel poverty alleviation programme.

– By investing together, there’s so much we can do for people and planet. We are stronger together.

– Minimum investment is £250. Our share offer document contains all of the details you need to know:

Ready to invest? After reading through our share offer document, the next step is to complete the application form:

Invest in Community.

Invest in local – SE London.

Invest in a fair return.

Invest in a cleaner, fairer planet.

We’re raising funds for our 6th community share offer, installing energy efficient, money saving LED lighting at Marvels Lane Primary, Lewisham.

Selce’s previous share offer reached its target in just 3 weeks of promotion – find out our four simple steps on how to invest below:

Key Dates

Share offer opens: 27 Feb 2026
Share offer closes: 22 May 2026

Key Numbers

Share offer target: £39,000
Minimum investment per member: £250
Maximum investment per member: £20,000

How to Invest:

1.Read our share offer document.

2.Decide how much you’d like to invest (£250 – £20k).

3.Complete the application form.

4.We’ll be in touch with info on how to transfer your payment.

…and you’re done!

Share offer to fund energy efficient LED lighting at Marvels Lane Primary School in Lewisham

You are invited to invest in upgrading to energy efficient, money saving LED lighting at Marvels Lane Primary School, Riddons Rd, London
SE12 9RA.

This will be Selce’s 11th community financed LED lighting site.

Replacing 285 lightbulbs as part of this upgrade is projected to save the school £6,725 per year, and an estimated £79,000 over the next decade.

Any project surplus goes to supporting Selce’s fuel poverty alleviation programme.

The more efficient lighting system will also save the equivalent of 7,122kg of CO2 per year.

Based upon our financial model, using the assumptions above, we forecast that we will be able to provide an interest rate of 4%. We will also provide full capital repayment in year 10.

The final decision on the payment of interest is made at the Annual General meeting. If you wish, you may donate all or some of your interest to support our work with families facing fuel poverty. We will contact you annually to ask if you would like to do this.

More Info

Marvels Lane is a two-form primary school in Lewisham, with 404 pupils. The majority of the school’s emergency lighting is linked to a 13 year-old remote emergency lighting monitoring system which is no longer fit for purpose.

In addition to an LED upgrade, this project will decommission the old system and install manual key switches throughout the school, enabling it to conduct more accurate emergency lighting tests at their preferred frequency.

Every year the school sets aside funds for a specific number of pupils, geared towards an activity classified under the enrichment curriculum.

Pupils and staff decide on the activity, and reducing their electricity costs will increase the number of pupils able to participate.

For more information, please read our share offer document.

Please note that Selce is neither qualified nor authorised to offer investment advice. Those interested in participating should make their own assessment of the offer, should take note of any risk factors described in the documents, and may wish to take independent financial advice. Capital at risk.

Watch the video above for more background (or here on YouTube if the above video doesn’t appear.)