ORCC's new trading company
ORCC is delighted to announce the launch of a new Bulk Oil Buying venture that we hope will be good for you, good for the environment, good for the new 'TOE' and good for ORCC.
ORCC's new bulk buying scheme is aimed at bringing communities together to make the most of joint buying power so that great savings can be made and passed on to customers.
We want the scheme to be rooted in communities - because that's the way that ORCC works - and are looking for local volunteers who will act as 'go-betweens' for us. Their job will be to tell us each month how much oil the people in their village want to order, and then telling people when the oil will arrive and how much it will cost. 'We've made it as simple as possible because we know people are busy' said ORCC's Chief Executive Linda Watson, 'Local co-ordinators are going to be vital to the success of the scheme. They won't have to do the negotiating with the oil suppliers and won't have to deal with any money, so we don't expect this to take much time.'
ORCC believes that finding a way to keep fuel costs as low as possible is particularly important in rural areas, where many households don't have mains gas. Research commissioned by our national RCC network has shown that in Oxfordshire more than half the people who live in fuel poverty (i.e. with fuel costs that are more than 10% of their income) live in rural areas. This is out of proportion to the number of people who actually live in rural areas (37.7%). We don't think that's right.
The scheme will also help to reduce the carbon footprint of the actual delivery system. Every time a tanker comes out to make a delivery, it''s using a lot of fuel - a full tanker may only get about 8 miles per gallon! So if deliveries are organised so that one tanker can reach as many customers in as small an area as possible, fuel consumption is reduced.
Full details of how the scheme works are set out on our membership page or in two leaflets - one for local community co-ordinators, and one for members of the scheme. Local co-ordinators' leaflet and Members' leaflet.
ORCC Trading Ltd will have only one shareholder - ORCC - and any money it makes will be donated to ORCC to help support the activities of the charity.
Tags: ORCC general ORCC Trading Ltd Rural sustainability
Comments
I would be interested in coordinating a group in Sparsholt, Childrey and West Challow
Posted by: clare pinkney on 01 January 2011 at 17:57
Please contact Jayne Bullock on 01865 883488
Posted by: Jayne Bullock on 04 January 2011 at 15:21
How does this scheme compare to Boilerjuice, who group all orders for the same postcode together so that you can get a group discount?
Posted by: Nick Grant on 27 January 2011 at 22:02
Boilerjuice works completely differently. It is owned by DCC/GB OILs - the biggest OIL supplier in the UK by over 400%! Most of the suppliers they list are brands they own. The "group discounts" work out to be 10ths of pennies against their final price. ORCC's scheme has a huge community benefit - social, environmental and financial - and you become part of something that is tansparent and accountable. The savings are genuine, negotiated and benefit you and ORCC, not a huge corporate machine. As this project grows, huge numbers of truck journeys - and therefore carbon emissions - will be erased from YOUR villages and from the UK economy. This is an idea whose time has come. So now what do you think: "how does this scheme compare to Boilerjuice"? A buying group is good for your pocket, good for your community and good for everyone's environment! Why not become a member now...?
Posted by: Chris Pomfret on 05 February 2011 at 07:35
Cannot disagree with the principle(s) but perhaps if the latest price paid by the members was posted online (and updated for each new batch etc) it would encourage non-members to fork out the membership fee with more than a vague 'it will be cheaper' promise?
Posted by: Peter Gore on 07 February 2011 at 13:29
The lastest saving has now been posted. An extremely impressive average of £70 per 1000 litres and, making the joining fee beyond reasonable. However, posting the actual price would make the scheme vulnerable as that would give away our negotiating advantage, allow non-members to use the price to negotiate their own prices without joining a group and also always leads to confusion because people order different amounts (which can be subject to surcharges if you buy small amounts) and even in one county there can be a geographical difference in prices. Contact us if you need more info about joining - or better still become a coordinator.
Posted by: Chris Pomfret on 10 February 2011 at 05:34
I don't actually have any feelings about Boilerjuice. I was merely asking how this scheme compared. From your answer it appears that the only difference is that one is a "huge corporate machine" and the other one isn't.
Posted by: Nick Grant on 30 March 2011 at 21:52
Just wondering where you have managed to get to with this excellent scheme? Also, I would be happy to look at coordinating in our village - Kingston Bagpuize, Southmoor, Longworth and Hinton Waldrist.
Posted by: Anthony Lloyd on 21 December 2010 at 17:59