Deadline: 3-Oct-22
The Cambridge City Council is offering Sustainable City Grant to support voluntary and community groups to deliver activities in Cambridge.
Priorities
- Reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions from homes and businesses in Cambridge
- Reduce consumption of resources, waste and increasing recycling by residents and businesses in Cambridge
- Reduce emissions from transport in Cambridge by promoting sustainable transport and encouraging behaviour change
- Increase the provision of sustainable food in Cambridge
- Support residents and businesses of Cambridge to adapt to the impacts of climate change
Funding Information
You can apply for more than one project but the total bid for all applications, for any one organisation, must not exceed £10,000.
Outcomes
- Reduction of carbon emissions from homes and businesses, including through the promotion and implementation of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources
- Increased reuse and recycling; and reduction of general waste produced by residents and/or businesses
- Increased use of sustainable transport modes (e.g. walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing etc.)
- Increased access to sustainably produced food for residents, visitors and those who work in Cambridge
- Residents, particularly the vulnerable, supported to prepare and respond to the impacts of climate change (e.g. heatwaves, flooding and water shortages etc.)
Eligibility Criteria
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Your organisation must:
- Be a voluntary or community organisation
- Have a bank account
- Have a governing document, such as a constitution
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Your project must:
- Be located in the city of Cambridge
- Be completed by 31 March 2024
- Benefit residents or SMEs in Cambridge
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Your application must:
- Demonstrate how the project will enable the following to take part, or benefit, in the activities and support to be provided:
- City residents with the most need, including those on low incomes, or
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 250 employees and less than £43m turnover or £37m balance sheet total.
For more information, visit Cambridge City Council.
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For more information, visit https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/apply-for-a-sustainable-city-grant
