Deadline: 31-Aug-2024
The Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is currently accepting applications for the Community Climate Change Fund.
The Staffordshire Moorlands Community Climate Change Fund has been established as part of the Council’s efforts to tackle climate change. The fund is intended to provide small grants to community-based organisations taking measures locally to tackle the climate emergency.
The aim is to mobilise the resources of local communities, encourage people to work together in a voluntary capacity and empower individuals and communities to take actions which: reduce local CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions; increase the ability of nature to absorb and store greenhouse gas emission; and build resilience in nature to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Small grants are available to help support the delivery of the Climate Change Strategy. It will support practical measures such as tree planting and habitat improvement, educative actions to increase awareness and the skills needed to change and adapt lifestyles, green travel/transport schemes, energy saving in community buildings, local food projects and recycling and reuse projects.
Funding Information
- The total fund available is £20,000. Grant applications are assessed around 4 times per year by a panel made up of public, private and third sector officers.
- Grants will usually be between £200 and £500.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund is for any community group which needs some help to set up a project to support nature or tackle climate change. The group’s main purpose does not need to be related to the environment, just the specific project this would deliver.
- You can apply to the scheme if you are:
- An Unincorporated Association (a group set up with a constitution)
- A Registered Charity
- A CIC
- A CIO
- A new group (not yet constituted) AND if you are operating in, or benefiting, people or places within the local authority district of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Ineligible
- The following cannot apply for a community grant:
- Individuals
- Private Businesses
- Any organisation that has political activity as one of its stated purposes i.e., as defined by the Charity Commission for England and Wales: any purpose directed at furthering the interests of any political party; or securing, or opposing, any change in the law or in the policy or decisions of central government, local authorities, or other public bodies, whether in this country or abroad.
For more information, visit Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.