Ashley Lashley Foundation’s Global HEY Climate Fund

Deadline: 17-Jul-23

The Ashley Lashley Foundation has launched the Global HEY Climate Fund to assist youth climate activists with a grant for their projects.

Thematic Areas

• Climate Change and Human Health
  • This theme allows applicants to propose technologies, projects, and/or initiatives that focus on the interrelatedness between the impacts, and threats, of climate change on human health as well as their mitigation and/or resolution.
• Climate Change, Water Conservation and Food Security
  • This theme allows applicants to propose technologies, projects, and/or initiatives that focus on water conservation (increasing catchment capacity, water availability or accessibility) and/or improving the food security (or self-reliance) of a town, city, state, country, or region.
• Solid Waste Management and Climate Change
  • This theme allows applicants to propose technologies, projects, and/or initiatives that focus on the interrelatedness between improper waste disposal practices, ineffective solid waste management, and the impacts, and threats, of climate change on human well-being and productivity as well as approaches for mitigation and/or resolution.

Funding Information

• This year selected projects will be rewarded five thousand ($2500) USD each.

Geographic Focus

• This fund is open globally and is extended to countries which are a part of the following regions:
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Africa
  • The Caribbean
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America

Criteria

• The HEY Global Climate Fund is open to the public and to members of the HEY Campaign. Applicants who are not a part of the HEY Campaign but are recipients of the grant are required to join the HEY Campaign to expand its global reach.
• Applicants must submit a proposal based on a project, or idea surrounding the topics: Climate Change & Human Health; Climate Change, Water Conservation & Food Security; and Solid Waste Management & Climate Change.
• To be eligible for this grant, all applicants must be between the ages of thirteen (13) and twenty-seven (27).
• Shortlisted applicants must be prepared to conduct an interview between July 31st to August 25th 2023, with The Ashley Lashley Foundation’s Evaluation Committee where applicants are to present their project or idea.
• One (1) proposal is to be submitted per person/ group.

For more information, visit Ashley Lashley Foundation.