Deadline: 5-Nov-21
Applications are now open for the Bath & West Community Energy Fund Grant.
Bath & West Community Energy Fund is the mechanism through which Bath & West Community Energy distributes surplus income for community benefit. Bath & West Community Energy develops community owned renewable energy projects, offering local people the opportunity to invest in local projects, earn a reasonable return and as members have a say in the running of the organisation. Bath & West Community Energy is a community enterprise, set up for the benefit of the community and to support local action to reduce the impact of climate change.
Funding Information
- The BWCE Fund makes grants between £500 to £5,000 to local charities, community, voluntary or self-help groups. Priority will be given to applications where any grant awarded will make a significant contribution to the delivery of the project.
What can you apply for?
- To be eligible for funding the project must aim to reduce carbon emissions and/or address fuel poverty.This year, and as communities work together to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, the fund is happy to consider applications for projects that increase the resilience of communities in a way that also reduces carbon emissions.
- Carbon reduction does not just relate to energy projects; it might also include local food, sustainable transport or waste reduction or indeed any activity that reduces carbon emissions.
Eligibility Criteria
- The BWCE Fund will provide grants to local community projects in Bath and the surrounding area that reduce carbon emissions and/or tackle fuel poverty. Applications from projects in the vicinity of existing Bath & West Community Energy projects are particularly welcome.
- Your group must be a community, self-help or voluntary group, a community enterprise or a charity.
Ineligible
- Grant or loan schemes run by third parties
- Individuals
- General appeals
- Commercial companies
- Statutory organisations or the direct replacement of statutory funding
- Political groups or activities promoting political beliefs
- Religious groups for projects promoting religious beliefs
- Arts projects with no community or charitable element
- Sports projects with no community or charitable element
- Medical research, equipment or treatment
- Animal welfare
- Projects that take place before an application can be processed
- Activities that are intended to raise funds for other organisations.
For more information, visit https://quartetcf.org.uk/grant-programmes/bath-west-community-energy-2/