Deadline: 22-Nov-24
The Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is pleased to announce the Community Climate Change and Nature Action Fund 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.
Funding Information
- Grants will usually be between £200 and £600
Project Results
- Projects must be focused on achieving one or more of the following results:
- A more energy efficient building
- Greater awareness of energy efficiency measures and/or how to reduce energy costs
- A contribution to active travel such as a new walking group or footpath improvements
- Practical support for electric vehicles such as a community EV charge point
- A new renewable energy project
- More trees or a community orchard
- Definable nature improvement including new conservation measures and/ or enhanced biodiversity.
- Greater reduction, reuse or recycling of products that would otherwise go to waste
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
Ineligibility Criteria
- 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.