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The fund was first launched in February 2024. The projects below were successful as they demonstrated excellent value for money,  outlined how they would reduce carbon emissions and they had an active approach to outreach and community engagement.

🤎 Leckhampton High School Ridan Composter - The school will installed an in vessel composter that allows food and garden waste to be composted within the grounds. The school eco-club help manage the composter and get involved in the processing of the food waste learning more about how food impacts climate. The school has 400 pupils.

⛏ Newent Library of Things - The Recycling Shop CIC will expand it’s current provision to create a rental library of objects that can be utilised by the local community.

⚡Pineholt Village Hall Energy Conservation Showcase - Hucclecote parish council have retrofit their village hall to make it more energy efficient. They have  put on open days for parish councils and the public to show how energy conservation can be achieved and what they have done at the village hall.

🛠 Twynings Mens Shed Repairs - Received a contribution to tools and the general running of the shed. This allowed the shed to cater for 15 additional volunteers to repair items brought in,  reducing the amount of new items purchased locally.

🏠Gloucestershire Association of Town and Parish Councils - Developed climate training for Gloucestershire's town and parish councillors on reducing carbon within parishes. Also purchased infrared cameras available to GATPC members to monitor heat loss in community buildings. Find out more about the project.

🌎 Stroud Valleys Project Carbon Reduction Hub - A carbon reduction hub in the centre of Stroud will provide advice to local residents businesses and community groups on lowering carbon emissions.

☀ Winchcombe Solar Panels - Installed solar panels on a listed public building to showcase how this can be extended across the county.

☀ Strategy and Evolution pop up event solar panels - Solar panels and associated equipment to replace diesel generators at large local scouting events, and other events.

🍓Project Grow CIC - Local food growing project that provides food for local cookery classes run through Wiggly. Vegetables were supplied to 800 meals made within 1 mile of where they were grown in 2024/25.

🚲Coleford cycle shelter and town centre wellbeing - Installation of a wooden cycle shelter with a sedum roof and space for insect hotels and bird boxes. This is part of a wider transformation to encourage active transport within Coleford.

👩‍🏫 St. Johns Academy school advocacy project - Year 6 students attended 8 classes on climate change. These included visits from experts to learn about the  carbon cycle. Information was sent home to parents to help support families to reduce their own carbon.

🚆Train Tripper - Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership engaged with 30 businesses to increase the use of rail. nearly 3 tonnes of carbon were logged as saved using the train tripper app during the project in 24/25.

The fund was first launched in February 2024. The projects below were successful as they demonstrated excellent value for money,  outlined how they would reduce carbon emissions and they had an active approach to outreach and community engagement.

🤎 Leckhampton High School Ridan Composter - The school will installed an in vessel composter that allows food and garden waste to be composted within the grounds. The school eco-club help manage the composter and get involved in the processing of the food waste learning more about how food impacts climate. The school has 400 pupils.

⛏ Newent Library of Things - The Recycling Shop CIC will expand it’s current provision to create a rental library of objects that can be utilised by the local community.

⚡Pineholt Village Hall Energy Conservation Showcase - Hucclecote parish council have retrofit their village hall to make it more energy efficient. They have  put on open days for parish councils and the public to show how energy conservation can be achieved and what they have done at the village hall.

🛠 Twynings Mens Shed Repairs - Received a contribution to tools and the general running of the shed. This allowed the shed to cater for 15 additional volunteers to repair items brought in,  reducing the amount of new items purchased locally.

🏠Gloucestershire Association of Town and Parish Councils - Developed climate training for Gloucestershire's town and parish councillors on reducing carbon within parishes. Also purchased infrared cameras available to GATPC members to monitor heat loss in community buildings. Find out more about the project.

🌎 Stroud Valleys Project Carbon Reduction Hub - A carbon reduction hub in the centre of Stroud will provide advice to local residents businesses and community groups on lowering carbon emissions.

☀ Winchcombe Solar Panels - Installed solar panels on a listed public building to showcase how this can be extended across the county.

☀ Strategy and Evolution pop up event solar panels - Solar panels and associated equipment to replace diesel generators at large local scouting events, and other events.

🍓Project Grow CIC - Local food growing project that provides food for local cookery classes run through Wiggly. Vegetables were supplied to 800 meals made within 1 mile of where they were grown in 2024/25.

🚲Coleford cycle shelter and town centre wellbeing - Installation of a wooden cycle shelter with a sedum roof and space for insect hotels and bird boxes. This is part of a wider transformation to encourage active transport within Coleford.

👩‍🏫 St. Johns Academy school advocacy project - Year 6 students attended 8 classes on climate change. These included visits from experts to learn about the  carbon cycle. Information was sent home to parents to help support families to reduce their own carbon.

🚆Train Tripper - Gloucestershire Community Rail Partnership engaged with 30 businesses to increase the use of rail. nearly 3 tonnes of carbon were logged as saved using the train tripper app during the project in 24/25.

2025 Round 1 funding (Awarded April 2025) 

🏉Dursley Rugby Club Carbon neutral 2030: Installation of Air Source Heat Pump, new water cylinder & control system.

💡Sportily Innsworth hall LED's: Replacement of light bulbs and strip light fittings with 140 energy efficient LED alternatives. Engagement with the local community by giving out 250 free LED lightbulbs.

🥁Soldiers Of Gloucestershire Museum - installing motion sensor detectors throughout the public areas of the museum and so the lights switch off when the area is not in use. Each museum gallery will have an information notice explaining about the use of LED lighting and motion sensors and each individual signage in the museum galleries will have a “handy tip” to encourage others how they can reduce their carbon footprint at home.

⚡Severn Wye Agency -ECO boost living: working with local community members to promote and install Eco Boost measures in homes across the county. They will spread the word about their project through social media and collect quotes and stories from some of the community members. They will then promote these stories on social media and their website to inspire and show what people can do in their own homes to save carbon and money. 

🧵Gloucestershire Resource Centre - Fabulous Fabric Re-use: re-use initiative to promote using fabric from GRC Scrapstore, rescued from local industry. It will include 3 Saturday fabric sales, 10 Social Dressmaking sessions and 6 Textile Café sessions over the course of the year. They will promote the project on social media and showcase the ideas and projects that have been created during the sessions to provide inspiration to others. They will also promote the scrapstore as a place that will accept household donations of textiles and crafting resources from individual households as well as local businesses 

🛠 Brockworth and Churchdown Repair clinics and workshops: The project is a shared vision for both cafés to enable them to provide regular bicycle repair clinics and sewing repair workshops.  The aim is to teach local people who cycle or who use the repair cafes to mend a variety of garments. They will be offering volunteering opportunities to local children who are participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and using social media to spread the word. They will also post flyers in identified areas of deprivation. 

🌎Hucclecote Parish Council - encouraging local residents to reduce waste and live more sustainably through coffee mornings, events, social media, pop up repair café and celebrating 'no car day'. 

⛏The George - Newnham on Severn - This is a community hub that aims to offer carbon literacy training and ongoing support sessions, alongside setting up a sharing hub for tools, appliances and other resources.  

💚Emmaus Gloucestershire - People shed sustainable workshops. Delivering workshops on furniture restoration, repair, crafting from recycles materials etc. They will be spreading the word via social media and leaflet drops at checkout at each store.

🛠 Vision 21 - ‘Share and Repair’ Circular Economy Project Coordinator. Vision 21 currently runs a number of community based initiatives that support transition to a circular economy. These include a repair cafe network, Library of Things, furniture, white goods recycling and paint resale. At present, the charity has no funding to promote, extend or develop these projects which provide vital services to many Gloucestershire residents and form the building blocks of a transition to a fully circular economy. Funding from GCC would enable a part-time coordinator to spend time on marketing, promotion and growth of these initiatives across the county.

🚲Fresh Hope Bike Project - New tools to continue and grow this project which reduces carbon emissions by keeping bicycles in service that would otherwise be scrapped. The project enables people to cycle instead of using higher carbon generating transport by providing low cost bikes. 

🌎Stroud Valley Project - Carbon Reduction Community Hub - Creation of an inclusive, supportive outreach project based at existing, well-attended community spaces, through which people can get advice on reducing carbon emissions (focussed on transport, food, and energy use), in an environment they trust.  The grant will fund a staff member to deliver and develop the project from April 2025 -January 2026 (10 months).

 

2025 Round 1 funding (Awarded April 2025) 

🏉Dursley Rugby Club Carbon neutral 2030: Installation of Air Source Heat Pump, new water cylinder & control system.

💡Sportily Innsworth hall LED's: Replacement of light bulbs and strip light fittings with 140 energy efficient LED alternatives. Engagement with the local community by giving out 250 free LED lightbulbs.

🥁Soldiers Of Gloucestershire Museum - installing motion sensor detectors throughout the public areas of the museum and so the lights switch off when the area is not in use. Each museum gallery will have an information notice explaining about the use of LED lighting and motion sensors and each individual signage in the museum galleries will have a “handy tip” to encourage others how they can reduce their carbon footprint at home.

⚡Severn Wye Agency -ECO boost living: working with local community members to promote and install Eco Boost measures in homes across the county. They will spread the word about their project through social media and collect quotes and stories from some of the community members. They will then promote these stories on social media and their website to inspire and show what people can do in their own homes to save carbon and money. 

🧵Gloucestershire Resource Centre - Fabulous Fabric Re-use: re-use initiative to promote using fabric from GRC Scrapstore, rescued from local industry. It will include 3 Saturday fabric sales, 10 Social Dressmaking sessions and 6 Textile Café sessions over the course of the year. They will promote the project on social media and showcase the ideas and projects that have been created during the sessions to provide inspiration to others. They will also promote the scrapstore as a place that will accept household donations of textiles and crafting resources from individual households as well as local businesses 

🛠 Brockworth and Churchdown Repair clinics and workshops: The project is a shared vision for both cafés to enable them to provide regular bicycle repair clinics and sewing repair workshops.  The aim is to teach local people who cycle or who use the repair cafes to mend a variety of garments. They will be offering volunteering opportunities to local children who are participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme and using social media to spread the word. They will also post flyers in identified areas of deprivation. 

🌎Hucclecote Parish Council - encouraging local residents to reduce waste and live more sustainably through coffee mornings, events, social media, pop up repair café and celebrating 'no car day'. 

⛏The George - Newnham on Severn - This is a community hub that aims to offer carbon literacy training and ongoing support sessions, alongside setting up a sharing hub for tools, appliances and other resources.  

💚Emmaus Gloucestershire - People shed sustainable workshops. Delivering workshops on furniture restoration, repair, crafting from recycles materials etc. They will be spreading the word via social media and leaflet drops at checkout at each store.

🛠 Vision 21 - ‘Share and Repair’ Circular Economy Project Coordinator. Vision 21 currently runs a number of community based initiatives that support transition to a circular economy. These include a repair cafe network, Library of Things, furniture, white goods recycling and paint resale. At present, the charity has no funding to promote, extend or develop these projects which provide vital services to many Gloucestershire residents and form the building blocks of a transition to a fully circular economy. Funding from GCC would enable a part-time coordinator to spend time on marketing, promotion and growth of these initiatives across the county.

🚲Fresh Hope Bike Project - New tools to continue and grow this project which reduces carbon emissions by keeping bicycles in service that would otherwise be scrapped. The project enables people to cycle instead of using higher carbon generating transport by providing low cost bikes. 

🌎Stroud Valley Project - Carbon Reduction Community Hub - Creation of an inclusive, supportive outreach project based at existing, well-attended community spaces, through which people can get advice on reducing carbon emissions (focussed on transport, food, and energy use), in an environment they trust.  The grant will fund a staff member to deliver and develop the project from April 2025 -January 2026 (10 months).

 

🚲 Leckhampton Scouts Bike Shelter - installing bike racks and a bike shelter. They will combine the installation of the bike racks and shelter with an awareness campaign amongst members of the health and environmental benefits of cycling to and from their weekly scout group. 

👨‍🍳'Cooking Green' Trinity Cheltenham Trust -  This project aims at reducing our community kitchen carbon footprint by investing in an electrical cooking range solution. The funding will cover an electric cooking range ( + installation & connection fees, and disposal of the old gas cooker) alongside a professionally designed external interpretation board. 

📚Berkeley books - Funding for solar panel battery storage - We have secured alternative funding to install Photo-Voltaic panels, inverter, heat pump and heat recovery ventilation systems, however this funding has enabled us to install batteries to improve the efficiency of the overall system. These will store surplus electricity for use when the building is operational, as the PV panels face west batteries will create a significant additional impact. 

🔆Gretton Village Association - The Village Hall is heated by electric panel wall heaters. The grant funding is to replace dated electrical panel heaters with modern WIFI controlled highly efficient equivalents.

☀ Weston sub-edge village hall - 40 solar panels and a single 13.5kwh battery were installed in March 2024. They are saving approximately 3.3 tonnes of carbon, and half the village hall’s electricity bill each year. This funding will allow the purchase, install and commission a second solar battery.  

🚌Busses4Us Daffodil line - this project reduces carbon emissions by encouraging people who have access to a private car to leave the car at home and choose the bus instead. 

🥕FWAG zero dig project - The project is now in its 2nd year, providing horticultural produce with very low food miles and short supply chains to the RAU, local projects and the local community. This funding will allow installation of 5-7 composting bays for large volume composting, rainwater harvesting, GAS testing, and communication activities (including a free to attend composting open day event) to encourage people to try ‘no dig’ growing and composting.

🧷Stitch and Stir roadshow ( Stroud Valleys Project) - A Stitch and Stir Roadshow will reduce carbon across Stroud District by showing people how to upcycle clothing and showing them how to cook reduced-waste meals. 

⚡Transition Stroud community energy project - Stroud Area Community Energy Network (SACEN) is an affiliate group of Transition Stroud, led by 12 volunteer experts who work to support the growth of community energy projects in the Stroud area. 

💡The Orchard Trust Energy Project (boiler control programme) - Installing weather compensation controls and heating circuit deaerators on 8 boilers across the Trust sites including residential care homes, a therapy suite, day service centre and administration offices.

👯‍♂️Community cheer and dance academy - (Insulation upgrade) Upgrading their insulation, creating a warmer, more energy-efficient environment and running a celebration day that highlights the sustainable upgrades to the building.

🌽Fair Shares growing project - Contributing to growing local food for the community

📽️ Creative Sustainability Library of Things - Buying a projector, screen and marquee available to borrow  

🍅 Newland Polytunnel - To support the expansion of vegetable growing in the community garden 

🚲 Leckhampton Scouts Bike Shelter - installing bike racks and a bike shelter. They will combine the installation of the bike racks and shelter with an awareness campaign amongst members of the health and environmental benefits of cycling to and from their weekly scout group. 

👨‍🍳'Cooking Green' Trinity Cheltenham Trust -  This project aims at reducing our community kitchen carbon footprint by investing in an electrical cooking range solution. The funding will cover an electric cooking range ( + installation & connection fees, and disposal of the old gas cooker) alongside a professionally designed external interpretation board. 

📚Berkeley books - Funding for solar panel battery storage - We have secured alternative funding to install Photo-Voltaic panels, inverter, heat pump and heat recovery ventilation systems, however this funding has enabled us to install batteries to improve the efficiency of the overall system. These will store surplus electricity for use when the building is operational, as the PV panels face west batteries will create a significant additional impact. 

🔆Gretton Village Association - The Village Hall is heated by electric panel wall heaters. The grant funding is to replace dated electrical panel heaters with modern WIFI controlled highly efficient equivalents.

☀ Weston sub-edge village hall - 40 solar panels and a single 13.5kwh battery were installed in March 2024. They are saving approximately 3.3 tonnes of carbon, and half the village hall’s electricity bill each year. This funding will allow the purchase, install and commission a second solar battery.  

🚌Busses4Us Daffodil line - this project reduces carbon emissions by encouraging people who have access to a private car to leave the car at home and choose the bus instead. 

🥕FWAG zero dig project - The project is now in its 2nd year, providing horticultural produce with very low food miles and short supply chains to the RAU, local projects and the local community. This funding will allow installation of 5-7 composting bays for large volume composting, rainwater harvesting, GAS testing, and communication activities (including a free to attend composting open day event) to encourage people to try ‘no dig’ growing and composting.

🧷Stitch and Stir roadshow ( Stroud Valleys Project) - A Stitch and Stir Roadshow will reduce carbon across Stroud District by showing people how to upcycle clothing and showing them how to cook reduced-waste meals. 

⚡Transition Stroud community energy project - Stroud Area Community Energy Network (SACEN) is an affiliate group of Transition Stroud, led by 12 volunteer experts who work to support the growth of community energy projects in the Stroud area. 

💡The Orchard Trust Energy Project (boiler control programme) - Installing weather compensation controls and heating circuit deaerators on 8 boilers across the Trust sites including residential care homes, a therapy suite, day service centre and administration offices.

👯‍♂️Community cheer and dance academy - (Insulation upgrade) Upgrading their insulation, creating a warmer, more energy-efficient environment and running a celebration day that highlights the sustainable upgrades to the building.

🌽Fair Shares growing project - Contributing to growing local food for the community

📽️ Creative Sustainability Library of Things - Buying a projector, screen and marquee available to borrow  

🍅 Newland Polytunnel - To support the expansion of vegetable growing in the community garden 

We have funded 24 projects this year and can't wait to see them develop. You can read an overview below of the successful projects. 😊

💨Prestbury, People, Planet - Every Breath 

Installing air quality monitors to gather data on air pollutants and particulate matter. This project will help residents to better understand local air quality and encourage them to take action to improve this.

🪟Carrington Lime - Warm Windows: Community Retrofit and Energy Saving Project.

Helping local people reduce heat loss through affordable, practical window solutions.

☀️Brockworth Link - Solar for the Future

Installing solar panels, a hybrid inverter and battery storage system at Brockworth Community Library. This project will reduce reliance on grid electricity by enabling renewable energy to be generated, stored and used more efficiently, particularly during peak times.

🚲St James's Primary School Parent Teacher Association - Active Travel Bike and Scooter Parking

This project will install secure, covered bike and scooter parking to encourage active travel and reduce car journeys to and from school. 

☀️Weston Sub-edge Village Hall - Solar Battery Project

The aim is to purchase, install and commission a third solar battery to increase the use of renewable energy generated on site and improve energy resilience. 

☀️Cotswold Community Men's Shed - Solar Power to replace diesel generator

Purchasing solar panels and battery storage to replace the use of a diesel generator. The Cotswold Community Men's Shed make wooden garden items which are sold at farmers’ markets and other open-air events, the income is split between sustaining their own workshops and donating to local charities and community centres.

💡Gretton Village Association - Eight Tonnes Less: Decarbonising our Village Hall

Replacement and refurbishment of 56 light fittings throughout the hall with more energy efficient alternatives.

☀️GL11 Community Project - GL11 Solar PV

Installing a 9 panel 4kW solar PV roof system at the GL11 Community Hub, alongside an educational display unit in reception showing energy generated and carbon saved.

🥕Great Oldbury Parish Council - Community Food Growing & Low Carbon Hub

This project will establish a community-led low-carbon food growing hub within a new development of approximately 1,300 dwellings in Great Oldbury. The site will include raised growing beds, fruit trees, rainwater harvesting (water butts), and a low-water irrigation system, alongside seating and shaded areas to enable year-round use. 

(Trees were not funded as part of this grant) 

🏠Severn Wye Energy Agency Ltd - Energy Efficiency Measures Saving Carbon and Costs

Providing low-cost energy efficiency measures to households, including LED lightbulbs, draught proofing and radiator foil. This project will help residents reduce energy consumption, lower fuel bills and cut carbon emissions.

☀️Tewkesbury Baptist Church - Storing Our Solar: Battery Project

Completing the installation of a 36kWh battery storage system to capture surplus solar energy, which will cover nearly all of its grid electricity consumption. This will enable the church to reach full carbon neutrality on an annual basis.

🚲Churchdown School Academy - Churchdown Bike Shed

Establishing a bike store and repair hub to encourage cycling within the school community. The bike store will allow students to hire bicycles during the week for travel to and from school, and weekends. Alongside the bike hire scheme, the project will convert an existing shed into a repair and maintenance station. Students will be able to access basic repairs (e.g. fixing punctures, adjusting brakes), supported by trained site staff. 

🚲Fresh Hope Bike Repair Project - Cycle Project

Supporting a volunteer-led community cycle repair service at the School House Café that maintains and repairs bikes for local residents, promoting active travel and extending the lifespan of bikes through repair and reuse.

🙌1st Wotton-Under-Edge Scouts - Decarbonising Conygres

Installing an air source heat pump at the new 1st Wotton-under-Edge Scout Hut. This forms part of their wider commitment to sustainability, alongside high levels of insulation, energy-efficient construction, and consideration of renewable technologies.

🍴Stroud Earth Community - Trinity Rooms Food Provision

Reducing food waste by collecting surplus produce from Stroud Farmers' Market and redistributing it through community pantries and shared meals. The funding will support a kitchen manager role at Trinity Rooms for 8 months, coordinating food collection, storage, volunteer and safe kitchen operations.  

🌱Common Soil community farm - Ramial Woodchip System

Reducing food production emissions through establishing a ramial woodchip system. This will improve soil fertility, increase water retention and support sustainable farming practices. 

Ramial woodchip is made from smaller diameter branches of trees, particularly from deciduous species. It is rich in nutrients and used in agriculture for soil enrichment and mulching, promoting soil health and fertility by increasing soil organic matter and water retention capacity. It can be applied directly to the soil, composted, or mixed with other organic materials to enhance soil structure and microbial activity.

🧑‍💻The ITSA Digital Trust - IT Refurbishment and Reuse Programme

Expanding its IT refurbishment programme through the purchase of 300 new laptop adaptors, enabling 300 donated laptops to be refurbished, diverted from landfill and donated to communities across Gloucestershire.  

☀️North Nibley C of E Primary School - Battery Storage for Solar Panels

 Installing a battery storage system to complement the school's existing solar panels, allowing surplus renewable energy to be stored and used more effectively. The battery system will serve as a hands-on educational tool for pupils to learn about renewable energy.

📸Hundred Heroines - Picture the Change

Delivering workshops that promote repair and reuse of existing photography equipment and digital devices, extending their lifespan. The project will reduce demand for new technology, support circular economy principles and improve young people's green skills and employability through the employment of a young project intern.

🚲Newent Town Council - Project Benedict Secure Cycle Storage

Installing a secure, app-operated Cyclehoop bike hanger as part of the new St Benedicts Square Transport Hub project. This facility will provide six secure cycle parking spaces and will help remove barriers to cycling into the town centre. 

👖Gloucestershire Resource Centre - ReAction Textiles

Promoting fabric reuse through Textile Cafés and community fabric sales from the GRC Scrapstore, using materials rescued from local industry across Gloucestershire.

🌎Vision 21 - Re:Act Project

 Delivering a community led climate action project that combines Carbon Literacy training and practical community action sessions to help residents explore practical, low cost ways to cut carbon.

🔨Emmaus - The People Shed

The People Shed is a functioning, community led repair and reuse hub. This project proposes a rear canopy extension to relocate sanding and preparation outside the main workshop, improving capacity and supporting the continued repair and reuse of materials. 

🍛Gloucestershire Food and Farming Partnership (with FWAG SW Ltd) - Gloucestershire Gleaning

Gleaning, the act of collecting excess fresh foods from farms after harvest, saves significant amounts of carbon by preventing food waste and avoiding the emissions associated with producing, transporting, and disposing of that food.  Funding will support project coordination, farmers and volunteer engagement, community gleaning events, skills workshops and collaboration with the County Food Trust on a venison pilot project.

We have funded 24 projects this year and can't wait to see them develop. You can read an overview below of the successful projects. 😊

💨Prestbury, People, Planet - Every Breath 

Installing air quality monitors to gather data on air pollutants and particulate matter. This project will help residents to better understand local air quality and encourage them to take action to improve this.

🪟Carrington Lime - Warm Windows: Community Retrofit and Energy Saving Project.

Helping local people reduce heat loss through affordable, practical window solutions.

☀️Brockworth Link - Solar for the Future

Installing solar panels, a hybrid inverter and battery storage system at Brockworth Community Library. This project will reduce reliance on grid electricity by enabling renewable energy to be generated, stored and used more efficiently, particularly during peak times.

🚲St James's Primary School Parent Teacher Association - Active Travel Bike and Scooter Parking

This project will install secure, covered bike and scooter parking to encourage active travel and reduce car journeys to and from school. 

☀️Weston Sub-edge Village Hall - Solar Battery Project

The aim is to purchase, install and commission a third solar battery to increase the use of renewable energy generated on site and improve energy resilience. 

☀️Cotswold Community Men's Shed - Solar Power to replace diesel generator

Purchasing solar panels and battery storage to replace the use of a diesel generator. The Cotswold Community Men's Shed make wooden garden items which are sold at farmers’ markets and other open-air events, the income is split between sustaining their own workshops and donating to local charities and community centres.

💡Gretton Village Association - Eight Tonnes Less: Decarbonising our Village Hall

Replacement and refurbishment of 56 light fittings throughout the hall with more energy efficient alternatives.

☀️GL11 Community Project - GL11 Solar PV

Installing a 9 panel 4kW solar PV roof system at the GL11 Community Hub, alongside an educational display unit in reception showing energy generated and carbon saved.

🥕Great Oldbury Parish Council - Community Food Growing & Low Carbon Hub

This project will establish a community-led low-carbon food growing hub within a new development of approximately 1,300 dwellings in Great Oldbury. The site will include raised growing beds, fruit trees, rainwater harvesting (water butts), and a low-water irrigation system, alongside seating and shaded areas to enable year-round use. 

(Trees were not funded as part of this grant) 

🏠Severn Wye Energy Agency Ltd - Energy Efficiency Measures Saving Carbon and Costs

Providing low-cost energy efficiency measures to households, including LED lightbulbs, draught proofing and radiator foil. This project will help residents reduce energy consumption, lower fuel bills and cut carbon emissions.

☀️Tewkesbury Baptist Church - Storing Our Solar: Battery Project

Completing the installation of a 36kWh battery storage system to capture surplus solar energy, which will cover nearly all of its grid electricity consumption. This will enable the church to reach full carbon neutrality on an annual basis.

🚲Churchdown School Academy - Churchdown Bike Shed

Establishing a bike store and repair hub to encourage cycling within the school community. The bike store will allow students to hire bicycles during the week for travel to and from school, and weekends. Alongside the bike hire scheme, the project will convert an existing shed into a repair and maintenance station. Students will be able to access basic repairs (e.g. fixing punctures, adjusting brakes), supported by trained site staff. 

🚲Fresh Hope Bike Repair Project - Cycle Project

Supporting a volunteer-led community cycle repair service at the School House Café that maintains and repairs bikes for local residents, promoting active travel and extending the lifespan of bikes through repair and reuse.

🙌1st Wotton-Under-Edge Scouts - Decarbonising Conygres

Installing an air source heat pump at the new 1st Wotton-under-Edge Scout Hut. This forms part of their wider commitment to sustainability, alongside high levels of insulation, energy-efficient construction, and consideration of renewable technologies.

🍴Stroud Earth Community - Trinity Rooms Food Provision

Reducing food waste by collecting surplus produce from Stroud Farmers' Market and redistributing it through community pantries and shared meals. The funding will support a kitchen manager role at Trinity Rooms for 8 months, coordinating food collection, storage, volunteer and safe kitchen operations.  

🌱Common Soil community farm - Ramial Woodchip System

Reducing food production emissions through establishing a ramial woodchip system. This will improve soil fertility, increase water retention and support sustainable farming practices. 

Ramial woodchip is made from smaller diameter branches of trees, particularly from deciduous species. It is rich in nutrients and used in agriculture for soil enrichment and mulching, promoting soil health and fertility by increasing soil organic matter and water retention capacity. It can be applied directly to the soil, composted, or mixed with other organic materials to enhance soil structure and microbial activity.

🧑‍💻The ITSA Digital Trust - IT Refurbishment and Reuse Programme

Expanding its IT refurbishment programme through the purchase of 300 new laptop adaptors, enabling 300 donated laptops to be refurbished, diverted from landfill and donated to communities across Gloucestershire.  

☀️North Nibley C of E Primary School - Battery Storage for Solar Panels

 Installing a battery storage system to complement the school's existing solar panels, allowing surplus renewable energy to be stored and used more effectively. The battery system will serve as a hands-on educational tool for pupils to learn about renewable energy.

📸Hundred Heroines - Picture the Change

Delivering workshops that promote repair and reuse of existing photography equipment and digital devices, extending their lifespan. The project will reduce demand for new technology, support circular economy principles and improve young people's green skills and employability through the employment of a young project intern.

🚲Newent Town Council - Project Benedict Secure Cycle Storage

Installing a secure, app-operated Cyclehoop bike hanger as part of the new St Benedicts Square Transport Hub project. This facility will provide six secure cycle parking spaces and will help remove barriers to cycling into the town centre. 

👖Gloucestershire Resource Centre - ReAction Textiles

Promoting fabric reuse through Textile Cafés and community fabric sales from the GRC Scrapstore, using materials rescued from local industry across Gloucestershire.

🌎Vision 21 - Re:Act Project

 Delivering a community led climate action project that combines Carbon Literacy training and practical community action sessions to help residents explore practical, low cost ways to cut carbon.

🔨Emmaus - The People Shed

The People Shed is a functioning, community led repair and reuse hub. This project proposes a rear canopy extension to relocate sanding and preparation outside the main workshop, improving capacity and supporting the continued repair and reuse of materials. 

🍛Gloucestershire Food and Farming Partnership (with FWAG SW Ltd) - Gloucestershire Gleaning

Gleaning, the act of collecting excess fresh foods from farms after harvest, saves significant amounts of carbon by preventing food waste and avoiding the emissions associated with producing, transporting, and disposing of that food.  Funding will support project coordination, farmers and volunteer engagement, community gleaning events, skills workshops and collaboration with the County Food Trust on a venison pilot project.

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