What is the grant for?
Please note applications are now closed for this grant.
What is the grant for?
The Greener Gloucestershire community climate change fund is to help Gloucestershire reduce carbon emissions within communities. This will improve health, reduce the risks from extreme weather events and create thriving local networks.
Eligible groups don’t have to be climate experts to apply. We’re just as keen to hear from communities who are starting their journey to take action to protect their local environment.
The fund is aimed at projects that help to tackle climate change and increase people’s awareness and knowledge of the climate emergency.
Projects must:
1. Reduce carbon emissions and outline how the action taken will reduce carbon emissions.
2. Tell other people about the project and how it has reduced carbon emissions.
Priority will be given to projects that are able to reach the most people, reduce the most carbon and that provide the best value for money. Preference will be given to projects that are preventing new carbon emissions rather than adapting to existing emissions (i.e not reducing emissions but taking action to mitigate them).
We will take a broad approach to assessing applications so if you have an idea but are not certain if it meets these criteria, please contact: glosclimate@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Some examples of common themes of projects that reduce emissions are:
- Reducing emissions from transport by encouraging cycling, walking, scooting, running or public transport use or the uptake of electric vehicles
- Encouraging second hand purchasing, repair or local swaps to reduce emissions of new items being created
- Local food growing projects
- Projects to reduce food waste
- Anything that reduces energy use or improves energy efficiency or that encourages decarbonised electricity (ie renewable electricity) to be used.
- Draught busting project – to help reduce draughts and increase insulation in local homes
- Installation of public EV car charging points at village halls
- Installation of bike or scooter stores to enourage active transport instead of car use for short journeys
- Replacement of single glazed windows in a community building to improve energy efficiency
- Delivery of carbon literacy training to local residents
- Employment of a community fridge support officer on a fixed term basis
- Low waste and low emission cookery courses
- Establishing a community hub on the high street to signpost people to more information about climate change
- Funding for infrared cameras and outreach kit for volunteers to identify where heat is escaping homes and advise on insultation for free
- Setting up a clothing swap and repair club
- Projects to plant trees to offset emissions. You can apply for support to plant trees through our trees team https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/planning-and-environment/greener-gloucestershire-climate-dashboard/land-use/
- Changes to land use to try and mitigate flood risk (this is an example of adapting to the effects of climate change).
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