The following Climate Action Fund: Energy and Climate aim is to fund not-for-profit groups and partnerships for community-driven projects which address climate change while tackling energy challenges across the UK.
Funding is intended to support projects that:
- Encourage communities to use energy in an environmentally friendly way.
- Bring communities together so that they can explore ways to promote energy efficiency.
- Enable communities to understand and engage with opportunities for clean energy generation, which do not use fossil fuels.
Grants of £500,000 to £1.5 million over two to five years are available.
They aim to fund around 8-12 projects.
Application deadline
The programme is expected to remain open until early 2024, pending when and how many others apply for funding.