Although there is no further EEDA funding available through Cut your Carbon, there are a number of funding opportunities available for community projects that cut carbon emissions.
The alphabetical below identifies sources of funding. The descriptive text is largely taken from the individual funds websites and the blue text links to specific fund's websites. If you find any other funding sources please e-mail the Cut your Carbon team
NEW FUND ANNOUNCED BY DECC
Low carbon community challenge
£10 million fund announced on 28 September focused on "communities already taking action, or facing change, in the area as a result of climate change – they may be a Warm Zone, eco-town or low carbon community, or a potential candidate for a wind farm, electric cars or community-scale retrofitting of homes – and with an interest in using this to spur an ambitious, integrated programme of carbon reductions in the area. If you are working with such a community I am writing to invite you to apply to participate in the Challenge."
Abbey National
The Abbey Charitable Trust is committed to supporting local communities and disadvantaged people, particularly in those areas where Abbey has a significant presence. We fund projects based on the following three priorities: Education and training; Financial advice; Community regeneration
Adventure Capital Fund Business Development Fund
The Adventure Capital Fund is an ambitious new style of funder for community enterprise. Our pioneering work is already transforming neighbourhoods across the country, and we intend to do much more in the future.
Allen Lane Foundation
The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust set up in 1966 by the late Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books, to support general charitable causes. The Foundation has no connection now with the publishing company, but five of the Trustees are members of the founder’s family. Its endowment was valued at £20.8 million at the end of March 2007 and the Trustees awarded grants totalling around £725,000 in the financial year 2006–7. The Foundation is a member of the Association of Charitable Foundations.
Awards for All
Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. We award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
B&Q You Can Do It Awards
B&Q is pleased to announce that the One Planet Living® Awards for 2009 are now open for applications! Is there an environmental group, community organisation, school, charity or sports club in your area that could be transformed with an award of up to £10,000/€12,000 of B&Q products?
Biffa
Biffaward is one of the most respected Landfill Communities Fund schemes, and has awarded nearly £100 million to worthwhile projects since 1997. Every year, we support a large number of projects across the UK which enhance communities or biodiversity, sometimes both. We offer four levels of funding.
Big Lottery
Every year BIG gives out millions of pounds from the National Lottery to good causes. Our money goes to community groups and to projects that improve health, education and the environment.
Community Asset Champion – Social Enterprise East of England Funding Community Finance Solutions
An award winning independent research and development unit engaged in promoting and developing integrated solutions for financial and social inclusion, and community asset ownership. Located within the University of Salford, CFS offers independent research and advisory services to social landlords, local authorities, national government, charities and other organisations and agencies
David Knightly - Pride of Place Awards
The David Knightly Pride of Place awards provide funding to voluntary groups undertaking creative practical projects to enhance, conserve or restore the quality of the local built environment for the benefit of the whole community. Previous successful applicants include a school parents' association which worked with pupils and community artists to make mosaics to refurbish a run-down pedestrian route to school and an organic gardening group which designed a leaflet about the long tradition of local market gardening.
Eon Source Fund
The SOURCE Fund offers grants of up to £20,000 to community groups and not for profit organisations who wish to implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings - from energy efficiency through to micro-generation. Your organisation must benefit specific community groups, namely: Young people Elderly people People in fuel poverty
Harpur Trust Grants Programme
Through our grants programme we work with the local community, and a range of voluntary and public sector partners to improve the quality of life for residents of the Borough of Bedford. Find out more about our grant giving and how to apply for a grant.
Henry Smith Charity
The Henry Smith Charity was founded in 1628 with the objects of relieving and where possible releasing people from need and suffering. These objects continue in the grant making policy today. The Henry Smith Charity makes grants totalling over £20 million per annum for a wide range of purposes across the UK, funded from investments.
Heritage Lottery
Using money raised through the National Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund sustains and transforms our heritage. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, natural environment and cultural traditions we invest in every part of our diverse heritage
LAA Performance Reward Grant
Following the CSR announcement of a third round of reward grant, at the Local Government Finance Settlement debate on 4 February 2008 it was confirmed that the amount of reward grant will be at least £340 million. This is equivalent to an average of £2.2 million for each LAA. While this is less than previous settlements, it is believed that this level of reward will maintain the incentives for partnerships to deliver ambitious LAAs as partnerships are significantly stronger than in the past. This is a result of the previous rounds of investment and the new statutory duties that underpin LAA delivery. The most deprived areas, which face the greatest challenges, will benefit from an additional £50 million reward as announced in the Working Neighbourhoods Fund.
Low Carbon Building Programme 2
Grants for the installation of microgeneration technologies are available to public sector buildings (including schools, hospitals, housing associations and local authorities) and charitable bodies. LCBP Phase 2 is part of the UK Environmental Transformation Fund (ETF), a joint BERR/Defra fund to bring forward the demonstration and deployment of low carbon energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
The Lloyds TSB Foundation funds local, regional and national charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. Our focus is on supporting small and medium underfunded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the community. Our strong local presence enables us to respond directly and promptly to local needs.
Local Network Fund
Lottery funds including Reaching Communities Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities who are most in need, and can really make a difference. Projects can be new or existing activities, or be the core work of your organisation. We want to fund projects that respond to needs identified by communities, and those that fund projects that help those most in need including those people or groups who are hard to reach. We want to encourage the following changes to communities as a result of our funding: people having better chances in life, including being able to get better access to training and development to improve their life skills strong communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy healthier and more active people and communities.
Norfolk foundation grass roots fund
Norfolk Community Foundation manages and distributes charitable funds for individuals and companies who want to support local voluntary and community activity. In addition, donations of all sizes are pooled into an endowed fund to provide regular income to support local community activity. In this way, all donations can make a real and lasting difference to our communities.
Norfolk Youth fund
Norfolk County Council has secured a further 3 years funding to 2011 to spend on activities and facilities for young people in Norfolk between the ages of 13-19 - and it is the young people themselves who get to spend the cash. The whole of the first 2 year’s funding (06-08) has been allocated to some different 800 projects. This has been the first time that such a large sum has been given directly to young people in the county. They are coming up with the ideas about what to spend it on and making the final decisions on which initiatives get the go-ahead.
Peter De Haan Charitable Trust
The focus of the Peter De Haan Charitable Trust Environment programme is to support UK projects that combat or mitigate climate change. We currently fund projects led by The London Wildlife Trust, The Kent Wildlife Trust, The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and The John Muir Trust and at this time are not seeking further applications for funding from wildlife trusts. However, we are seeking to provide funding up to an aggregate £500,000 per year in medium-term community projects that: Conserve energy and will lead to a permanent reduction in UK energy demand; or Involve micro or small scale renewable energy production. Applications for such projects are invited by email, or in writing, providing a brief description and the annual levels of funding sought.
Suffolk Environmental Trust
SET’s main objectives are to provide funding for projects in Suffolk which will: (a) enhance the community / social environment, (b) create, maintain, or restore natural habitat biodiversity or (c) maintain, repair or restore buildings or structures which are places of religious worship or of historic or architectural interest and are generally open to the public. We have limited funds which are usually over subscribed by qualifying applications. Sadly it is not possible to satisfy all requests for funding; some projects will not succeed and others may receive only some of the Grant funding requested. Funding priority will be given to projects which demonstrate the greatest amount of self help, offer benefits to the community at large, cannot obtain all of the necessary funding elsewhere and offer sustainability.
Suffolk rural services fund
The Suffolk Rural Economy Scheme was launched in October 2006 as a small grants scheme administered by Suffolk County Council, on behalf of the partners, to support viable shops and post offices across rural areas of the county. The scheme provides capital grants of up to 50% of the total eligible project costs, to a maximum of £5,000, and applicants also benefit from the services of the specialist advisors who provide advice and guide them through the application process. In a new development of the scheme, licensees can also benefit and apply for grants to develop retail services on their premises. The Suffolk Rural Economy Scheme is aimed at helping to minimise the impact of the closure of rural shops while improving the viability of services which are already available
The Princes Trust Community Cash Awards
The Princes Trust Community Cash Awards are grants to help you set up a project that will benefit your community.
UK Villages Community Kitty
Temporarily closed
Unltd Millennium Award
UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. We do this by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these individuals make their ideas a reality.
Wren
Welcome to the Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN) website. Our directors, staff and the people who serve on our regionally based advisory panels are fully committed to the provision of grants under the terms and conditions of the Landfill Communities Fund (formerly the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme). By doing so we aim to enhance the social environment, natural conservation and heritage aspects of the world in which we live and create a beneficial and lasting legacy for future generations. Funding is limited and not all requests for grant support can be satisfied. Project applications which demonstrate self help, viability, sustainability and offer benefits to large numbers of people receive priority for funding.