Applications open for £1million fund to combat climate change in Warwickshire

Community and voluntary groups are being encouraged to make a difference to Warwickshire’s Carbon footprint by applying to the Green Shoots Community Climate Change Fund.

The fund is now open for its first round of applications until 5pm on Monday 17 May 2021. Its aim is to support community and voluntary projects that achieve the following:

• increase the adaptability and resilience of Warwickshire to the effects of climate change
• reduce impacts on the environment, particularly regarding climate change
• ensure funded projects benefit the wider Warwickshire community.

Warwickshire County Council said they're keen to see project applications from:

• constituted 'not-for-profit' community organisations in Warwickshire
• non-constituted or new ‘not-for-profit’ groups working in Warwickshire that can be supported by a constituted mainstream service, Town or Parish Council or community group willing to administer the funds through an organisational bank account
• Warwickshire Town and Parish Councils
• schools, if applying as a PTA or ‘Friends of...’ group, excluding independently-funded schools.

There is no lower limit on how much a project can be funded for, but an upper limit on the costs of proposed projects has been set at £25k

Cllr Heather Timms, Warwickshire County Council’s portfolio holder for Environment, Heritage and Culture, said:

“The Warwickshire Green Shoots Fund is an important step forward in our response to the Climate Change Emergency that this Council declared in 2019.
“There is already lots of fantastic work going on within Warwickshire County Council and our communities across the county to help reduce Carbon footprints and minimise the effects we all have on our fast-changing climate.

“There can be few better demonstrations of our commitment to address this emergency than the sizeable sums of money made available to our communities as part of the Warwickshire Green Shoots Fund. I hope to see as many community groups as possible applying for funding for projects so that, together we can make Warwickshire the best it can be, sustainable now and for future generations.”

For more information about the scheme or to download and submit an application form for funding, visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/greenshootsfund