Printer-friendly versionAs you may be aware, the Climate Challenge Fund is a £27.4M fund (2008-2011) which was set up by the Scottish Government to provide grants to empower communities to take action to reduce their carbon footprint and make a real difference to the local and national environment by significantly reducing their carbon emissions. To date, over 160 projects have been funded and over half of the total fund allocated.
I wanted to highlight that the next deadline for applications for funding is 13 January 2010 - whilst smaller projects are assessed on a rolling basis, this may be the last opportunity for larger projects to be considered as project funding is required to have been spent by the end of March 2011.
The diversity of theme, geography and scale of projects which have received funding to date (see http://www.infoscotland.com/gogreener/784.322.185.html) highlight the capacity for community engagement with the issue of climate change and how vital it is to have grassroots action on this issue.
Please raise awareness amongst your members of the opportunity which the Climate Challenge Fund presents - there is still money in the pot! But time for taking advantage of it is limited. The CCF Development Officers are there to help so please encourage interested communities to get in touch with them direct for advice at 01786 471333 or email ccfenquiries@ksbscotland.org.uk
With thanks.
Catriona Prebble
Green Agenda Officer
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
Mansfield Traquair Centre
15 Mansfield Place
Edinburgh EH3 6BB
T: 0131 474 6174
F: 0131 557 9524
E: catriona.prebble@scvo.org.uk
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