Highlands and Islands Community Climate Action Fund

Details

The Climate Hub offers small grants to community groups for community engagement or seed funding for a community climate action project. The Fund is available to existing and emerging community groups who are members of the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub.

They will prioritise projects which:

• Aim to create long-term change.
• Build the skills and capacity of groups or organisations and communities.
• Support and encourage collaborative working across groups or organisations, communities and areas.
• Encourage sustainability through reusing, recycling and upcycling goods and products.
• Encourage climate action and a just transition
• Mitigate climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce environmental impact
• Help communities adapt to and build resilience to climate change
• Protect or enhance local biodiversity through conservation and promotion

Premium information is available exclusively to SCVO members and supporters

Geographical areas funded: Highland Orkney Shetland

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant, Staff time

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Notes on award amounts:

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Who can apply

Third sector or community organisations with their own bank account and with a committee with at least three unrelated people.

When to apply

Currently closed. Key dates are below:

Funding Round 3

• Open - 1st November 2026
• Close - 30th November 2026

Next deadline: 30 Nov 2026

How to apply

Apply online via the North Highlands & Islands Climate Hub website.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Community facilities Transport Education and training Environment Energy Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Rural communities Local communities Voluntary sector organisations

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