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This grant aims to support the development of leadership, skills and capacity by funding self-led training opportunities for women. It offers up to £1,000 towards training, learning or development that can better help applicants lead and inspire on community’s response to climate change.

Applicants will be familiar with place-based challenges and priorities and will use the opportunity to lead and inspire their communities’ response to the climate crisis at a local level.

Focus may be around mitigation, adaptation, building community resilience or nature restoration, but a wide range of learning and development opportunities will be considered for funding where applicants can show the practical benefits to their community and in meeting local climate priorities.

Applicants are asked to identify a training, learning or development opportunity, and tell us how they can use it improve capacity and leadership on climate issues in their community. This may be, for example, by filling skills or knowledge gaps that can unlock progress on climate action, or by better advocating a community’s needs in a changing climate.

Through leadership training, the grant aims to empower communities to:

• Increase climate-aware consumption and production
• Increase nature-based solutions to climate change
• Increase climate change awareness

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Geographical areas funded: Clackmannanshire Falkirk Stirling

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

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Who can apply

Applicants must be nominated by, or apply in partnership with, a constituted community group or eligible organisation. Funds can only be transferred to a community group owned bank account and cannot be directly transferred to an individual’s bank account. Eligible organisations are registered charities, community groups, community councils, community development trusts, community interest companies (CICs). Applicants must be based in Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling or the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park where it lies within the Stirling council boundary. Grants are available to eligible FEL member organisations only.

When to apply

Now open until 30 January 2026. The fund may close sooner and without notice depending on how quickly it is fully allocated.

Next deadline: 30 Jan 2026

How to apply

Complete the form via their website. Applicants must be nominated by, or apply in partnership with, a constituted community group or eligible organisation.

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Activites funded: Environment Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Rural communities Local communities Women and girls

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