Climate Emergency and Food Fund Grants
Posted on 31 May 2022 by Christie McAlpine in Funding Grants Environment South Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council have two grant schemes aimed at bringing people together to help climate change action and encourage new projects in the community.
Climate Emergency and Resilience Fund
The Climate Emergency Fund is offering grants of up to £2,500 to help community groups turn their ideas into community projects. The fund can be used for community projects which meet the following objectives:
- Improved air quality
- Increased climate resilience
- Improved resource efficiency
- Increased active travel opportunities
- Increased/enhanced urban greenspace
- Improved outdoor access
- Reduction in the reliance of fossil fuels
- Improved energy efficiency
- The use of renewable technology
- Increase renewable energy generation
- Reduction in waste
- Supporting the circular economy
- Adapting to climate change e.g flood protection
Food Strategy Fund
The Food Strategy Fund is offering grants of up to £1,000 to community groups who wish to introduce or develop food growing activities on council land or within council facilities. The fund can be used to:
- Buy tools, seeds or materials to set up new, or enhance, food growing on council land
- Improve biodiversity and sustainability in food growing areas e.g. wildflower and pollinator planting, water harvesting, composting
- Improve alternative access to fresh fruit and vegetables such as orchard planting or the creation of herb gardens
- Provide education resources in relation to food growing and healthy eating
- Pay for professional services needed to set up new sites such as ground investigations
- Help address food poverty and increase food growing knowledge e.g. developing grow your own initiatives at home