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Renewable Heat Premium Payment Scheme

5 August 2011 - 9:49am - posted by Paul McIntosh
Deadline for Applications:
Sunday, March 31, 2013


The Government has launched the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme to help householders across the country with funding towards the cost of installing renewable heating systems. The new £15 million initiative, which opens to applications on 1st August 2011, will support up to 25,000 installations. Approximately 4 million householders in the UK do not have mains gas and have to rely on more expensive, higher carbon forms of heating, such as heating oil and electric fires. The scheme will mainly focus on these households.

Dorset Community Fund

21 October 2011 - 6:35pm - posted by Paul McIntosh
Deadline for Applications:
Friday, June 22, 2012

Dorset County Council recognises and values the potential of organisations of all sizes working across Dorset to deliver outcomes for the communities they serve.

The Dorset County Community Fund has been set up to build the capacity of the voluntary and community sector and parish and town councils in order to deliver stronger services and support for local communities.

Funding Principles

Western Power Distribution Community Chest Grant Scheme Funding

14 March 2012 - 5:34pm - posted by Ian Tipper

Western Power Distribution (WPD) have just launched their Community Chest grant scheme, and £50,000 is available to enable communities to install energy efficiency measures in community buildings. The grant is being administered by the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) who can also provide expert advice and guidance to help groups to carry out an audit of their buildings.

British Ecological Society - Public Engagement Grant

3 February 2012 - 1:33pm - posted by Ian Tipper

British Ecological Society - Public Engagement Grant

Grants are available to organisations in the UK to raise awareness about the importance of ecology through engaging the public. The grants will support projects that:

Rural Renewable Energy Fund

13 December 2011 - 10:57am - posted by Paul McIntosh

£15 million in risk funding for community renewable energy projects has just been announced as part of the Chancellor’s autumn statement. This will mean Government support for communities to meet the upfront cost of developing renewable energy projects and thus remove a major barrier to community-driven renewable energy project development.

The brief statement can be found in the Autumn Statement document (paragraph A.117, page 64): http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/autumn_statement.pdf 

The Alan Evans Memorial Trust

2 December 2011 - 12:04pm - posted by Ian Tipper

The Alan Evans Memorial Trust offers grants to charitable organisations active in the UK for the preservation of areas of natural beauty or historic interest.

The Trust will consider giving grants to promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest and as regards land, the preservation (so far as practicable) of the natural features and animal and plant life.

 

 

 

The Field Studies Council - Funding for Kids Clubs

7 October 2011 - 3:38pm - posted by Ian Tipper

The Field Studies Council is an independent educational charity committed to raising awareness about the natural world. The Council works through a network of 17 residential and day Centres in the UK providing courses for schools and colleges at all levels in addition to adult Individuals & Families courses, outreach education, training and consultancy.

 

Coastal Communities Fund

26 August 2011 - 11:43am - posted by Ian Tipper
Coastal communities across the United Kingdom are going to receive a multi-million pound boost each year from a new Coastal Communities Fund.

The Ernest Cook Trust

14 April 2011 - 7:45am - posted by Helenour Duke

Grants are offered for UK-based educational projects in the fields of the countryside and environment, environmental research and the arts,
crafts and architecture.

Carbon Trust & Siemens Green Finance initiative

15 March 2011 - 7:06pm - posted by Paul McIntosh

 Carbon Trust and Siemens Launch £550 Million Green Finance Initiative

A joint partnership has been announced between the Carbon Trust and Siemens, designed to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to £550 million over the next three years.

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