Whilst the funding scheme described below remains open for new expressions of interest, there has been a very high volume of interest received to date.
As such, in order to process all existing expressions of interest received so far, any new expressions of interests received after 12:00 noon on 15 November 2024 will be held until those received before 15 November have been progressed through a validation and site visit check. This means we are unlikely to recommence validation and site visits for any new expressions of interest until early-to-mid December. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are inviting local community groups and parish councils to apply for grant funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations or in their local community.
This is a 100% grant fund (no match funding required) for measures such as insulation and solar panels, low carbon transport or perhaps even installing a 'green roof'.
Only local community groups can apply, and funding must be used on buildings or land open to the public. We anticipate most of the funding will be used to improve the energy efficiency of a local village hall or other buildings that local community groups use.
Full details, terms and conditions and key dates are set out on this page.
Applicants must be one of the following:
The project must deliver at least one of the following:
A total of £150,000 is available for distribution as grants from January 2025. It is capital funding, which means that an asset must be created as a consequence of the project. It cannot be used for general day to day running costs or maintenance. The project to be funded must complete all works by February 2026.
The minimum single grant award is £5,000, and the maximum is £30,000.
We are grateful for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority providing the base funding to enable us to run this scheme.
For further details on the grant scheme, including examples of projects that could be funded and what would be excluded, please see the Grant Information Guidance note.
Please first read the Grant Information Guidance note. If you think your proposal might qualify for a grant, then please complete a short Expression of Interest form as soon as possible. We will then assess your project, including a site visit, to see if your project will likely succeed. If we think it might, we will then ask you to complete a full application form, which will enable you to set out in more detail what you are proposing to do and how much grant you need. The full application form will only be sent to those organisations that complete the Expression of Interest form and receive notification from us that you should proceed to a full application.
You should submit your Expression of Interest form as soon as possible. We will assess them on a first come first served basis and send a full application form to you as soon as possible after we have approved your expression of interest.
You will then have until 31 December 2024 to submit your full application. All applications received by 31 December 2024 will then be assessed in early January 2025, and funding awarded to successful projects. If any funding remains after this process, we will consider all applications received by 31 January 2025 in early February.
There is no guarantee funds will remain available in January, so please try to submit your Expression of Interest form as soon as possible and, if requested, your full application by 31 December 2024. This will guarantee that your proposal will be considered in the first funding round.
We are inviting local community groups and parish and town councils to apply for grant funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations or in their local community.
This is a 100% grant fund (no match funding required) for measures such as insulation and solar panels, low carbon transport or perhaps even installing a 'green roof'.
Up to £30,000 per project is available.
Only local community groups (including parish councils) can apply, and funding must be used on buildings or land open to the public. We anticipate most of the funding will be used to improve the energy efficiency of a local village hall or other building that a local community group use.
Please direct all queries to NetZeroVillages@eastcambs.gov.uk
(Please note: due to the terms and conditions of the fund, funding is not available to improve assets in the urban area of Ely or Soham, because such areas have access to alternative funding. However, villages within the parishes of Ely and Soham do qualify)