- October 26th, 2011
Junior Climate Challenge Funding - apply now
- imenzies
- Comments: noneTags: action, climate and energy, community, enterprise, funding, learner voice
The Climate Challenge Fund forms part of the Scottish Government’s Sustainable Action Fund. The Climate Challenge Fund is managed by Keep Scotland Beautiful and made funding of £37.7million available to communities across the four financial years 2008-12.
Since its creation, the CCF has supported 345 communities across Scotland to take action on climate change this action includes a wide range of activities, including increasing energy efficiency of homes and community buildings, helping communities to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste, encouraging the use of low carbon transport and active travel options, and the consumption and production of local foods.
The Scottish Government’s spending review has confirmed that the CCF will continue to support communities in this way. £10.3 million will be available to Scottish communities for each of the next three years to 31 March 2015.
A proportion of the CCF will support projects run by and for young people; this activity will be titled the Junior Climate Challenge Fund.
Applications are now being invited from Scottish communities for activities that will take place between now and 31 March 2015.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 2nd December 2011 (Fri).
More info is available at: http://ccf.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/overview.aspx
Scottish Government press release is at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/10/05091832
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