2. 2
Our Strategic Framework
and Principles
โข People in the Lead
โข โWhatโs matters to us,
not whatโs the matter
with usโ
โข Asking โWhatโs strong
not whatโs wrongโ
Greening Grant-holders: How funders can lead the way for a sustainable future
3. 3
3 priorities
โข Managing our own
environmental impact
โข Supporting our grant-
holders to become
greener
โข Committing an additional
ยฃ100m in grant funding
to tackle climate change
Greening Grant-holders: How funders can lead the way for a sustainable future
4. 4 Greening Grant-holders: How funders can lead the way for a sustainable future
Greening our Grant-holders
First Steps:- testing and learning
8. 8 Climate Action Fund
Climate Action Fund
The Climate Action Fund will support communities in the UK to take local action on climate change.
These communities will stand as beacons of what is possible when people take the lead on climate
change.
Additional ยฃ100 million over 10 years
โข We will support communities to make the changes they believe will help them take action on climate
change.
โข The Climate Action Fund aims to support community-led, local partnerships that will drive change not
only within but also beyond their community, to:
โข Reduce their carbon footprint sustainably
โข Increase participation in community-led climate action.
โข Network of communities
โข Building a movement
9. 9 Climate Action Fund
First round of funding
โข Opened to FOIs 4th November, close on 18th December
โข We will only give between 10 to 15 awards in the first phase of funding
โข First awards will be announced by the middle of 2020
โข Looking for community-led, local partnerships that will drive change within
and beyond their community
โข Successful applicants will already have plans or impactful activities they
want to develop
โข Successful applicants will be expected to fully participate in our ambition
to share learning and engage others to build a broader movement of change
10. 10 Climate Action Fund
What are we looking for?
โข Place based
โข Community led
โข Partnerships โ cross sector
โข High impact โ sustainable energy, sustainable transport, consumption (food
& waste), natural environment
โข Sustainable โ behaviour change
โข Reach
โข Learning & engagement
11. 11 Climate Action Fund
Funding available
โข Longer term funding
โข But with a flexible approach
โข This might include, in the first instance:
โข Initial grants of up to ยฃ200k over 18 months to support communities who need
more time to develop their partnership, engage more widely and test their
approaches
โข Awards of up to ยฃ2.5m over 5 years to support communities who might be able to
start longer-term plans at an earlier stage
โข Only the first round of funding
โข Learning from the first round of funding to help shape what happens in the
future
12. 12
Reflections and Provocations
โข Engage on the terms of those you seek to work with
โข To inspire of require that is the question?
โข โNothing about us, without us, is for usโ
13. 13 Greening Grant-holders: How funders can lead the way for a sustainable future
Discussion Points
1. How might we best balance inspiration and requirements for applicants to take environmental
action? What might good look like?
2. In your experience, what are the barriers to engagement for applicants? And what are the solutions?
3. Should we be broadly targeting communities, or those with the biggest environmental impact (who are
often more affluent)?
4. We are living in times of polarisation. What opportunity does the climate crisis and civic action
offer for uniting rather than dividing communities?
Editor's Notes
Graph from our annual report from 18-19 for Community Fund with figures since 2011/12
Graph from our annual report from 18-19 for Community Fund with figures since 2011/12
Testing this in Wales
Image is one of some of our comms material . Web page with basic information and links to other sources of support.
Social Media promotion/ campaigns (image of tweets/ facebook/ Instagram message pages) (figures on data)
Use of blogs to raise awareness.
Early days and difficult to assess effectiveness.
Renew Wales
Severn Wye Energy Agency
Existing good practice
Test and learn pilot
(use images of Renew Wales/ SWEA/Henderson Hall/ Newtown Event)
Funding
Accessing Information not always straight forward
Understanding Motivations
Community led priorities
Policy drivers change (eg renewable energy)
Activities can include No Cost, Low cost, and high cost actions
Whatโs next