East Renfrewshire Climate Action Hub (ERCAH) Small Grants
Applications Open on 20 November 2024
East Renfrewshire Climate Action Hub (ERCAH) brings together local people, community groups, and organisations to improve wellbeing and help create a climate-ready East Renfrewshire. ERCAH is part of a national network of hubs funded by the Scottish Government and hosted by Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire SCIO.
You must be a registered member of ERCAH to apply for this funding, to become a member please click here
Overarching aim of the fund
ERCAH is distributing a small grants fund totalling £8,000 to local community groups and 3rd Sector organisations to begin their climate action journey. Projects must be delivered within the East Renfrewshire Local Authority area, by groups based within East Renfrewshire. We are specifically looking to fund new activities/projects that aim to achieve at least one of the following outcomes:
- Mitigate climate change by reducing emissions or other environmental damage
- Protect, enhance or increase local biodiversity
- Help communities adapt to and build resilience to climate change.
- Raise awareness of and prompt action on climate action
- Encourage sustainability through reusing, recycling and upcycling
Applications can be made for Grants between £100 to £500 per organisation in order to enable us to fund as many organisations, and projects as possible, and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If your project costs exceed this level, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss.
The Fund also seeks to contribute to the following national outcomes from the National Performance Framework:
- We value, enjoy, protect and enhance our environment
- We are healthy and active
- We will live in communities that are inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe
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Please download and read the full Fund Criteria before applying for the fund.
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Who can apply?
Please note: We are specifically looking to fund new activities/projects
The types of organisations that can apply are:
- Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO)
- Unincorporated Associations
- Trusts
- Companies Limited by Guarantee (must also be registered as a charitable company with OSCR)
- Not-for-profit company or asset locked company or Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies
- Community councils
- Parent councils (*Subject to conditions)
The Fund will also consider funding Unconstituted groups, either by supporting them to be become constituted, or by supporting a partnership application with a constituted entity (that meets criteria above) holding a grant for the Unconstituted group.
We are specifically looking to fund new activities/projects that aim to achieve at least one of the following outcomes:
- Mitigate climate change by reducing emissions or other environmental damage
- Protect, enhance or increase local biodiversity.
- Help communities adapt to and build resilience to climate change.
- Raise awareness of and prompt action on climate action
- Encourage sustainability through reusing, recycling and upcycling.
ERCAH is distributing a small grants fund totalling £8,000 to local community groups and 3rd Sector organisations to begin their climate action journey
Applications can be made for Grants between £100 to £500 per organisation in order to enable us to fund as many organisations, and projects as possible, and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If your project costs exceed this level, please contact us at [email protected] to discuss.
Key Dates
- Applications open at 9 AM on the 20th November 2024.
- The Fund will close when all money has been allocated.
- Applicants can expect to hear if their submission has been successful within 7 working days of submission, sooner if we can.
- Grants must be spent in full on project delivery by 31st March, 2025
- April 2025 – final report survey to be completed
The platform used for the application is Microsoft Forms. Your application cannot be updated or saved, so you must complete the submission in one sitting.