£10,000 extra funding available for communities helping to tackle the climate emergency in South Hams

Criteria

If your project meets the criteria set out below, you can apply for a match fund pledge of between 20% and 50% of your crowdfunding target, up to a maximum of £5,000, although for exceptional projects that offer a larger impact across the district we may consider pledging up to £10,000.

South Hams District Council will consider pledging towards crowdfunding targets as follows:

• Up to 50% for constituted community groups and Town and Parish Councils
• Up to 30% for registered not-for-profit organisations
• Up to 20% for incorporated locally based for-profit organisations

How it works:

• You must first demonstrate strong local support by getting to 25% of your crowdfunding target from a minimum of 25 unique supporters before being considered.
• If you receive a pledge from South Hams Climate Action and Biodiversity Fund, but the amount does not take you to your crowdfund target, you must continue crowdfunding until you’ve reached your target.

Your project will need to support our Climate Change and Biodiversity Strategy through one of the following:

• Reducing carbon emissions from households, businesses or organisations, including community and voluntary groups.
• Creating new opportunities for renewable energy - Higher levels of match funding will be considered for projects providing innovative solutions for heat decarbonisation such as district energy networks.
• Supporting behaviour change and sustainable living.
• Projects which will result in removal of carbon from the atmosphere through nature-based solutions or supporting improvements in biodiversity.
• Providing education and awareness of the Climate and Ecological emergency through direct engagement with hard-to-reach groups and individuals.
• Projects which aim to help communities and species adapt to the effects of Climate Change.
• Projects to help reduce organisational carbon footprints, this could include feasibility studies, action plans and emissions studies - (not open to for-profit organisations).

South Hams Climate Action and Biodiversity Fund pledges are subject to further conditions. Please read the fund terms and conditions before submitting an application.