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Celebrating 2023’s key national moments with National Lottery funding
Evidence shows celebrating and bringing communities together strengthens pride in place and ties people to where they live, increasing a feeling of belonging and place identity.
Find out more about Environment funding in your area and apply
This June, we’re celebrating environmental projects of all shapes and sizes we fund to mark World Environment Day and the Great Big Green Week.
Composting project awarded over £1 million to inspire communities to cut food waste
Incredible Surplus CIC has been awarded more than £1 million to set up ‘compost villages’ across Birmingham to combat food waste in the UK.
Energising East Durham with National Lottery funding
East Durham Trust has received almost £1.2 million to support its Energising East Durham project to reduce household energy footprints by 20% in 22 town and villages.
Students Organising for Sustainability: Putting students at the heart of our green energy future
Educational charity Students Organising for Sustainability has received £1.25 million to help students and young people across the UK become a major force for change.
Making climate science more accessible: The Sensory Trust’s Collective Climate Repair project
The Sensory Trust in Cornwall has received over £850,000 to inspire people across England and Scotland to improve biodiversity in their communities.
Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future opens to applications
Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future makes £20 million available to projects as part of our commitment to inspire people to take climate action in communities across the UK.
1.5m available for a UK-wide learning network to support communities to deliver energy projects
Peter Capener, Co-Founder and MD of Bath & West Community Energy and Deputy Chair of Community Energy England reflects on the community energy sector across the UK.
Nature and Climate: Putting communities first to take climate action
The Climate Action Fund recently closed to applications with a focus on nature and climate.
Being a Youth Advisor for the Climate Action Fund
Youth voice and climate action: being a Youth Advisor for the Climate Action Fund