📢Now Open | Climate Action Leeds Community Microgrants
Added: 30/10/2023
Leeds Community Foundation
Leeds Community Foundation is pleased to open the latest round of Climate Action Leeds Community Microgrants for applications, in partnership with Climate Action Leeds.
Climate Action Leeds is a five-year £2.5 million scheme funded by The National Lottery. The project is delivered by a partnership of Voluntary Action Leeds, Our Future Leeds, Together for Peace, Leeds Tidal, CAG Consultants and Leeds Community Foundation. The project aims to shape a ‘zero carbon, more nature friendly, more socially just Leeds by the 2030s’ through community-led climate action and networks of interest.
Key information
- Microgrants are available of up to £1,500 for small, constituted groups as well as registered Community Organisations
- Projects need to respond to the challenge of reducing carbon and/or becoming more nature friendly
- Applicants and activity must be based in Leeds Metropolitan District
- Organisations must have an income under £50,000 in the most recent financial year
- Only one application per organisation can be considered, but you can be a named partner on another application
- Existing Climate Action Leeds grant-holders cannot apply until they have reported on their current grant
- We encourage applications from under-served and/or under-represented communities across all our funding opportunities
Examples of activity that can be funded
Below are some examples, but these are not restricted – we are keen to hear your ideas:
- Projects that help kick-start local initiatives to reduce carbon, such as a community composting scheme, or clothing swaps
- A volunteer-led cycling scheme aimed at reducing car use
- Seed-funding to help a local ‘green’ group become more established
Grant Size: Up to £1,500
Location:Â Leeds
Duration: Up to 1 year
Deadline:Â 11/12/2023 at 12 noon
Decisions: Early February 2024
See all of our open grants here