If you applied

Funding stages

There are 2 stages to the application.

Stage 1: Submit an expression of interest form

If you’re successful at stage 1, we’ll ask you to sign up to carbon literacy training. We’ll also ask you to work with a sustainability expert to create an environment plan for your organisation.

What carbon literacy training is

We ask that two people from your organisation attend the training. It should take around two days to complete and it will be online. These days might not be consecutive. It must be a committee or board member and a volunteer or staff member that attend.

Carbon literacy training gives you the practical knowledge and tools to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. It helps you look at individual, organisational and structural changes you can make. It also helps identify alternative energy sources that will reduce your costs.

How you’ll work with a sustainability expert

We ask that you work with an expert (that we provide) to work out how to improve the environmental performance of your building. You’ll work with them to create an environment plan using a template that we’ll provide.

An environment plan covers what your organisation could do to reduce your impact on the environment. It also helps you understand if you could save money on your energy bills.

Stage 2: Apply for funding

If you complete the carbon literacy training, you’ll be invited to stage 2.

This includes asking for up to £50,000 to improve the environmental performance of your community building. What you ask for will be based on your organisation’s environment plan.

What information you needed to apply

You can see a full list of questions from the expression of interest form.

You can also view our land and buildings guidance.

What happens next

1. We'll email you to let you know we got your expression of interest form.
2. Your answers will be passed on to a funding officer, who will check your eligibility. They will also carry out checks on the information you provide us. You can find out more about the checks we'll carry out on your information.
3. We’ll email you to let you know if you’ve been selected for carbon literacy training and working with a sustainability expert.

How long it takes to find out

• Stage 1, expression of interest - we’ll aim to tell you a decision in around 6 weeks.
• Stage 2, full application for funding - we’ll aim to tell you a decision in around 6 weeks.

We only have a certain amount of funding to award

We get a lot of applications. This means we have to make some tough decisions around what we can fund.