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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.
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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.
Changeworks: Creating a Green Energy Future for Scotland
Changeworks has been awarded almost £1.5 million to support the decarbonisation of homes in Scotland and empower communities to work towards a greener future.
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.
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.
Waste not want not: How National Lottery funded community larders are reducing food waste
Across Scotland, local community groups like Inverclyde Community Development Trust are taking innovative steps to reduce carbon footprints and help drive down food waste.
The first Great Big Green Week - how National Lottery funding helped make it happen
The National Lottery Community Fund supported The Climate Coalition with £100,000 to help make the UK’s first Great Big Green Week happen this year.
Greener Kirkcaldy
In Fife, National Lottery funding is helping Greener Kirkcaldy and partners to take collaborative action on climate change.
Community-led climate action can lead the way
Throughout the UK, thousands of community groups have already developed practical and inspiring examples of how to tackle climate change and combat the ecological emergency.