Great Big Green Week Community Fund

Overview

What they fund:

Their Great Big Green Week Community Fund supports community groups to organise local events, activities and festivals during the Great Big Green Week 2022. These should engage the local community and celebrate action and progress being made on climate change.

Update May 2022: Following the deadline of the Large Grants Programme, they recommend that applicants read the criteria carefully and include a detailed budget breakdown in your application, as they have a limited pot of funding and are significantly oversubscribed.

They want to support activity/events that:

In your application they ask that your event/ activity meets ONE of the following:

• Empower local groups to create new connections locally that support new people and organisations to take climate action locally. E.g. local businesses, sports clubs, cultural organisations and faith groups
• Led by or in partnership with groups who are underrepresented within the climate movement. E.g. ethnic minority, disability or economically deprived.
• In locations with no existing green week or related activity. Or, where the event takes existing or previously funded activity to a new level.
• Engage local politicians and/or councillors in events happening in their constituency.
• Support engagement across generations and encourage intergenerational dialogue

They can fund

• Equipment
• One-off events
• Staff costs (if directly supporting your Great Big Green Week Activity)
• Transport
• Utilities
• Volunteer expenses
• Publicity e.g flyers, social media advertising

Types of Grants:

They have 3 sizes of grants available:

• Small Grant: £200 to £500
• Medium Grant: £500 to £5,000
• Large Grant: £5,000 to £10,000

Please see ‘How to Apply’ for the relevant deadlines.

Who can apply

• Voluntary and community organisation
• Constituted group or club
• Registered charity
• Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO)
• Not-for-profit company
• Community interest company (CIC)
• School (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school & you have a safeguarding policy)
• Statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
• Community benefit society