The Northern Powergrid Community Energy Seed Fund at the Community Foundation has £50,000 available for community energy projects based in the Northern Powergrid License areas covering North East, Yorkshire and Humber and parts of north Lincolnshire.
The aim of the fund is to support community energy projects, at the inception stage, to get off the ground. This includes both tried and tested and innovative approaches and may include projects focused on:
- Generating energy (electricity or heat)
- Reducing energy use (saving energy through energy efficiency and behaviour change)
- Managing energy (balancing supply and demand)
- Purchasing energy (collective purchasing or switching to save money on energy)
Grants of £1,000 to £10,000 are available to constituted voluntary and community groups, including Parish Councils, for projects of up to one year’s duration.
The closing date for applications is 27 October 2015 and decisions will be announced in early December 2015. There is a specific application form under the current calls for applications at http://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/apply-groups