£15,000 up for grabs for Redland renewable energy project
By Laura_Local | Tuesday, March 01, 2011, 15:57
Redland has always been pretty good when it
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Whiteladies Farmer Market...sustainable living.
comes to being green.
The wonderful local website (and way of
life) Sustainable Redland champions the local produce at the Whiteladies Road
Farmers Market and encourages local people to be environmentally minded and may just be the vehicle with which to make use of a new pot of money for renewable energy projects.
The Bristol Community Energy Catalyst Fund, in association with Bristol City Council,
will provide up to £15,000 per project to enable community projects to go from
just a great idea to a successful working enterprise.
Assistant cabinet member for sustainability, Councillor Neil Harrison, said:
“We know that communities across the
city want to reduce their energy costs and develop their own renewable energy,
but they need help to get their projects off the ground. Whether it’s
solar panels, biomass boilers or an energy saving programme, the Catalyst Fund
can help them get through the key business development hurdles such as
feasibility and legal documentation. The Council hopes that with small
amounts of early funding it can enable communities to secure the capital
investment they need to realise their projects.”
The funding awards will be treated as an investment in the project which they
should aim to repay over the course of their project, allowing the fund to be
steadily replenished to help fund more community projects in the future.
Two workshops, run by the Bristol-based charity, the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), are being held on Wednesday 2nd
March, 8.30-9.30pm, at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft and Thursday 10th March,
6-8pm at the Create Centre.
The Catalyst Fund will be open to applications from mid-February, with the
selection process and awards of funding being decided mid-March – so groups won’t
have to wait long to find out if their application has been successful.
Interested applications can register their interest now by emailing bridget.newbery@cse.org.uk.
To find out more about the Catalyst Fund or book a place on the workshops, click HERE.
Comments
I think Sustainable Redland is brilliant. The farmers markets are a godsend and I look forward to them every month. It's great to get people together to think about all this stuff and hopefully they can make use of this money.
By KimCub at 10:12 on 04/03/11
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