East Langford Solar Farm Fund
The East Langford Solar Farm FundA sum of money made available for grant making, often with specific criteria/conditions. support community projectsA piece of work that delivers an output. in the areas of Stratton, Kilkhampton, Launcells and Morwenstow.
All involved with East Langford Solar Farm strongly believe that local communities should benefit from the solar farm and the East Langford Solar Farm Fund has been made available to support good causes local to the site, for every year of the solar farm’s working life.
Projects with an educational element or awareness of reducing their carbon footprint may be given priority.
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Grant requirements
To apply for a grant your organisation must meet the general Eligibility criteria. In addition to this, you must also meet the specific criteria of the grant listed below:
Who can apply:
- Charities, CICs and community and voluntary groups working in the specified areas.
- To be eligible to apply your organisation must be based in and solely for the benefit of people in Stratton, Kilkhampton, Launcells & Morwenstow
- Projects with an educational element or awareness of reducing their carbon footprint may be given priority.
What it will support:
- Core cost such as room rental and salaries may be considered if towards a specific project but not for ongoing costs of an organisation.
- Improving the sustainability and / or carbon footprint of an organsation or the community.
- Projects including an educational element will be looked upon favourably.
- Projects or activities outside of the listed area.
- Commercial profit making organsations.
- Organisations with significant free reserves.
- Statutory /public sector organsations such as health authorities, schools, hospitals, parish and town councils.
- Contributions to an endowment, payments of deficit funding or repayment loans.
- Grant making organisations or bodies who fundraise or distribute grants on behalf of other organsations.
- Activities or projects which have already happened.
- Regional offices of national bodies that do not benefit local people.
- Organisations whose beneficiaries are not people.
- Organisations or projects intended to influence people’s religious choices or to promote a particular belief.
- Indviduals or projects that help only one indvidual. The promotion of political causes.
Managed by Low Carbon, East Langford Solar Farm is one of a number of projects for which they have set up a Community benefit fund.
Low Carbon is a renewable energy company, committed to enabling the social change required to create a low carbon future for the UK.
Investing in renewable energy power production as an alternative to fossil fuels, it aims to offer a safe preservation of capital invested in renewable and cleantech projects
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If you meet the eligibility criteria and are ready to submit an application, apply at the bottom of this page.
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If you’d like to speak to our Outreach Officer you can find contact details at the bottom of this page.
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Projects this grant has already supported:
The Woodford Community Garden tackles rural isolation by providing a space for social interaction
Funding from the East Langford Solar Farm Fund has supported the installation of the Woodford Community Garden, providing a space […]
Friends of Stratton Primary School & Stratton Playgroup receive funding from The East Langford Solar Farm Fund
Funding from The East Langford Solar Farm Fund has supported two organisations based in Stratton. The Friends of Stratton Primary […]
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If you have questions about this grant programme you can contact Lisa, the Grants Officer for this fund.
Lisa Dymond
Grants Officer