Ealing’s Community Climate Grants programme is for community organisations to contribute towards the borough net zero emissions target by 2030.
Community organisations can apply for a grant of up to £10,000, with no minimum application amount, to help fund projects that: make a tangible impact on energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and support the borough’s climate goals.
You will need to be able to demonstrate that you work for public benefit and are a not-for-profit organisation. You need to be based or predominantly active in the borough of Ealing.
Ealing Council will be prioritising the community organisations that are offering warm spaces for the first round of funding.
All eligible groups must have financial systems in place to allow for accurate management and transparency of auditing funds. For example, a community group bank account with accountable sign-off procedures and a treasurer or equivalent.
You can apply with lots of small projects but would need an application for each one unless they were linked. If you were planning on installing lots of small energy-efficiency measures at once, this would qualify as one project.
Before you apply, read Ealing’s community climate grants brochure for more information.
We would encourage these groups to apply:
- registered charity
- community and voluntary group (this includes parents, teachers and friends associations – PTFAs)
- co-operative
- faith and equalities group
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- tenant management organisation
- community benefit society.
Please do not apply if you are a business.
The deadline for applications is Friday 31 January 2025.
Apply for a community climate grant
Please complete every box on the application form and provide as much detail as possible. Use the checklist at the end of the form to ensure you’ve included all the required information.
Return the completed form to  climateaction@ealing.gov.uk by 31 January 2025, attaching any accompanying evidence.
What happens next
We will contact you if we need to ask you more information.
If successful and you require external consultants to carry out the improvements, you will need to provide one quote for the improvement works.
We will let you know in April 2025 if your application was successful.
You will not be able to appeal the decision.
Ealing Council declared a climate emergency in April 2019 and as part of tackling the climate emergency is aiming to become net zero by 2030. The Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy (CEES) sets out a plan to reduce the council’s produced emissions and outlines a commitment to use our influence to reduce emissions emitted across the borough. The intended outcome of these actions is to mitigate climate change and to reduce the loss of plants and wildlife on which human life depends. The council’s approach to the strategy has been to focus on five themes, where the organisation has the most control and direct influence, based on policies, procurement, projects, and relationships.
The council recognises the immense value community organisations bring to its residents, especially in tackling the climate crisis and becoming carbon neutral by 2030 and created Ealing Community Climate Grants to support organisations in their journey to net zero.
The climate grants aim to encourage and facilitate community organisations to become more energy efficient. It is funded by Ealing’s Carbon Offset Fund. The grants will be awarded to community organisations based and operating in the London borough of Ealing (LBE).
Community organisations could benefit from taking part in the programme with co-benefits such as:
- increasing the comfort of those using the space
- reducing carbon footprint and improving environmental performance specifically regarding energy consumption
- protecting against energy cost increases and improve the community organisations bottom line.
Submitted projects must be able to show a measurable carbon saving, you must be able to demonstrate where the carbon will be saved and how it will be saved.
Successful community organisations must be engaging the wider community with climate action. You should be promoting the benefits of the improvements made using the grant and encouraging residents to make climate positive behavioural changes.
Project ideas:
Energy:
- double glazing
- LED lighting
- light sensors
- insulation
- energy advice surgeries
- solar panels.
Transport:
- cargo bike delivery instead of motor vehicles
- enabling low-carbon transport
- bicycle parking.
Waste:
- waste minimisation
- reduction in food waste
- repair and reuse
- Library of Things.
You must be a community organisation who is seeking to reduce your carbon emissions. You will need to be able to demonstrate that you work for public benefit and are a not-for-profit organisation. You will need to be based or predominantly active in the London borough of Ealing.
All eligible groups must have financial systems in place to allow for accurate management and transparency of auditing funds. For example, a community group bank account with accountable sign-off procedures and a treasurer or equivalent. You must obtain permission to carry out the proposed improvements from the landlord if the organisations premises are leased (if applicable).
Applications are encouraged by the following groups:
- registered charities
- community and voluntary groups
- co-operatives
- faith and equalities groups
- community interest companies
- social enterprises
- tenant management organisations
- community benefit societies.
If your group or organisation does not fit any of the above categories, please get in touch with us to discuss at: climateaction@ealing.gov.uk.
Exclusions
The grants will not cover a community organisation’s day-to-day organisational overhead. This can be, but is not limited to:
- rent
- bills
- administration costs
- staffing costs.