Round One Case Studies:

1. Air Source Heat Pump installed at Snitterfield Village Hall's new garden room

2. LED floodlighting installed at Napton Sportsfield

3. Great Alne Flood Alleviation Project

4. Installation of Rainwater harvesting system in Great Alne

5. Upgrade of 12 streetlights to LEDs in Bearley

The first round of the Community Climate Change Fund had a budget of £50,000. The successful grants represent a combined total of £44,137 capital, and were distributed in March 2024. The successful projects are outlined below:

Organisation	Project Description	Funding Sought
Great Alne Parish Council	To develop a community flooding Scheme	£4,000
Napton Parish Council	The replacement of sodium bulbs in floodlights with LED bulb	£10,000
Bidford Parish Council	To establish a community fridge and café	£4,500
Great Alne Parish Council	To install a mobile rainwater harvesting system	£1,842
Snitterfield Village Hall	To install an air source heat pump	£4,696
Bearley Parish Council	The replacement of conventional streetlight bulbs with LED	£2,065
Warwickshire Cycle Buddies	To develop and deliver a help to cycle scheme	£2,174
Shotteswell Village Hall	To install a battery storage system to operate alongside solar panel system	£2,500
Great Alne Parish Council	To commission a feasibility study for a Greenway between Great Alne and Alcester	£10,000
Stratford Town Hall	To commission a decarbonisation feasibility study	£2,360

Round Two Case Studies:

1. New LED stage lighting installed at the Beat Pit Theatre

2. LED lighting upgrade at the Shakespeare Hospice Furniture and Homeware Shop

3. Installation of two destratification ceiling fans at Tysoe Village Hall

4. SmartCellar Technology installed at Stratford Sports Club

5. Solar panels and battery installed at Shottery Memorial Hall

6. Solar panels and battery installed at Stockton Village Hall

7. Online Hub created for South Warwickshire Area Network for Wildlife

Upper Lighthorne Parish Council's Hedgehog community project has been included in SDC's Stratford View Magazine! View the article here: Stratford View - Winter 2025-26

Projects delivered in Round Two:

The second round of the Community Climate Change Fund (formally renamed to the Community Climate and Nature Fund) was completed in March 2025. The remaining £55,863* of capital was granted to deliver the following projects:

Organisation	Project Description	Funding Sought
Upper Lighthorne Parish Council	Community action to increase the local hedgehog population	£1,042
The Bear Pit Theatre	Upgrade of theatre stage lighting from tungsten to LED	£4,980
Tiddington Village Residents Association	Water quality monitoring and improvement in the River Avon	£1,392
Kineton Village Hall Association	Insulation of the Village Hall	£9,850
Ilmington Community Shop	Solar panel installation	£6,000
Stockton Village Hall Committee	Solar panel and battery storage installation	£7,750
Shottery Memorial Hall	Solar panel and battery storage installation	£5,500
The Shakespeare Hospice	LED lighting upgrade at Avenue Farm site	£4,790
Warwickshire Rural Hub	Creation of an online hub for the South Warwickshire Area Network for Wildlife (SWAN)	£4,370
Shipston-on-Stour Town Council	Increasing biodiversity at Cornmill Meadows	£1,620
Heart of England Forest	Restoration of ponds and their surrounding habitats	£7,500
Stratford Sports Club	Installation of SmartCellar technology	£1,085
Tysoe Village Hall Trust	Installation of 2 destratification fans at the Village Hall	£2,152
Escape Arts	Provision of sustainable cooking workshops, two new accessible community growing spaces, and installation of a rainwater harvesting system	£5,426

*An additional £7,500 was granted directly from SDC's Climate Change Reserve to Heart of England Forest to deliver their pond restoration project.