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Community Climate and Nature Fund

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Community Climate Change Fund Round One

In November 2023, Stratford-on-Avon District Council's Cabinet agreed to establish a Stratford-on-Avon Community Climate Change Fund (CCCF). The purpose of the CCCF was to enable the delivery of climate change focused projects within the communities of Stratford-on-Avon District.

The first round of the Community Climate Change Fund had a budget of £50,000. The successful grants represented a combined total of £44,137 capital. 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

The remaining £5,863 was carried over to the second round of the Fund, where a total of £55,863 was available to successful applicants.

Round One Case Studies:

1. Air Source Heat Pump installed at Snitterfield Village Hall's new Garden Room

2. LED lighting installed at Napton Sportfield

3. Great Alne Flood Alleviation Project

4. Rainwater Harvesting System installed in Great Alne

5. LED streetlighting installed in Bearley

Community Climate and Nature Fund Round Two

Following the success of Round One, a further £55,863 was allocated to Round Two of the fund. The CCCF was also renamed the Community Climate and Nature Fund (CCNF), to signify that the fund was now open to biodiversity and nature recovery initiatives. The successful projects are outlined below:

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
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

Round Two Case Studies:

1. New LED stage lighting at The Bear 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

Community Climate and Nature Fund Round Three

Are you a community group or Parish Council with an idea for a green project? Contact us now to discuss your project idea!

Round Three of the CCNF is now open! £150,000 has been made available to successful applicants.

The following groups will be able to apply for grant funding through the CCNF:

  • Town or Parish Councils
  • Formally constituted charity and community groups
  • Sports clubs

The CCNF will fund projects which meet one of the following criteria:

  • Projects which result in a direct reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Projects which build resilience to the impacts of climate change.
  • Projects which will result in research enabling access to more significant funding applications.
  • Projects which will result in the enhancement of biodiversity.

How to apply:

Please send any enquiries about the CCNF to our email climate.emergency@stratford-dc.gov.uk and our team will guide you through the application process.

Round Three will be open until April 2026, and applications will be appraised once every three months. The provisional dates are as follows:

  • 30th July 2025
  • 22nd October 2025
  • 14th January 2026
  • TBC April 2026

All applications will be considered at the nearest appraisal date following their submission. For your application to be considered at the next appraisal date (22nd October 2025) please submit your application by 5pm on Monday 20th October.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:

NOTE: Unfortunately, we cannot upload the application form to our website in an editable format such as a Word document. To convert the application form PDF file into a Word document: download the PDF, open the Word application, and then open the PDF file within Word. Alternatively, you can contact climate.emergency@stratford-dc.gov.uk and we will send an editable version of the application to you.

Contact: The Climate Emergency team

Last updated on 20/08/2025
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