INCOME FROM COMMUNITY WIND TURBINE FUNDS LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS

A community group in Fishguard is using income from its community funded wind turbine to help small businesses and groups in North Pembrokeshire set up practical climate action projects.

Transition Bro Gwaun has given over £50,000 to 14 organisations since 2022, and more grants, ranging from a few hundred pounds up to £6,000, will be available in 2024. These grants are for organisations that want to do something to help nature and the climate, particularly those that do not, as yet, have the resources, knowledge or expertise to develop such a project.

To launch the 2024 green grants, the group will be holding a CLIMATE FUND FAIR on Thursday 5th October from 4 – 7pm. It will be held at the Fishguard Rugby Club in West Street, one of the groups to have received a grant from TBG.

This drop-in event will provide information about the Community Climate Fund - what it does and how to apply - and there will be stands and discussion groups for people to share their experiences of how to plan, develop and run projects.

The programme will include contributions from a number of organisations that have already benefitted from the Community Climate fund :

- Local schools, groups and businesses who are developing growing projects that help biodiversity

- Sports groups, a community hall and a marine conservation group reducing carbon emissions and their energy bills by installing renewable energy systems

- Agricultural businesses being set up to care for the environment

- A community project facing the challenge of making rural transport more sustainable

If you would like more information about the Climate Fund Fair or would like to discuss an idea for a project you think your business or group could undertake, you can email TBG at transionbrogwaun@phonecoop.coop

02 Oct 2023