Tackling the climate emergency

South Hams District Council is joining forces with Crowdfunder to encourage and support projects and ideas to help the district to tackle the climate emergency.

The South Hams Climate Action and Biodiversity Fund is offering match funding of up to £10,000 for projects within the district that align with the council’s Climate Change and Biodiversity Strategy. It’s hoped the match-funding will provide crucial revenue to environmental projects helping make the South Hams become carbon neutral, improve its biodiversity and create climate resilient communities.

Cllr Tom Holway, South Hams executive member for climate change, said: ‘We know the residents of the South Hams are passionate about the natural beauty of our area and many are working hard to protect our planet; we hope this funding can be of some use to those in the community working hard on environmental projects.’

To apply for funding, you need a crowdfunding project. You must first demonstrate strong local support by getting to 25% of your crowdfunding target from a minimum of 25 unique supporters before being considered. If you receive a match-funding pledge from the South Hams Climate Action and Biodiversity Fund, but the amount does not take you to your crowdfunding target, you must continue crowdfunding until you hit the target.

Projects must support South Hams District Council’s Climate Change and Biodiversity Strategy to be considered:

To find out more visit: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/south-hams-climate-fund