Local projects cutting carbon or tackling fuel poverty while improving our local environment can now apply to the Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) Fund grant programme.

This popular grant programme is back for a ninth year, thanks to funding from BWCE as part of the work it does in supporting local communities.

Applications for grants of up to £5,000 are invited before the 5th November 2021 deadline.

Award-winning BWCE was set up in 2010 to develop and own renewable energy projects and has since become one of the largest community-owned energy companies in the UK. As a Community Benefit Society it gives surplus income to the BWCE Fund, which has asked Quartet Community Foundation to administer the BWCE Fund grant funding programme, giving grants to community groups and local environmental organisations.

Earlier this year eleven B&NES projects received over £33,000 in funding to lower carbon emissions and address fuel poverty.

Sophie Hooper Lea, Chair of Trustees for BWCE Fund: “This is a decisive decade for climate action and our fund is here to help charities and community organisations to play an important and much-needed role in reducing carbon emissions and tackling fuel poverty.”

Angela Emms, Quartet Community Foundation’s Philanthropy Manager for Bath and North East Somerset said: “This year we would particularly welcome applications relating to fuel poverty/affordable warmth, ensuring that everyone can access and afford energy this winter.”