Low Carbon - Community and Culture Project

This programme is now closed to new Expressions of Interest.

The Low Carbon - Community and Culture Project has received funding from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to distribute grants to community and cultural organisations delivering from public-facing buildings in Sheffield, to explore ways to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiencies in your owned or leased building. 

£600,000 has been allocated for distribution in 2024; comprising roughly of 40 small grants of up to £20,000 each.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.

I am interested, what next?

Please complete our Expression of Interest form clarifying your community and/or cultural offer, send us three of your most recent utility bills, and confirm the ownership/tenancy arrangements for the building you work out of. Plesae note that the form is not a place to note a project you have in mind, but more to register your interest so that along with the accompanying required paperwork, we can refer you to energy specialists PEP (Professional Energy Purchasing) who can work with you to identify your current carbon emissions and conduct a diagonostic to look at ways this can be reduced.

South Yorkshire Community Foundation will then support you with an agreed grant application including gathering quotes to cost the work.

The activity must take place and be completed by December 2024.

Please see our Guidance notes below for more information. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.