Green Shoots Community Climate Change Fund 2022

Following the rigorous assessment of the 100+ projects that applied for Green Shoots Funding, the decision was taken to fund or part-fund the following 69 initiatives (with a combined funding total of £625K) across Warwickshire:

High-Value Projects – Up to £25k

Active Travel

1. Path Creation Freemantle Play Area/Cornwallis Open Space – Rugby Borough Council
2. Cycle Buddies – Clean Air Warwick

Ecology

1. The Kenilworth Centre Community Garden – The Kenilworth Centre Community Garden & The Talisman Project
2. Heat reduction and resilience herb garden – Transition Town Rugby
3. Green Shoots Across Dunsmore – Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
4. St John's Community Garden Project – St John's Parochial Church Council (St John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook Street)
5. Warwickshire Living Walls – Forest of Hearts
6. Bilton Infant School Sensory Garden – Friends of Bilton Infant School
7. Re-Treeing Ansley Parish – Ansley Parish Community Voluntary Group
8. The Children's Forest at Leasowe Farm – Achieving Results in Communities CIC
9. Community Wildflower Garden – Shuttington Parish Council
10. Recreation Ground Improvement – Bubbenhall Parish Council
11. Action Station - Stratford Biodiversity Education Project – Graduate Planet CIC
12. Rain water harvest – Cubbington Parish Council

Electric Vehicles

1. EV Charging Points – Napton Environmental Action Team (NEAT)
2. EV charging/ heating / cooling – Kineton Sports and Social Club

Property, insulation and heating

1. Energy efficiency – Bedworth, Rugby And Nuneaton Citizens Advice Bureau
2. Replacement for Wixford Village Hall – Wixford Village Hall
3. Replacement of 100 year old heating system – All Saints Church, Leek Wootton

Renewable energy

1. Green Transformation – Earlswood Village Hall (EVH)
2. Greig Hall, Alcester – Alcester Town Council
3. Solar PV – St Georges Church
4. Reducing the environmental impact through action and education – Harbury Guide and Scout Support (G.A.S.S)
5. PV Solar System Energy Storage – Ettington Community Trust / community centre
6. Solar PV – Clinton School c/o Jonathan Dove
7. Solar PV – Friends of Coten End Primary School PTA

Low energy Streetlighting

1. Street Lighting Upgrade – Church Lawford Parish Council
2. Upgrade to double glazing – Kingsbury Community and Youth Centre
3. Streetlight Upgrade – Wolston Parish Council
4. Streetlight Replacement Project – Shilton & Barnacle PC
5. Rural Tour Green Tech Project – Sudden Impulse Production Company
6. 3G LED Project – Stratford Town Football Club

Training and Awareness

1. Community Roots – Team Springboard CIC
2. Climate Hub – Stratford Climate Action

Lower Value Projects – Less than £5k

Active Travel

1. Climate Emergency: Local Council Action Planning Day – Warwickshire and West Midlands Association of Local Councils (WALC)
2. Shipston on Stour Bike Rack –St Edmund's Parish Church

Ecology

1. Raised Vegetable Beds – Provost Williams Primary School PTA
2. Tree planting to enhance the character and quality of Priory Park, Warwick – Friends of Priory Park (FOPP)
3. Tree Planting and Wildflower Verge Seeding – Welford on Avon Parish Council
4. Plant a tree before '23 – Kineton Parish Council
5. Community garden and community orchard – Hillmorton and East Rugby Together Community Group (HEaRT)
6. Going Green at RLI – Friends Of Race Leys Infant School
7. Eco Group-transforming our garden – St Peter & St John's Church Rugby
8. Bridge Street Hedgerow – Barford, Sherbourne & Wasperton Joint Parish Council (JPC)
9. Native Hedge for Barford Community Orchard – Bar Zero
10. Green Shoots of 2021: A Tree Planting Scheme for Weston Under Wetherely – Weston Under Wetherley Parish Council
11. Tree planting – Friends of Bluebell Walk (FOBW)
12. Campion School Blossom Trees – Paintings Plantation Steering Group
13. Park Biodiversity Project – Farnborough Parish Council
14. Climate Emergency Green Infrastructure – Luddington Parish Council
15. Weston Under Wetherely Community Orchard Project – Weston Under Wetherley Parish Council
16. Telford Junior's Climate Change Action Group –  Telford Junior School Parents Association
17. Re-Growth of Wildlife Area – Tanworth-in-Arden Parish Council
18. Great Balance Pocket Park – George Birch Close, Great Balance and Colledge Close Residents
19. Eco Garden Project – Nuneaton Community of Christ Church

Electric Vehicles

1. EV / Lighting Upgrade – The Myton Hospices
2. Stretton Sustainability Initiative - Community Electric Vehicle Charge Points – Stretton-on-Fosse Parish Council

Property, insulation, lighting and heating    

1. Village Hall Loft Insulation – Binley Woods
2. LED lighting at Radford Semele Primary School: phase 3 – Radford Semele Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
3. Adapting for a sustainable future – The Open Door Café
4. Fit for the Future – Shotteswell Village Hall
5. Canalside - Solar Lighting And Native Hedging – Ruby's Yard CIC
6. Upgrade to LED lighting to 71/73 Long St - Arcade for start-up businesses and community use – Atherstone Town Council
7. LED lighting for Community Unit/Social Supermarket – Atherstone Town Council

Training and Awareness

1. Water Collection to Replace Mains Water – Mount Pleasant Allotment Association
2. Climate Change Day for the pupils of Bridgetown Primary School, Stratford upon Avon – Friends of Bridgetown School
3. NEAT News – Napton Environmental Action Team (NEAT)

Waste

1. Making Meon Vale Sustainable – Meon Vale Residents' Association
2. Kenilworth Repair Café – Kenilworth Repair Café