Climate Action Fund launches

The National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £100 million Climate Action Fund.

The fund will help people and communities take the lead in tackling climate change.​

The funder has said that types of activities will differ from place to place, but will have one thing in common: the ability to deliver high impact community-led climate action. This includes in areas such as sustainable energy, sustainable transport, consumption, food and protecting and regenerating spaces and habitats.

Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund, said:

"Everyone can play their part in addressing climate change. The impact will be all the greater if we come together within and across communities. This is why, thanks to National Lottery players, we are launching the Climate Action Fund to create grassroots momentum built on learning and sharing within, between and beyond communities – in order to achieve meaningful and sustained climate action."

At the launch event at The Global Generation Skip garden, a sustainable urban garden in London, environmental organisations, charities, and community groups heard from Ummi Hoque, an 18-year-old student who received National Lottery funding through Our Bright Future  to drive climate action in her local community, and who recently joined the hundreds of thousands of young people around the world striking together for climate action.

Ummi said:

​"Young people must be at the forefront of the drive to resolve the climate emergency – it’s our planet and our future and, as a youth forum member at Our Bright Future, I will continue to fight for it. While we need business, Government and policy-makers to respond effectively to the crisis, it’s important that local communities are encouraged to play their role. I’m excited to see how communities can work together and learn from each other, as we find ways to address the crisis together."

Visit the National Lottery Community Fund website to find out more.