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Receipt of £93,208 from
the CPCA to allocate to:
 

Criteria

Description

Project categories

·        
Tackle energy use and/or support energy efficiency
or generation retrofit to community buildings.
·        
Enabling access to public transport or access to
local services through low carbon transport
·        
Nature based solutions to tackle overheating of
community buildings or reduce risk of flooding.

Measure and impact

·        
Carbon Emission reduction
·        
Reduction in energy consumption
·        
Reduction in running cost of community
facilities
·        
Reduce overheating of a building
·        
Reduce risk of flooding
·        
Demonstrator project that can be
replicated
·        
Number of the community engaged or changes in
behaviour

Value for money
 

·        
Does the project represent value for money –
is there a significant impact for the amount
of money requested?

 
Grants should encourage
behaviour change within the community, and we are particularly interested in
the demonstrator projects that encourage wider community
participation and solutions that can be replicated
elsewhere.
 
What
will it fund?
 
The Grant is for capital projects only for community
assets, for example, projects could relate to buildings, land,
equipment or other capital-related expenditure. This includes
upgrade, extend or improve facilities or purchase capital items for
community use spaces and places. Applications can relate to
buildings, indoor and outdoor equipment, installation services or
any other related capital item intended for community use. The fund
is for village locations only. 
 
What
won’t it fund?
 

Projects in the towns of Chatteris, March,
Whittlesey and Wisbech
Funding of Electric Vehicle charge points (as
alternative Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funding
coming)
New gas or oil boilers
Projects solely seeking to repair, maintain or
renew due to normal wear and tear
Projects that are not intended for community
use
Projects that have the potential to cause
detrimental impacts upon the wider determinants of
health
Organisations
previously awarded
funding within 3 years, where the UK Subsidy Control limits will be
exceeded.

Private households, businesses premises or public
sector buildings (i.e. local authority or blue light services.
Parish Council owned facilities and buildings are
eligible).

 
Who
can apply?
 
The following groups and
organisations are eligible to apply:

Cambridgeshire based
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations,
note if the organisation is based outside of Cambridgeshire, the
building or asset must be in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
area
Public sector bodies
in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough can apply on behalf of
communities
Businesses are
eligible to apply but the project must relate to a community asset
for public benefit as set out above.

 
FDC in receiving the funding will manage the fund in
accordance with the above criteria and receive 10% of the
allocation for the administrative cost. Alongside this the Council
will ask an additional question linked to how any proposal will
also support the recommendations of the climate change motion
approved by full council in July 22
FDC Climate Change and Carbon Reduction Policy.pdf
(fenland.gov.uk).
 
The Council will need to administer the fund in accordance
with the Grant Funding Agreement attached.
 
Decision
To:
·        
Receive the CPCA grant
funding of £93,208 from the Net Zero Villages programme to
administer in accordance with the fund guidance set out above and
the Grant Funding Agreement attached.
·        
Retain 10% of the
funding for the Council’s administration work relating to the
fund.