Purpose

At their meeting on 01 August
2024, the Grants Advisory Committee reviewed a report setting out
applications to the 2024-25 Zero Carbon Communities (ZCC) grant
scheme. In line with the report recommendations, the GAC
recommended that the following applications be awarded
funding:
 

Applicant:

Type of project:

Amounts applied for:

Amount awarded:

Kingston Village
Hall

Carbon Reduction

£9,300

£9,300

Cottenham Community
Centre

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£15,000

Cambridge and District Citizens
Advice Bureau

Carbon Reduction

£4,920

£4,920

Sawston Parish
Council

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£15,000

Caxton Parish
Council

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£15,000

Balsham Church
Institute

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£15,000

Over Day Centre

Carbon Reduction

£10,000

£10,000

Cambridge Carbon Footprint
(Repair cafés)

Community Engagement

£15,000

£11,690

Cambridge Carbon
Footprint
(Open Eco Homes)

Community Engagement

£15,000

£11,690

Let’s Cook
Project

Community Engagement

£15,000

£15,000
 

Climate Change
Gardening

Community Engagement

£2,400

£2,400

Total

£131,620
 

£125,000

 
In line with the report’s
recommendation, and to remain within the allocated budget for the
grant scheme, no awards were recommended by the GAC to the
remaining applications listed below.
 

Applicant:   
         

Type of project:

Amounts applied for:

Amount awarded:

Milton Parish
Council

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£0

Cambridge Past, Present &
Future

Carbon Reduction

£15,000

£0

Shepreth Parish
Council

Community Engagement

£344

£0

Bassingbourn Parish
Council

Community Engagement

£750

£0

Gamlingay Parish
Council

Community Engagement

£600

£0

 
 

Content

To accept the recommendations
of the Grants Advisory Committee (see above).

Reasons for the decision

All
applications were considered by the Grants Advisory Committee (with
the Lead Member for Resources present). The recommended awards will
result in a spend of exactly £125,000, the total funding pot
for 2024/25.

Alternative options considered

To
reject or vary the recommendations of the Grants Advisory Committee
(GAC).