Environment - Sustainability  

We want to help organisations become more sustainable through reducing carbon emission.

We will consider funding environmental organisations that are supporting cross-sector not-for-profit community organisations to reduce their carbon emissions (mitigation at the source) by:

• reducing electricity usage e.g. engaging energy saving devices such as low energy light bulbs or upgrading to power saving equipment
• reducing private transportation usage e.g. through incentives for public transport use
• reducing air travel e.g. through using technology such as video and teleconferencing
• organic waste reduction

Assessment:

Funding priority will be given to those projects that demonstrate they are:

• working with disadvantaged communities
• working to achieve maximum community benefit
• recording, evaluating and disseminating the findings of the project to the wider community

This policy will run for 12 months, until September 2010. Its relevance and effectiveness will then be reassessed.

Video link

Watch a short video that explains how the Trust works to help environmental groups and projects. Thank you Triangle Television for production work on the video.