Community Grants for Sustainability supports 35 great Surrey projects

We were amazed by the number of great applications we received for the Community Grants for Sustainability scheme in March. It showed that local Surrey communities are very active in wanting to make their areas greener and healthier.

We received 54 applications requesting a total of over £60,000 funding. After talking to our funders - Surrey County Council – we were able to support more projects than initially planned, and so 35 projects have been awarded a total of £27,000. This is great news for our local communities.

The successful projects included: increasing recycling in schools, contributing towards community solar panels, supporting local gardening schemes, and water testing in local rivers. For a full list of winners see below.

A big thank you to Surrey County Council Greener Futures team for supporting this, and congratulations to all the winning communities. We’ll publish case studies and stories coming from these projects over the next few months.

If you would like to start a community green initiative just get in touch and we’ll try to help.

 

Successful Applicants – Community Grants for Sustainability, March 2023

Churt Parish Council Environment Working Group

Cobham Avorians Sports Club

Community Orchard Project South East

East Clandon Village Hall

Elmbridge Community Eco Hub

Elmbridge Eagles Rugby Club

Ewhurst Local Environment Action People (LEAP)

Friends of Kenyngton Manor Park

Frimley Green & Mytchett Scout Group

George Abbot School PTA

Green Elmbridge

Haslemere Active Travel

Haslemere Vision - Biodiversity

Love Haslemere Hate Waste

Lower Mole Countryside Trust

Lower Sunbury Residents’ Association (LOSRA)

Mid Surrey Community Fridges

Oxshott Net Zero

Park Barn Community Garden

Patchworking Garden Dorking

Ranmoor Nightingale Bike track (Friends of)

River Mole - River Watch

Roots for the Future

Shottermill Junior School Parents Teachers Friends Association (SJS PTFA)

Spelthorne Litter Pickers

St Johns CofE Infant School in Churt

Surrey Federation of Women’s Institutes

Surrey's Wildflowering Project

Sustainable Epsom and Ewell

Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents Association

Walton Allotment Association

WEAct - Woking Environment Action

What Next

Wildlife Aid

Zero Carbon Guildford