Community Climate Action Programme in Ireland – Call 1

Deadline: 22-Jan-25

The Cork County Council has launched the Community Climate Action Programme.

Themes

• Projects should address the following five themes:
  • Community Energy
  • Travel
  • Food and waste
  • Shopping and recycling
  • Local climate and environmental action

Eligible Projects

• The types of projects/initiatives, within communities, which are eligible for funding under the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP), should seek to demonstrate the delivery of national climate action at local level by:
  • Reducing or supporting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Increasing the production, or use, of renewable energy.
  • Improving energy efficiency.
  • Increasing climate resilience.
  • Identifying nature-based projects that enhance biodiversity and seek to reduce, or increase the removal of, greenhouse gas emissions or support climate resilience in the State.
  • Assisting regions in the State (including communities in those regions) and within sectors of the economy impacted by the transition to a low carbon economy.

Eligibility Criteria

• Community organisations meeting the requirements listed below are eligible to apply for funding under Strand 1 and Strand 1a of the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) to deliver projects which address climate change at a local level and support the delivery of low carbon and climate resilient communities.
• Community organisations:
  • must be a not-for-profit organisation.
  • must be located in the operational area of the local authority (Cork County Council) to which it is applying for funding.
  • must submit a completed application form on or before the specified closing date and time.
  • must be registered with a PPN or connected with other collectives such as the Wheel, Tidy Towns and /or a community group with Articles of Association or a Constitution, which hold an AGM, and for which approved minutes are available.
  • Furthermore:
  • The project applied for must be in line with the aim/purpose of the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP), and the criteria eligible for funding.
  • Only one application per organisation may be submitted for consideration – projects proposed could cut across several of the themes and be bundled together as part of a single application.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following are not eligible to apply:
  • Private individuals.
  • Commercial undertakings (including sole traders).
  • National community and environmental organisations.
  • Schools, third level institutions etc.
  • Financial institutions.

For more information, visit Cork County Council.