

A range of Green grant funding, available to Epping Forest district residents, charities and businesses has been announced by the Government.
Green Homes Grant Scheme
A government grant is available for homeowners to make homes more energy efficient. They can apply for a voucher to cover two-thirds of the cost of qualifying energy efficiency or low carbon heating home improvements. Maximum value of the voucher is £5,000.
Applications open: 30 September 2020
Deadline for completion of work: 31 March 2021
For more information visit the Green Homes Grant website
Green Homes Grant Skills Training Competition
£6.9 million of funding is available for programmes to deliver a suite of training solutions to support the Green Homes Grant scheme. A maximum of £1 million will be available for each competition project.
Applications open: 23 Sep 2020
Application deadline: 14 October 2020
For further information visit the skills training website.
Green Recovery Challenge Fund
Grants from £50k to £5 million for environmental charities to work on projects to restore nature and tackle climate change.
Applications open: 14 September 2020
Application deadlines:
• Deadline for Expressions of Interest for bids between £250,000 – £5million noon 24 September 2020
• Deadline for bids between £50,000 – £250,000. Deadline noon 2 October 2020
Deadline for spending funding: March 2022
Visit the Heritage Fund website for more information
BEIS Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator
Local authorities and local authority-led consortia can bid for funding from this £50m programme to retrofit social housing at scale and using an innovative approach.
Applications open: 30 September 2020
Application deadline: 12 November 2020.
Visit the Gov.uk website for more information
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