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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Looker Energy Environmental Fund

A fund at Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, paid for by Looker Energy's wind turbine near Godmanchester. It gives grants of up to £7,500 to non-profit organisations for projects that protect or improve the environment, or teach the public about the environment and climate change, in the civil parish of Godmanchester (and Portholme in Brampton parish). Individuals living in the area can get educational grants of up to £200. The fund has one deadline a year, 1 August; applications reopen on 2 May 2027 for the 1 August 2027 deadline.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £7,500
Deadline
287 days left
1 August
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations running environmental projects in the civil parish of Godmanchester (or Portholme in Brampton parish), and individuals who live in the area served by the fund (educational grants only)
  • Under the Foundation's general eligibility, organisations must be community-focused and not-for-profit, and legally registered if their income is above £5,000
  • Eligible: registered, exempt and excepted charities; CIOs; religious organisations if the project benefits the wider community and has no religious content; parish and town councils, village halls and parochial church councils; CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee (running for at least one year, with extra governance rules); co-operatives and community benefit societies; schools; sports clubs that are CASCs, affiliated to a national governing body or have income under £5,000
  • All organisations need three independent/unconnected management committee members and two unconnected signatories

What it funds

Organisations:

  • Projects that promote, for the public benefit, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, including action to mitigate the effects of climate change, in the civil parish of Godmanchester and in Portholme (civil parish of Brampton)
  • Projects that advance the education of people living, working and studying in Godmanchester in that conservation, protection and improvement, including climate change mitigation
  • Individuals:
  • Educational grants of up to £200 towards study or research in conserving, protecting and improving the environment, especially mitigating climate change

Under the Foundation's general rules, grants can cover project-related salaries, vehicle rental and capital items.

What it will not fund

  • Organisational structures not listed as eligible, or projects which are not charitable in focus
  • Activities or projects which have already taken place
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities
  • Debt or loans
  • Grant-making bodies or activities (usually)
  • Improvements to land/buildings that are not open to the general public at convenient hours
  • Projects promoting political activities or lobbying for causes
  • The practice of religion or projects that actively promote religion or a particular belief system
  • Animal welfare projects
  • Overseas travel
  • Statutory obligations, i.e. activities that replace government funding

How to apply

  1. Check your organisation and project are eligible and read the Foundation's application guidance
  2. Prepare the required documents
  3. When applications open (2 May 2027), apply online using the application link on the fund's page
  4. Submit the form and all documents by 11:59am (midday) on 1 August
  5. A member of the Grants Team may call to clarify; complete applications go to an internal panel and then the fund panel
  6. Outcomes are announced by email; successful applicants sign and return the grant offer letter (two signatures)

Individuals apply differently: email info@cambscf.org.uk to request the individual application form.

Each round has its own form, so a draft started in one round is lost when that round closes.

Panels may fund in part, and an application may be passed to other funds.

Have ready

  • Signed governing document (constitution or articles) confirming not-for-profit status, with a dissolution clause passing assets to similar charitable organisations
  • Accounts for the past year (small unincorporated groups may give an income and expenditure document; groups under a year old a list of income and expenditure to date)
  • Bank statement or paying-in slip from the last 3 months showing bank name and logo, account name, sort code and account number (screenshots not accepted)
  • Names of three independent/unconnected management committee members/trustees/directors and two unconnected cheque signatories
  • Three quotes for any capital item or equipment costing over £500
  • CICs: CIC 36 form (registered in last 12 months) or latest CIC 34 annual report
  • Co-operatives/community benefit societies: FCA registration form (last 12 months) or latest AR30
  • Evidence of a long-term lease if funding is for a building or land the organisation does not own

These are the Foundation's general requirements for organisations. Documents must be submitted with the application by the deadline or it may be declined without assessment; documents sent in the last two years need not be resubmitted unless t…

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