Funding & awards

Here we signpost to funding opportunities and awards designed to accelerate and celebrate action on climate change. Explore the options below to identify the right funding pathway for your project and join a growing network of people and organisations making positive impacts for climate and nature. Climate and nature solutions are not just environmental priorities, they are economic, social, and community investments in a resilient future.

Reduce emissions, strengthen climate adaptation, and advance nature-based solutions for better environmental and societal outcomes!

Funding

Cornwall Council and Crowdfunder’s Climate and Nature Fund – supporting projects that will help Cornwall tackle and respond to climate change and promote nature recovery. If your idea or project meets the criteria you can apply for a grant to match fund up to 50% of eligible costs, up to £5,000 – for exceptional projects that could offer a larger impact, we may offer grants of up to £15,000. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Home Improvement Loan Scheme – the Council partners with Lendology CIC to help homeowners across Cornwall fund energy efficiency improvements. It is designed to help people who might find it hard to get a loan from a regular bank. Recently expanded from the Green Home Improvement Loan Scheme, to include a wider range of home improvements and bigger loan amounts – perfect for larger renovation projects.

Nature and environment funding opportunities - Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum – check out the latest funding opportunities listed by Cornwall VSF.

Available grants | Cornwall Community Foundation – check out the latest funding opportunities listed by Cornwall Community Foundation.

Renewable energy grants – check out the latest funding opportunities listed by Community Energy Plus.

The National Lottery Community Fund's Climate Action Fund - Food Systems – supporting ambitious, large-scale, partnership-led projects that can deliver systems-level change. Looking for organisations and collaborations with the experience, relationships and capacity to work at scale, using approaches such as agroecology to build food systems that are fairer, more resilient, and better for people, climate and nature. Open to applications.

➡️ Grants from £2.5m over three years

➡️ Open across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

➡️ Focused on long-term impact, not short-term fixes

Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly Growth Hub – providing support for all stages of your business journey and from small to large scale investment. You might need help to improve your financial skills in things like cash flow or forecasting, or maybe you want to identify and access finance and funding streams. The Growth Hub aims to help you find the right support to elevate your expertise and confidence to move your business forward.

Awards

The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Sustainability Awards – celebrating locally based organisations for their contribution towards sustainability, environmental growth, circular economy, and carbon neutrality. Reopens for entries on 1 May 2026.

Kernow Green Church Award – celebrating churches that are becoming environmentally sustainable and working toward climate justice. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.