Check out our latest articles, links and member projects about grants, funding and sustainable finance.
This section covers topics like: Grant updates and case studies, reasons to invest in your Net Zero strategy, tax incentives, funding options, engaging stakeholders, prioritising projects, writing a solid business case, useful calculators (e.g. lifecycle costs and pay back time), sustainable banking, investment, offsetting and pensions.
Christ Church Cheltenham
£6,097 grant funding will contribute towards the costs of the purchase and installation of Solar PV panels on Christ Church…
East Gloucestershire Club
£6,097 grant will cover part of the project costs. The project aims to carry out a retrofit conversion of old…
The Sandford Lido
£10,000 match funding towards a larger £300k car park improvement and sustainability scheme.Funding to be spent on solar panels which…
The Richard Pate School
£10,000 towards a project to replace the light fittings at the top of existing floodlight poles with LED fittings to…
Purslane Restaurant
£1,794.88 grant awarded for a fabric first project. Grant funding covers the cost of the purchase and installation of loft…
Albrite IP Limited
£5,000 grant awarded for the installation of three accessible Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations within the business car park. The…
Zigs Exercise
£10,000 grant awarded for business premises energy efficiency project. Grant will fund external insultation on the studio walls and roof….
Willans LLP Solicitors
£9,757 grant has been awarded to fund the installation of 8 x 425 watt roof mounted solar panels to the…
Original Consultants
£1,470 grant for the installation of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at the business. The grant will match fund two…
Vision 21 Gloucestershire Ltd
£3,836 grant funding for 1 year trial of HVO fuel in one diesel Reclaim van, installation of LED lighting and…
Rowan Gymnastics
£2,995 grant awarded for a bike shelter and cycle rack project. Funds are to be spent on the purchase and…
The Leckhampton Surgery
£10,000 grant awarded for solar PV installation project. Funding is to be used on the purchase of solar PV for…
Albright product design limited (Duku)
£4,642.34 grant awarded for window replacement project to increase energy efficiency of the building. Funding is to be used to…
The Curious Cafe & Bistro
Have been awarded a £10,000 grant to install Solar PV and batteries at the business location to improve energy efficiency…
MIMMO Studios
A £2,050 grant has been awarded to be used to draught proof the property (on the 1st and 2nd floor)…
Poco Culina
£3,669.43 grant awarded for the creation of an energy efficient and sustainable commercial kitchen. Grant money is to be used…
Cotswold Bed Company
£10,000 funding awarded to support work to power their compressors by solar power. Funding is to be spent on the…
Beechurst Serviced Apartments
£7,400 grant awarded for emissions reduction project for serviced apartments. Funding will contribute to cost of solar PV, gas removal…
Twigworth Development Limited
£7,400 grant awarded towards their larger £48,123 Solar PV and EV chargers project – to be installed on their multi-let…
Ranking Decarbonisation Projects
For ideas on how to rank and prioritise your decarbonisation projects this simple comparison chart can be a great place…
How to prepare for funding conversations
The SME Climate Hub suggests ways to prepare to speak with sources of financial support about decarbonisation. You do not…
Funding Innovation
Innovation is often at the heart of our products and services becoming more sustainable. CheltenhamZero members Duku have created a…
Grant schemes for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Find information on the latest OZEV grant schemes for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure: guidance and application forms….
CheltenhamZero Community Fund
In 2019, Cheltenham Borough Council declared a climate emergency and a commitment to be a carbon neutral council and borough…
Duku – Pop-Up EV Charger Innovation
The UE One MK2 is a development of the UE One single socket pop up charger developed by Duku in and trialled…
Duku – Unlocking Accessibility
Cheltenham based product design company Duku has established itself as one of the Uk’s leading electric vehicle charging consultancies, working…
Doughnut Economics
Planet Cheltenham coordinates a Doughnut Economics group. Are you curious to find out more? What is Doughnut Economics? The Doughnut offers…
Leckhampton Rovers – Heat Pump & Tree Planting
Air Source Heat Pump Leckhampton Rovers Football Club (LRFC) were allocated £5,000 from the Cheltenham Borough Council’s CheltenhamZero Community Fund to…