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1st Shipley Scouts
Awarded £5,000 for Project Sunshine - the installation of their own 16 panel solar PV system to generate solar energy and become more sustainable in terms of their impact as well as the long-term financial viability of the group. This reduced their carbon emissions by around 1.9 tonnes per year and has allowed them to share the space with others who would benefit from the rural location. It will help them save £2,050 per year across 25 years.
1st Storrington & Sullington Scouts
Awarded £955 towards work at Queen Elizabeth II Community Garden. The community garden will introduce hot bin composting, rainwater harvesting and an insect hotel to support pollination. This work will form waste, water and biodiversity benefits, whilst developing environmental awareness amongst the children involved.
2nd Horsham Scout Group
A second successful application awarded £1,000 towards automatic water taps and LED lighting. Their lead fundraiser said “the Community Climate Funding has allowed us to become more sustainable in lowering our carbon footprint and environmental impact as well as reducing our running costs. Our initiatives have help create, a bright, clean and operationally efficient environment which is more accessible to all.”
2nd Horsham Scout Group
Receiving a grant of £1,000 has allowed installation a rainwater harvesting system to avoid using 25,000 litres of mains water annually. In addition, two hot composters will continue to reduce landfill disposal and the installation of a heating programmer is predicted to reduce carbon emitted for energy by 20%.
5th / 10th Horsham Scouts
Awarded £5,000 towards solar PV installation for renewable electricity generation and batteries for on-site storage. On top of this, funding supported a switch to LED lights in an attempt to reduce lighting costs by 50%. These actions represent 5th/10th Horsham scouts' ambitious target of saving 64 tonnes of Carbon emissions over 20 years.
Amberley Museum
Awarded £2,500 to upgrade to LED lighting across the most commonly used areas within the site. This has saved around £200 per year on energy usage as well as saving around 1.82 tonnes of Carbon dioxide over five years. This project has also raised awareness among the 4000 volunteers and staff about the financial benefits of reducing energy consumption in the museum and at home.
Barns Green Primary School
Awarded £5,000 which is combining with other grants to drive Barns Green Primary School towards net zero. The project involves installing a 40 solar PV panel array to generate approximately 17,846 kWh of electricity generation per year. This will showcase climate action in the community and attaches to the environmental education featured as part of the school curriculum. Using West Sussex County Council’s estimates, they anticipate savings of 7 tonnes of carbon per annum.
Beeding and Bramber Village Hall
An award of £4,714 gave them the financial support to complete their collaborative sustainable energy project. They worked with Greening Steyning, Brighton and Hove Energy Services Cooperative (BHESCo), Lightfoot LED and CC Solar to install a 5.94kWh solar PV array and LED lighting. The project outcomes will be an estimated 33 tones of Carbon dioxide saved over 25 years and financial savings that will return value for community users.
Billingshurst Men's Sheds
Awarded £2,500 to support their sustainable building. The DIY project involving skilled volunteers will add insulation, as well as double-glazed doors and windows to the new shed facility. Avoiding heaters across the colder months will save approximately 288kWh and 80kg Carbon dioxide per annum. Subsequently, it creates a warmer environment for users throughout the winter and reduces costs for a soon to be important community hub.
Chanctonbury Church
Awarded £878 to install a 5 capacity bicycle rack within the church grounds, promoting sustainable mobility for both church visitors and the wider public. This action contributes towards a reduction in GHG emissions, air pollution and congestion locally, not to mention how it also help to encourage active lifestyles.
Chanctonbury Leisure Centre
Awarded a £5,000 grant towards an LED lighting upgrade in their studio. This will generate an estimated annual saving of £6,583 (NRG Group, 2022). As a result, their carbon emissions will fall by 4.5 tonnes Carbon dioxide equivalent since LED's are much more efficient.
Colgate Memorial Hall
Awarded £5,000 towards the installation of solar panels. By installing a 13.05 kw system of 30 solar panels on the village hall roof, the memorial hall will be able to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 4.1 tonnes per year, while simultaneously helping them to reduce their overall energy costs by 72%. Helping the environment while saving money, as much as roughly £90,534 in savings over 30 years on energy bills.
Colgate Memorial Hall
Received £5,000 towards their project to install solar panels. This will significantly reduce CO₂ emissions by 4.1 tonnes and deliver energy savings of 72% per annum. Over the lifetime of the solar panel system, £117k is estimated to be saved from energy costs.
Comptons Tennis Club
Awarded £5,000 to exchanging metal halide light fittings with far more efficient and reliable LED floodlights which will save carbon, energy, and capital over the long-term. Specifically, the Club expect the replacement of the lights will save nearly 2 tonnes of carbon each year, which equates to driving nearly 7,000 miles in a car. In addition, the freed up electrical capacity supports plans with Lower Beeding Parish Council to create on-site electric vehicle charging points.
Friends of Horsham Park
Awarded £2,082 to support developments for a drought resistant sensory garden in Horsham Park. The area is free to access and you can follow any project updates via their website.
Greening Steyning
Awarded £5,000 for the the second stage of their 2030 project, establishing new ways to involve, inspire and engage with the local community. To do this they have begun to trial certain activities such as the Home Energy helpdesk which aims to provide support to householders seeking to cut their energy bills and carbon footprint. They also want to try to bring nature to life by illustrating the richness of the local countryside using maps. Other activities include things like a Climate café, a sustainable fashion show and wildlife gardens open day, all which they hope will aim to increase public engagement and awareness with environmental issues and help them to enjoy the benefits that nature can bring.
Greening Steyning
Awarded £5,000 towards their 2030 Project, which aims to tackle a range of environmental issues in order to become 'one of the greenest, healthiest and most sustainable communities in the UK'. The initial CCF grant in 2020 helped them to establish a Repair Café, the Active Travel Survey and engage with local schools.
Greening Steyning
An award of £4,000 funded Greening Steyning’s Green Day and Eco Open Houses which are a part of their 2030 project which was inspired by the community feeling that “it was time for ordinary people to step in and show that we’re ready to take action to defend our children’s futures.” Their Green Day and Eco Open Houses include hands-on activity stalls available for all ages, a children's ‘Wildlife Adventure’ theatre re-enactment of a wildlife corridor, an EV and e-Bike parade, Open houses showing a wide range of eco-improvements, expert sessions providing more detailed information on particular retrofit approaches such as installing insulation, as well as much more all including members of the local community such as Steyning Grammar school and Steyning festival.
Henfield Hall
Awarded £5,000 for the next logical step of their project; batteries to store excess renewable energy. Estimations indicate potential for the hall's carbon impact to reduce by up to 1.6 tonnes. The Community Climate Fund team were thrilled to see this project progression and the managing trustee team at Henfield Hall were also very grateful to receive the maximum grant for their project, pleased that the council recognise the value of their integrated scheme.
Henfield Hall
Awarded £5,000 for the installation of 60 PV solar panels. This represents work with Sustainable Henfield to reduce energy usage across community buildings. This development leaves them hopeful that they can avoid over 10 tonnes of carbon annually, with 40% of this clean energy being exported to the national grid. Henfield Parish Council and Rampion have also been key supporting players for this project.
Henfield Haven
A sustainability feasibility study by Henfield Community Partnership and Sustainable Henfield led to CCF awarding £5,000 to fund a new solar PV array producing an annual output of 23,000 kWh. Operation of the dementia day centre can now continue sustainably and reduce 7 tonnes of carbon annually.
Henfield Leisure Centre
Awarded £5,000 to upgrade their 30-year-old lighting with 15 LED lighting fittings. They are aiming for a 273% energy reduction and subsequent carbon saving above 2 tonnes. Other benefits include extending product life cycles of lights to 20,000 hours for less waste and financial savings maximising returns for community centre users.
Henfield Youth Club
Awarded £4,310 towards installation of 24 solar panels on Henfield youth club. This is a part of Sustainable Henfield’s continuous work, that aims to reduce carbon emissions across Henfield's community buildings. This has reduced their Carbon dioxide emissions by 1.2 tonnes per year which has led to annual savings of around £1,350. The youth club specializes in providing social activities for all ages and hosting project nights on some evenings, the space is used as a nursery during the weekdays.
Holy Trinity Rudgwick
Holy Trinity Rudgwick, Rudgwick Youth Centre and Go Greener Rudgwick were awarded £2,500 to work collectively to extend community recycling to cover items otherwise missed with kerbside collection. Our grant helped expand their recycling hub and increase recycling capacity beyond the 400kg deferred from landfill in a previous annual trial. Also, construction of a green roof will increase ecological stability by attracting pollinators, providing provision for species and absorbing Carbon dioxide.
Horsham Community Fridge
Awarded £1,000 to scale up the critically important Community Fridge service. This volunteer scheme simultaneously tackles issues of food poverty and food waste that are pressing when facing cost of living and climate crises. Extra Saturday sessions in different neighbourhoods means extending outreach of support for Horsham District residents. The further savings on food waste converted to around 1.5 tonnes of carbon emissions yearly and strengthen community resilience during times of uncertainty.
Horsham Sports Club
Horsham Lawn Tennis Club were awarded £5,000 to upgrade court floodlights in 2021. The development ensures a leading example for other local sports clubs who similarly wish to reduce their carbon footprint and save money by minimising their energy consumption.
Horsham Trafalgar NC
Awarded £2,498 for Dr. Bike maintenance classes. These free classes offered core cycling maintenance skills to impower local cyclists with independence and confidence. By promoting a climate friendly alternative to cars, they also matched with their desires to reduce the speed limit in the area with prioritising cycling and walking and improving air quality for all.
Lower Barn Allotment Society
Awarded £2,400 to design an effective water conservation project. They uses the funds for the raw materials to complete community DIY to incorporate three water harvesting stations into the community allotment which is accessible to around 100 people. Using typical rainfall and consumption over the past two years, they anticipate decreasing water consumption by 20% and save 27,000 litres per year.
North Horsham Parish Council
Received £5,000 towards the installation of solar panels at Holbrook Tythe Barn. Solar panels will allow for energy savings over £1,800 and reduction of CO₂emissions by 2.432 tonnes per annum. Additionally, between 4194 – 6905 kWh could be potentially returned to the grid via this system, therefore contributing to the UK’s aims to become carbon neutral.
North Horsham PC
Awarded £2,076 to upgrade the lighting at Holbrook Tythe Barn. The barn has upgrade 65 lights with new LED fixtures using professional electrical services. Estimated carbon savings are 1.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year due to the efficiency of using LED's. This energy saving then converts into lowered costs on electricity by roughly 20% that can then go towards improving community services.
One Church, Rock Farm
Awarded £5,000 towards creating an outdoor space for a carbon-negative farming project with a specialist focus on including the marginalised members of the community. Here educational programs focus on alternative methods for growing food, including biochar farming and methods to improve soil fertility, as well as for planting trees.
One Church, Rock Farm
Awarded £5,000 towards the development of carbon-negative horticulture courses. A series of 1-day courses educating 50+ people of carbon-negative and nature-friendly growing methods. Upskilling 4-6 long-term unemployed/underemployed people to learn horticulture and landscaping and providing employment assistance. Estimated 1.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions saved per year, plus any actions from education.
Pulborough Social Centre
Awarded £1,930 to to invest in 8 new LED lighting fixtures. These upgrades will produce monetary savings for the community organisation and improve usability for users. It will also help to increase the energy efficiency of the foyer lighting by 73% which then converts into 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions being avoided per year.
Roffey Football Club
Awarded £5,000 to upgrade their floodlights to LEDs. This project’s aim was to reduce the energy consumption of the floodlights used on the main pitch at Roffey Football Club by changing the 16 metal halide floodlights to 16 LED floodlights, as the updated floodlights would require 70% less energy. This change will allow the club to reduce its carbon output by 7.78 tonnes and deliver energy savings of approximately £2,000 per annum.
Rudgwick Parish Council
Awarded £1,996 to replace 20 lights in the changing rooms of their sports facility with LED’s, specifically the Rudgewick football club changing rooms. This will help reduce energy consumption and subsequently reduce their use of fossil fuels as well as saving money over the long term. It may help avoid 0.116 tonnes of Carbon dioxide emissions per year.
Rusper Village Hall
Awarded £3,502.56 towards their project to replace spot and fluorescent lighting to LED lighting. Rusper Village Hall is used by the local primary school, play group and other local residents making it a key community hub. This will reduce CO₂emissions, energy consumption and landfill waste generated from this centre. Energy costs are predicated to reduce by £200 per annum due to LED lights using 90% less energy than traditional halogen bulbs. Additionally, LED lights last up to 25 times longer than traditional bulbs, reducing landfill waste as the new lights will need to be replaced far less frequently.
Shipley Community Hub
Awarded £2,150 to fund their “Re-love Pre-loved station", their “Borrow Library” as well as making improvements to their “Repair Cafe” which all aim to decrease the amount of waste that ends up in landfill sites and reduce Shipley’s carbon footprint. So far their target of repairing 48 items per year would save over 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Shipley’s “Repair Cafe” is aiming to go from hosting one repair station a month to three or four as well as offering home fixes for bigger items. Additionally, their “Borrow Library” targets loaning larger items such as Jet Washers to save items being unnecessarily purchased and their “Re-love Pre-loved" also facilitates the selling of second-hand goods.
Slinfold Lawn Tennis Club
Awarded £3,000 towards the upgrade of older metal halide floodlights to new LED bulbs. This replacement would reduce electricity usage by 42%, allowing for a reduction of CO₂emissions by 685 tonnes and £1,526 in energy savings per annum. The new LED bulbs are brighter and produce less glare therefore making any games played when they are in usage slightly safer in comparison to the previous bulbs.
Slinfold Tennis Club
Awarded £3,000 towards new floodlights. Switching from 18 metal halide lights to highly efficient LED’s will help the tennis club to avoid the emission of 0.68 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year since they will help to reduce the amount of electricity used by 42%, saving the club roughly £1,526 per year.
Slinfold Village Hall
Awarded £2,500 for LED lighting. Upgrading 42 light fittings and controls with energy-efficient LED's in the hall will save the village hall 500kWh and 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per annum, whilst sustaining hall user charges for the community. The village hall decided to go ahead with this project since their electricity bill went up from £65 to £300, so by switching to LED they will be able to reduce the amount of energy the hall consumes as well as keep the hall hire charges down as a result.
Southwater Parish Council
Awarded £5,000 towards LED streetlights. By switching 33 sodium streetlights throughout the Southwater area into more energy efficient LED’s the parish council will be able to reduce their energy consumption by roughly 10,377 kWh annually. As well as energy, the LED’s will help to reduce overall costs and increase the quality of the lighting within the area on top of reducing pollution and carbon emissions by 3 tonnes per year. This will help save roughly £3,800.
Southwater Parish Council
Awarded £5,000 to upgrade 8 streetlights plus the internal and external lights at Beeson House to LED lights as part of their Business Plan and Climate Plan to become more energy efficient. This lighting upgrade would result in reduced energy consumption, reduced carbon emissions, minimised waste as LED lights have a longer lifespan so less maintenance visits would be required. The upgraded streetlights will benefit approximately 12,000 people by encouraging walking at night, an improved lighting system and reduced costs for both the Council and residents.
Southwater Sea Scouts
Awarded £940 for their project which involved switching to a more solar-powered solution when replacing older petrol lamps and Camping Gaz use. The new equipment included: Bluetti AC70 portable power station, Brimax festoon string lights, LAP LED floodlight and Maclean MCE583 tripods. This switch will allow the Sea Scouts to camp safely in a well-lit environment without potential hazards created by the usage of petrol and gas cylinders. Additionally, it will reduce cost and CO₂emissions as no unleaded petrol or Camping Gaz cylinders would need to be purchased.
Southwater Village Hall
Awarded £5,000 towards the cost of installing an air source heat pump to replace a gas fired boiler. This not only reduces immediate energy use and carbon emissions, but also acts as investment in preparation for future cost and policy changes. This decision was spurred on by the fact that the village hall works with a lot of young people with compromised immune systems, so it was important that the centre can be a warm space for people to enjoy without costing a fortune to heat.
Springboard
Awarded £5,000 to extend on their original application by following up with 23 solar panels which will eventually cover up to 60% of their energy usage. Helping the project reduce fossil fuel dependency by reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 1.084 tonnes per year. This follows Springboard's goal of mitigating the organisation's impact on future generations as well as educating children and young people on renewable energy and reducing their carbon footprint.
Springboard
Awarded £2,749 towards the provision of Smart Radiator Valves which improved the energy efficiency of their building and a new electronic bike purchase which now encourages sustainable mobility for their staff.
Steyning Tennis Club
Awarded £5,000 to replace 12 floodlights with LED capabilities to decrease Carbon dioxide equivalent contributions by 61%, increase the product life of lights by 4-5 times and improve lighting quality for 224 users. As the club says "changing to LED bulbs will provide the club and local community with significant benefit, including greatly improved energy efficiency, reduced energy costs and a reduction in carbon emissions. The LED bulbs will also provide an improved playing experience for the public and club members who use the tennis courts."
St. Mark's Church
Awarded £1,000 to develop their community garden, Holbrook Community Orchard. This has been done via tree/bulb planting, food recycling, rainwater collection, whilst completing wildlife and local community surveys to review their progress.
St. Mary's Church
Awarded £1,095 for thermostat installation. By installing 5 intelligent thermostats that use motion sensors to collect data on when and where energy is needed, the church was able to save 10% on gas usage across the building. This helped to remove 7 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year and consequently reduce their spending by £2567.43 per year. This will help to reduce the climate impact in the district whilst also saving a considerable amount of money for the church.
Storrington Community FC
Awarded £2,485 for series of lighting upgrades including 18 circular polo fittings, 13 LED batten, 13 emergency bulkhead fittings, 1x 30w food light and PIR with new protective cage. These measures will present energy reductions of community facilities open to 250+ regular users.
Storrington & Sullington Parish Council
Awarded £5,000 towards a heap pump air conditioner replacement. A 2-phase project to replace 5 heat pump units to reduce energy consumption on heating by 30%. The 800-kWh reduction per year will save 1.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent being emitted per annum.
St. Peter's Church
Awarded £2,500 towards insulating the ceiling to help reduce energy usage from heat loss. Since the roof is having to be changed new LED lighting will be installed as well which will also help reduce energy consumption since LED’s are very efficient. After these actions, it is estimated that there will be a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions and a 55% decrease in electricity usage. These actions will then help lower the overall church running costs and improve the quality of facilities within the church, helping them avoid 1.56 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
Sussex Green Living
Awarded £3,000 towards their "3 R's Roadshow". The environmental charity will be touring 10 communities across Horsham District. These funday-type events will encourage repair and refill, over replacement. Funding will support refill services, engagement games, waste awareness education, 1 new repair café and 2 new recycling drop off points.
Sussex Green Living
Awarded £5,000 towards their Bright New Future Roadshow. The funding went towards creating an 'Eco Innovation Station' as a retrofitted milk float that tours events across the District. Here individuals can receive information regarding how to reduce their carbon footprint.
Sustainable Henfield
Awarded £956 to support the recycling of disposable PPE via the introduction of Zero waste bins at strategic points around Henfield. "The project has helped highlight the problems of masks having plastic components being allowed to enter the water stream and hopefully has encourage more responsible mask use and disposal throughout the village".
Thakeham Primary School
Awarded £1,100 to swap 10 outdated and failing fluorescent lights for new LEDs in a classroom. This was their final classroom without LED's. This will increase energy efficiency by 50% subsequently reducing 0.12 tonnes of Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per annum. This will help improve the learning environment for the children.
Transition Horsham
Awarded £690 for community allotment outreach. This grant assisted with the group's desire to extend access to a free and mutually supportive sustainable food producing community. The funds contributed towards developing a ‘heritage bed’, continuing to support over 25 people in seed circles and also expanding the already successful Seedy Saturday seed swap initiative.
Upper Beeding Baptist Church
Awarded £5,000 for an 8kW solar PV array to reduce fossil fuel dependency. The project is now completed and on target to save 25 tonnes of carbon over the next 25 years. The Hub have said they are delighted with energy cost savings, the climate awareness created in the community and the wider benefit of feeding excess renewable energy into the National Grid.
Warnham Primary School
Awarded £4,000 to replace push top taps to sensor operated taps in the student toilets which would ensure water consumption is controlled. Push top taps were installed in 2021, however these taps are likely to lock in a downward position and be left running for long periods of time which increased water consumption by 30%. With this replacement, water consumption of metered water will be reduced by 293m³and waste water charges will be reduced by 281m³. Additionally, replacing the taps will save the school approximately £500 per annum.

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