Are you looking to take over a neglected building or asset into community ownership? Is it leaking heat and wasting energy and money like the building in the picture?
The government’s Community Ownership Fund was announced in July 2021. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of closure, and will run for four years.
Interestingly on the subject of Environmental Sustainability, the fund’s prospectus says that “We welcome projects that can support the journey to net zero and incorporate low or zero carbon approaches. We also welcome projects which consider their impact on the natural environment and appropriate mitigations.”
This means the Fund could potentially support:
- energy saving measures in buildings
- renewable energy installations such as solar, heat pumps, wind turbines.
If you’re bidding to the Community Ownership Fund and are interested in making your community ownership project low carbon, then please contact me to see how I can help you. I have lots of experience of working with community-owned buildings on energy saving, renewable energy and water saving.
