Huhne announces funding for 82 local energy organisations

With five days to go before applications for funding from the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF) scheme close, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has announced the first 82 local energy projects to win funding from the £10 million scheme. The 82 projects will share £4 million in funding.

Winning bids include opening show homes to demonstrate solid wall insulation to the public, schemes to check the energy efficiency of homes and invest in renewable energy, and events to promote the uptake of energy efficiency in local communities.
Organisations including parish councils, voluntary associations, development trusts and faith groups are all eligible to apply for LEAF funding. Around 200 projects are expected to benefit in total and the second round will close to applications at noon on 20 January 2012. Successful communities in the second round will be notified at the end January. Details of how to appply are on the Green Communities website.
LEAF is managed by a consortium of community networks administered by the Energy Saving Trust. Money is intended to be used for understanding energy efficiency at a local level and renewable energy generation issues. There is on average £50,000 available for each successful bid but money allocated depends on the proposals put forward. Any work needs to be completed by end of March 2012.
The winning projects are:
England, Northeast
Holy Island of Lindisfarne , Northumberland
Sherburn Hill Community Association , Durham
Sitlington , Wakefield
Sustainable Saltaire , West Yorkshire
Weaverthorpe , North Yorkshire
Witton Park Community Association , Bishop Auckland

England, Northwest
Action for Sustainable Living , Manchester
Alt valley , Merseyside
Ashton Hayes Community Energy , Cheshire
Bayston Hill Parish Council , Shropshire
Church Stretton , Shropshire
Green Vale Homes , Rossendale
Kirkbride , Cumbria
Low Carbon Lymm , Cheshire
Parksway bungalows , Manchester
Sustainability and Energy Network in Staveley , Derbyshire
Bolton community homes , Bolton
Groundwork , Oldham
Whalley Community Hydro , Clitheroe
K-SET , Sedbergh
MERCi / East Manchester , Manchester

England, Southeast
Barcombe Energy Group , East Sussex
OVESCO , East Sussex
Rural Kent , Kent

London
Brixton Energy , Brixton
Community Education Forum , Fulham
The HEET Project , London
The Sustainable Home Survey Company CIC , London
Transition Town Peckham , Peckham
Waterloo Community Development Group , Lambeth

England, Southcentral
Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire
Energy Alton , Hampshire
Oxford , Oxfordshire
South Kenton Preston Park Residents Association , Wembley
Sustainable Wallingford , Oxfordshire
The Environment Centre (TEC) , Southampton
The Willow Hills Residents Association , Guildford
Transition Eynsham Area (GreenTEA) , Oxfordshire
Tring Environmental Forum , Hertfordshire
Winchester Action on Climate Change , Winchester

England, Southwest
(PURE) Polperro Community Group Ltd , Cornwall
Bedminster , Bedminster
Bishops Lydeard, Nr Taunton, Somerset. Quantock Eco Community Group , Somerset
Bridport Renewable Energy Group , Bridport
Bristol Green Doors Community Interest Company , Bristol
Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon , Bradford on Avon
Exeter , Exeter
Future Fit Bristol , Bristol
Low Carbon Gordano , Bristol
Moretonhampstead Development Trust , Devon
BWCE , Bath
Rame Peninsula , Cornwall
St Gennys , Bude
Taunton Transition Town , Taunton
Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust , Torbay
Transition Penwith , Penzance
Transition Town Totnes , Totnes
Whitney Village Hall , Hereford
Woolhope Dome Cooperative , Hereford
Wraxall & Long Ashton , Somerset

England, East Anglia
Kelsale cum Carlton , Suffolk
Reepham Green Team , Norfolk
Shipfield , Norwich
Trust Links Ltd , Southen

England, Midlands
Act on Energy , Warwickshire
Fillongley Carbon Reduction Club , Warwickshire
Harbury Energy Initiative , Warwickshire
Northfield Ecocentre , Birmingham
Orbit Heart of England , Coventry
Sustainable Bridgnorth , Shropshire
Sustainable Moseley , Birmingham
Sustainable Youlgrave , Derbyshire
Transition West Bridgford

Wales
AAT , Caerphilly
Caerau Development Trust , Maesteg
Cwmdu Sustainable Energy Group , Powys
Cymydmaen , Caernarvonshire
Cambrian Mountains , Powys
Friends of Taff Bargoed Parc , Treharris
Llangattock Green Valleys , Brecon
Monmouthshire Community Climate Champions , Monmouth
Transition Monmouth , Monmouth