Renfrewshire Climate Hub
Guided by Renfrewshire Climate Action Network (RenCAN)
LEAP is delighted to be hosting the Renfrewshire Climate Hub as part of the Scottish Government's national hub network.The Hub supports the people of Renfrewshire to flourish through climate action, creating tangible outcomes for people and communities that enhance wellbeing.
The Hub will do this by connecting people and places, sharing knowledge skills, funding and developing projects within RenCAN, a regional network of people and community-led organisations that are or want to act to reduce and adapt to climate change in Renfrewshire.
Renfrewshire Climate Hub is the facilitation and support organisation for the network
Benefits of joining RenCAN
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Access to the Small Grants fund which will support new and existing community climate action in Renfrewshire
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Opportunities to direct the activities of the Climate Hub, and steer both local action and action aimed at advocating for change from above (local authorities to policy)
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Support and advice from the Climate Hub team for your projects and ideas
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Peer to peer learning with other groups within and beyond Renfrewshire
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Access to trainings and resources around climate environmental action and capacity building
Small Grants Fund
The Hub is distributing funding in the form of small grants to help community groups in Renfrewshire to deliver action for climate and nature in their local area. The total funding available is £15,000.
To apply for funding you’ll need to be a RenCAN member and we’ll be looking for new and existing projects that aim to achieve at least one of the following outcomes:
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Mitigate climate change
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Protect, enhance or increase local biodiversity.
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Help communities adapt to and build resilience to climate change.
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Raise awareness of and prompt action on climate justice.
Grants will be up to a maximum of £500 per organisation in order to enable us to fund as many organisations, and projects as possible, and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Applications open on 4th November 2024 and you can read the guidance below.
Hub Manager
Mike Callaghan
Mike has over a decade's experience in community climate action and has been managing LEAP since 2019.
Hub Development Officer
Lucy Cunningham
Lucy brings twenty years’ experience in working with climate related projects. In this time she engaged hundreds of people in conservation and community growing projects.
Hub Development Officer
Svenja Meyerricks
Svenja has worked in community projects for practical climate action as a researcher, co-ordinator and participant.. She also holds a
PhD in low carbon community projects
Hub Project Coordinator
Tony-Ann Fitzpatrick
Toni-Ann has a decade of experience working in
community justice and community development
projects, and is passionate about social justice issues.
Meet The RENCAN Hub Team
