Community Grants for Sustainability supported 35 great Surrey projects

We were amazed by the number of great applications we received for the Community Grants for Sustainability scheme in March 2023. It showed that local Surrey communities are very active in wanting to make their areas greener and healthier.

We received 54 applications requesting a total of over £60,000 funding. After talking to our funders - Surrey County Council – we were able to support more projects than initially planned, and so 35 projects have been awarded a total of £27,000. This is great news for our local communities.

The successful projects included: increasing recycling in schools, contributing towards community solar panels, supporting local gardening schemes, and water testing in local rivers. For a full list of winners see below.

A big thank you to Surrey County Council Greener Futures team for supporting this, and congratulations to all the winning communities. We’ll publish case studies and stories coming from these projects over the next few months.

If you would like to start a community green initiative just get in touch and we’ll try to help.

 Successful Applicants – Community Grants for Sustainability, March 2023:

• Churt Parish Council Environment Working Group

• Cobham Avorians Sports Club

• Community Orchard Project South East

• East Clandon Village Hall

• Elmbridge Community Eco Hub

• Elmbridge Eagles Rugby Club

• Ewhurst Local Environment Action People (LEAP)

• Friends of Kenyngton Manor Park

• Frimley Green & Mytchett Scout Group

• George Abbot School PTA

• Green Elmbridge

• Haslemere Active Travel

• Haslemere Vision - Biodiversity

• Love Haslemere Hate Waste

• Lower Mole Countryside Trust

• Lower Sunbury Residents’ Association (LOSRA)

• Mid Surrey Community Fridges

• Oxshott Net Zero

• Park Barn Community Garden

• Patchworking Garden Dorking

• Ranmoor Nightingale Bike track (Friends of)

• River Mole - River Watch

• Roots for the Future

• Shottermill Junior School Parents Teachers Friends Association (SJS PTFA)

• Spelthorne Litter Pickers

• St Johns CofE Infant School in Churt

• Surrey Federation of Women’s Institutes

• Surrey's Wildflowering Project

• Sustainable Epsom and Ewell

• Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents Association

• Walton Allotment Association

• WEAct - Woking Environment Action

• What Next

• Wildlife Aid

• Zero Carbon Guildford