Green shoots first round funded projects
Following the rigorous assessment of the 100+ projects that applied for Green Shoots Funding, the decision was taken to fund or part-fund the following 69 initiatives (with a combined funding total of £625K) across Warwickshire:
High-Value Projects – Up to £25k
Active Travel
- Path Creation Freemantle Play Area/Cornwallis Open Space – Rugby Borough Council
- Cycle Buddies – Clean Air Warwick
Ecology
- The Kenilworth Centre Community Garden – The Kenilworth Centre Community Garden & The Talisman Project
- Heat reduction and resilience herb garden – Transition Town Rugby
- Green Shoots Across Dunsmore – Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
- St John's Community Garden Project – St John's Parochial Church Council (St John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook Street)
- Warwickshire Living Walls – Forest of Hearts
- Bilton Infant School Sensory Garden – Friends of Bilton Infant School
- Re-Treeing Ansley Parish – Ansley Parish Community Voluntary Group
- The Children's Forest at Leasowe Farm – Achieving Results in Communities CIC
- Community Wildflower Garden – Shuttington Parish Council
- Recreation Ground Improvement – Bubbenhall Parish Council
- Action Station - Stratford Biodiversity Education Project – Graduate Planet CIC
- Rain water harvest – Cubbington Parish Council
Electric Vehicles
- EV Charging Points – Napton Environmental Action Team (NEAT)
- EV charging/ heating / cooling – Kineton Sports and Social Club
Property, insulation and heating
- Energy efficiency – Bedworth, Rugby And Nuneaton Citizens Advice Bureau
- Replacement for Wixford Village Hall – Wixford Village Hall
- Replacement of 100 year old heating system – All Saints Church, Leek Wootton
Renewable energy
- Green Transformation – Earlswood Village Hall (EVH)
- Greig Hall, Alcester – Alcester Town Council
- Solar PV – St Georges Church
- Reducing the environmental impact through action and education – Harbury Guide and Scout Support (G.A.S.S)
- PV Solar System Energy Storage – Ettington Community Trust / community centre
- Solar PV – Clinton School c/o Jonathan Dove
- Solar PV – Friends of Coten End Primary School PTA
Low energy Streetlighting
- Street Lighting Upgrade – Church Lawford Parish Council
- Upgrade to double glazing – Kingsbury Community and Youth Centre
- Streetlight Upgrade – Wolston Parish Council
- Streetlight Replacement Project – Shilton & Barnacle PC
- Rural Tour Green Tech Project – Sudden Impulse Production Company
- 3G LED Project – Stratford Town Football Club
Training and Awareness
- Community Roots – Team Springboard CIC
- Climate Hub – Stratford Climate Action
Lower Value Projects – Less than £5k
Active Travel
- Climate Emergency: Local Council Action Planning Day – Warwickshire and West Midlands Association of Local Councils (WALC)
- Shipston on Stour Bike Rack –St Edmund's Parish Church
Ecology
- Raised Vegetable Beds – Provost Williams Primary School PTA
- Tree planting to enhance the character and quality of Priory Park, Warwick – Friends of Priory Park (FOPP)
- Tree Planting and Wildflower Verge Seeding – Welford on Avon Parish Council
- Plant a tree before '23 – Kineton Parish Council
- Community garden and community orchard – Hillmorton and East Rugby Together Community Group (HEaRT)
- Going Green at RLI – Friends Of Race Leys Infant School
- Eco Group-transforming our garden – St Peter & St John's Church Rugby
- Bridge Street Hedgerow – Barford, Sherbourne & Wasperton Joint Parish Council (JPC)
- Native Hedge for Barford Community Orchard – Bar Zero
- Green Shoots of 2021: A Tree Planting Scheme for Weston Under Wetherely – Weston Under Wetherley Parish Council
- Tree planting – Friends of Bluebell Walk (FOBW)
- Campion School Blossom Trees – Paintings Plantation Steering Group
- Park Biodiversity Project – Farnborough Parish Council
- Climate Emergency Green Infrastructure – Luddington Parish Council
- Weston Under Wetherely Community Orchard Project – Weston Under Wetherley Parish Council
- Telford Junior's Climate Change Action Group – Telford Junior School Parents Association
- Re-Growth of Wildlife Area – Tanworth-in-Arden Parish Council
- Great Balance Pocket Park – George Birch Close, Great Balance and Colledge Close Residents
- Eco Garden Project – Nuneaton Community of Christ Church
Electric Vehicles
- EV / Lighting Upgrade – The Myton Hospices
- Stretton Sustainability Initiative - Community Electric Vehicle Charge Points – Stretton-on-Fosse Parish Council
Property, insulation, lighting and heating
- Village Hall Loft Insulation – Binley Woods
- LED lighting at Radford Semele Primary School: phase 3 – Radford Semele Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
- Adapting for a sustainable future – The Open Door Café
- Fit for the Future – Shotteswell Village Hall
- Canalside - Solar Lighting And Native Hedging – Ruby's Yard CIC
- Upgrade to LED lighting to 71/73 Long St - Arcade for start-up businesses and community use – Atherstone Town Council
- LED lighting for Community Unit/Social Supermarket – Atherstone Town Council
Training and Awareness
- Water Collection to Replace Mains Water – Mount Pleasant Allotment Association
- Climate Change Day for the pupils of Bridgetown Primary School, Stratford upon Avon – Friends of Bridgetown School
- NEAT News – Napton Environmental Action Team (NEAT)