ECO DEVELOPMENT FUND.
The WLCAN ECO Development Fund supports grassroots groups in a wide variety of projects spanning food growing, energy efficiency measures, environmental training and conservation.
Support for the climate hubs from the Scottish Government has allowed for three rounds of funding through WLCAN.
The Hub’s financial allocation for 2024/25 included money for the second and third rounds of Eco Fund. In February 2025 WLCAN announced 14 projects had been successful in bidding for £13,000 to carry out climate action work.
The successful projects can be viewed through the following link:
WLCAN Eco Fund 3 Final Awards pdf
The previous Eco Fund was announced in autumn 2024, for projects totalling £10k. Project work was due to be completed by March 2025. Through this WLCAN supported ten groups with new projects or advancements from previous work.
A smaller amount was available in 2024-25 from Scottish Government funding compared with the previous awards. The second-round WLCAN funded projects can be viewed in the following link:
WLCAN ECO Fund 2 Final Awards pdf
The first ECO Fund Awards disbursed a total of £45,950 in the 2023-24 financial year. These project summaries can be viewed on the following link:
