ECO DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Support for the climate hubs from the Scottish Government allows us to issue funding through the WLCAN ECO Development Fund.
This supports grassroots groups in a wide variety of community climate action projects including food growing, small-scale renewable power, nature restoration and waste reduction/re-use projects. It has benefited groups across all nine West Lothian local wards.
The fifth round is open for applications as of November 2025 and applications for a share of £10,000 will be accepted until 18 January 2026. Money must be spent by 31 March 2026. Please apply using this form and use the guidelines contained in it to help with applications. Details of previously funded projects are listed below.
Previous rounds: The fourth round of applications took place in autumn 2025. Fourteen groups applied for a share and we awarded £14,134 to nine network member groups. See the full list of projects currently being worked on: WLCAN Eco Fund 4 Final Awards pdf.
The third round awarded £13,000 across 14 projects in February 2025. The projects can be viewed through the following link: WLCAN Eco Fund 3 Final Awards pdf
The second Eco Fund was announced in autumn 2024, for projects totalling £10k. Through this WLCAN supported ten groups with new projects or advancements from previous work. These projects can be viewed in the following link: WLCAN ECO Fund 2 Final Awards pdf
The Hub’s first funding from the Scottish Government in 2023-24 allowed for £45,950 to be awarded across 17 unique projects. Summaries are in the following link: WLCAN ECO Fund Final Awards.pdf
