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.
Eco Development Fund 6
The latest awards have been made to eight successful bidders. These projects include restoring nature large areas of land to support more wildlife, increasing community participation, teaching sustainable water use to students and developing new products from recycled materials. See EDF 6 awards summary.
Eco Development Fund 5
The fifth round has now been awarded to 14 bidders. We’re delighted to have begun 2026 supporting more innovative and inclusive climate action across West Lothian.
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
