Fund launched to support young people and green projects
A fund to encourage organisations to support young people and drive clean growth has been launched by Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP).
The Growing Places Fund will also support local organisations as they embrace the decarbonisation challenge and become more sustainable. GBSLEP wants to stimulate the economic opportunities that clean growth, low-carbon innovation and the green economy can deliver for local people and businesses.
It offers a maximum of £500,000 per project and requires at least 25% match funding.
Sophie Drake, GBSLEP board director for young people, said: “Our new Growing Places Fund is unique in its ability to address two major local and national priorities at the heart of delivering post-pandemic recovery.
“Firstly our young people, who have been hit very hard in the last 18 months, and secondly, the race to net zero, where we will unlock opportunities to recover economically in a greener, fairer and sustainable way.”
The UK Government has set the target of reaching net zero by 2050 while decarbonisation is seen as a key driver of economic opportunities in the years ahead.
GBSLEP is looking for green projects that could help reduce energy use, improve waste or resource efficiency, and create green spaces, or projects focused on skills, training and work placements.
