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£10 million Climate Challenge Fund awarded

23 February 2017

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited R:evolve Recycle – a clothing swap shop with the aim of reducing textile waste – to announce that more than one hundred organisations across Scotland are to benefit from almost £10 million of funding to support local action to tackle climate change.

R:evolve Recycle is a current recipient of the fund and has been awarded a further £143,416.

Climate Challenge Fund

More than one hundred organisations across Scotland are to benefit from almost £10 million of funding to support local action to tackle climate change.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement at R:evolve Recycle – a clothing swap shop with the aim of reducing textile waste.The First Minister said:“Scotland is making huge progress in delivering our climate change ambitions, but there is still much to achieve and the role of behaviour change and community action is crucial.“The Climate Challenge Fund supports community projects that inspire people to care about the problem of climate change, consider what it might mean to them in terms of their everyday lives and enable them to take action.“R:evolve Recycle is an excellent example of this approach. They work with people spanning the whole community – from school children to elderly community residents.”

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The Climate Challenge Fund is £9.97 million in 2017-18 and is a combination of £9.09 million from the Scottish Government and £0.88 million from the European Regional Development Fund.

Since the Fund launched in 2008, 986 awards have been made totalling £85.8 million.

The First Minister said:

Scotland is making huge progress in delivering our climate change ambitions, but there is still much to achieve and the role of behaviour change and community action is crucial.”

“The Climate Challenge Fund supports community projects that inspire people to care about the problem of climate change, consider what it might mean to them in terms of their everyday lives and enable them to take action.”

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited @revolverecycle in #Rutherglen to announce the £10 million #climatechallengefund and to encourage people to #recycle and #upcycle

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“R:evolve Recycle is an excellent example of this approach. They work with people spanning the whole community – from school children to elderly community residents.”

A full list of recipients can be found here.

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