There’s some great support still available through the Westmorland & Furness Green Enterprise Hub, a partnership managed by Cumbria Action for Sustainability. The aim of the Hub is to support local organisations on their journey towards decarbonisation and sustainability.
We’re pleased to announce a price change for key support – all of the below are now offered free of charge! And they will be popular so be quick!
- Energy advice visits (previously £100)
- Renewables advice visits (previously £100)
- Energy Audits (previously £1500)
More information can be found here
You can now also find out more about delivery partners by reading a new series of blogs highlighting partners – to find out more about Al Muir click here
There are some great training courses coming up which eligible businesses in the Westmorland & Furness area can choose to attend.
- Carbon Management and Solutions training course on September 25th
- Explore Climate Course on 17th of October (short version of Carbon Literacy training)
- Guardian of Grub workshops – first one on October 1st
There are also 1 grant still available at just short of £1,000 per grant, to express your interest in applying please email lesleyr@cumbriachamber.co.uk
Small grants for equipment purchases
Businesses in Cumberland are being given the opportunity to apply for small grants of an average £4,000 – £5,000 (max £10,000) for equipment purchase.
It’s a simple one stage process – to find out more, download the required paperwork and view submission details click here
The following types of activities will be supported:
- Training and coaching (excluding that which is already subsidised through this programme)
- Accreditations
- Research and development
- Consultancy advice, audits and surveys
The following types of equipment and capital work will be supported:
- Improvements to the thermal fabric of buildings (for example, additional insulation and window thermal upgrades such as double, triple or secondary glazing)
- Transition from fossil-fuelled to electrical heating and fixed equipment
- Energy efficiency upgrades to lighting and electrical heating and fixed equipment
- Improvements to building energy controls
- Upgrades to electrical infrastructure and metering, including electricity grid upgrade and connection fees associated with installing low carbon technology (such as EV charge points)
- Equipment to support reduction in resource consumption
- Equipment to support waste reduction