Edinburgh low carbon project receives £63,000 from Climate Challenge Fund
Simon Hackin who received a Level 2 award from the Millenium Awards Trust back in January 2009, has gone onto win an award from the Climate Challenge Fund.
Press Release
Funding towards Edinburgh’s first green building material resource centre and the Every Tonne Counts programme.
Greenworks Scotland, a social enterprise and charity creating Edinburgh’s first green building store and workshops at Graham Street in Bonnington, Edinburgh has received £63,293 funding from the Climate Challenge Fund for its Every Tonne Counts programme. The money received will be used to help the local community reduce its carbon emissions.
Greenworks Scotland is establishing a green building material resource centre, where anyone can buy reclaimed or re-designed materials and take part in hands-on ‘build your own’ workshops, hire ‘bench space’ and tools to undertake their own renovation projects, or get advice on low carbon living, including sustainable construction, and green outdoor living spaces.
The funding is part of £600,000 in total that has been awarded to ten Edinburgh projects today (3) as part of round seven of the Climate Challenge Fund. Throughout Scotland, ninety projects have received awards totaling over £5.5 million.
The Scottish Green Party MSPs secured the £27.4 Climate Challenge Fund funding as part of Budget negotiations with Scottish Ministers in 2008. The Fund is designed to support innovative and locally led projects to cut carbon emissions and build sustainable communities.
Green MSP, Robin Harper, recently helped to launch Greenworks Scotland. Robin Harper MSP said:
“ I was delighted to visit Greenworks Scotland earlier this year to help it launch, and I am now even happier to see that Greenworks has received funding from the Climate Challenge Fund. It is a superb enterprise, with potential to help Edinburgh’s residents improve their homes and build a low carbon city. My congratulations to everyone at Greenworks Scotland.”
Simon Hackin, Managing Director of Greenworks Scotland, added:
“We are over the moon about getting this funding from the Climate Challenge Fund. We would like to thank Robin Harper MSP for his support for our fledgling enterprise, and everyone at the Climate Challenge Fund for sharing our vision of a low carbon city.”
“This funding will take us another step towards establishing Edinburgh’s first green building material resource centre, and will help us to engage with the local community and Edinburgh public alike, to allow them to source reclaimed or re-designed materials, take part in hands-on workshops, use our premises to undertake their own renovation projects, or get advice on low carbon living, green spaces and green homes. We are thrilled!”
Greenworks Scotland would welcome visits or interest from members of the media. Photo opportunities can be arranged on request.
Greenworks Scotland can be found at: 20 Graham Street, Bonnington, Edinburgh. Call: 0845 838 2440.
Information on all organisations funded
The nine other projects funded in and around Edinburgh are:
- Bits and Bobs (Intowork): £66,248
- Transition Edinburgh South: £79,417
- Grassmarket Community Project: £15,279
- Balerno Village Trust: £53,867
- Edinburgh Hindu Mandir and Cultural Centre: £53,324
- Edinburgh Rudolph Steiner School Trust Ltd: £22,140
- North Edinburgh Trust: £32,523
- Transition Edinburgh South: £49,979
- Portobello's Transition Town: £172,000
