32 South Lanarkshire groups receive funding for climate change projects

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Over 30 community groups in South Lanarkshire have benefited from funding for launching sustainable projects.At the Climate Change and Sustainability committee meeting today (February 8) councillors heard of the successes from local groups in receiving funding from the Climate Emergency Fund, which grants funding to local groups who wish to launch environmental projects.Councillor Ross Clark (Larkhall), first brought up the grant, and asked how many groups received funding.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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There are also 25 internal climate projects.Councillor Julia Marrs (Clydesdale North) praised the fund but asked if more can be done with it.She said: “I welcome the climate emergency funding going out to local groups and allocated to so many.

I wonder if this funding going forward could be considered in line with the community wealth building actions, they’re noted in the report and largely centre on the more auditable issues of local procurement and high quality local jobs, but I wonder whether the actions of the climate fund could be looked at in