Tunbridge Wells Borough Council – Community Climate Action Grant 2026 (With up to £1,500 in Funding)

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council will be launching the second round of our Community Climate Action Grant on Monday 15th June 2026. The scheme has allocated £15,000 to distribute across local community groups within Tunbridge Wells Borough.

The purpose of the Community Climate Action Grant is to support local community groups, organisations and non-profits to deliver small scale climate action projects, whilst positively engaging with residents around local climate action.

Examples of such projects could include: tree planting, micro forest planting, wildflower meadow creation, rain garden creation, organising litter picks/purchasing better equipment, expand or start a repair cafe, hold a sewing club, open a library of things, open a community garden, open a community fridge, purchase a community composter, organise a local fair, organise local training (carbon literacy).

All projects must at a minimum engage communities on the environment and achieve at least one of following:

• Encourages sustainable behaviour
• Improve local understanding of climate change and sustainability
• Reduces pollution
• Reduces emissions (either individually or borough wide)
• Improves air quality
• Improves biodiversity
• Improves local climate adaptation

The idea is that this grant would help to spark and support locally-led climate action, providing small scale funding to help local sustainable initiatives get off the ground or grow.

The maximum grant value per application is £1,500.

Deadline for applications is 3rd July 2026.

For guidance on eligibility criteria and requirements see the attached application guidance

To submit an application fill out the application form and send back to [email protected]