The Low Carbon Skills Fund provides grants for public sector organisations to engage the specialist and expert advice and skills required to develop a heat decarbonisation plan.
Having a robust heat decarbonisation plan will put your organisation in a strong position to take the next steps in decarbonising. These plans enable you to develop detailed project proposals that will help you to apply for any future grant funding for capital decarbonisation measures such as the Public Sector Decarbonisation scheme , which provides grants for public bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures. This means your organisation can think more strategically and be better prepared for future decarbonisation opportunities.
The Midlands Net Zero Hub’s Non-domestic Retrofit Team provide free support to public sector organisations in the region to apply for Low Carbon Skills Fund. Our team can assist your organisation with:
- Arranging energy audits
- Portfolio analysis
- Eligibility assessment
- Business case support
- Application support
From the latest phase (Phase 5 – March 2024), funding has been made available for the Phase 5 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund, which will be delivered in 2024/25. The Phase 5 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund received more than 700 applications during the two-week application opening period. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero awarded £15 million worth of grants to 118 organisations to support their green plans.
During LCSF 5, the Midlands Net Zero Hub worked with the following organisations supporting them throughout the process in their application submission – 3 of those (highlighted) have already been notified that their applications were successful:
- Derbyshire County Council
- West Lindsey District Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council
- Birmingham Schools
- North West Anglia NHS Trust
- Warwick County Council
- Rugby Borough Council
- North West Leicestershire District Council
- West Mercia Police
- Nottingham City Council
- East Lindsey DC/Boston Borough Council