Green Living Fund 2025/26

What is the Green Living Fund?

The Green Living Fund is an opportunity for community groups to apply for a grant to support new initiatives that tackle climate-related priorities within the community, while also helping those in the community with the cost of living.

Proposals should be designed in to fit within at least one of the following criteria:

• Energy – e.g. reducing consumption, promoting efficiency

• Transport – e.g. encouraging active travel, decarbonising transport

• Waste – e.g. reducing, reusing and recycling, repairing, sharing

• Resilience – e.g. adapting to changing conditions – including flooding, drought
  and heat

• Nature – e.g. improving greenspace, increasing biodiversity, local food growing

• Engagement – e.g. increasing public awareness and engaging communities

The proposals will then be screened by an expert panel to confirm feasibility before the proposals go forward to the public voting stage, where members of the local community will be able to choose which proposals will receive funding. Final evaluation of the proposals will be made 50% on technical evaluation and 50% on community voting.

The technical scoring will be based on the following criteria:
o Expected climate change impact - 30%
o Expected cost of living impact - 30%
o Wider community benefits - 20%
o Value for Money - 20%

Who can apply?

The funding is available for all types of community organisations including, but not limited to community groups, community councils and charities. Groups are able to submit a joint application.

Political organisations, businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply.

If you have an idea you would like to implement, but not part of an eligible organisation please contact [email protected] or contact Perth & Kinross Climate Connect

Funds available per Council Ward

If you’re not sure which Ward you’re in you can use the map https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/19845/Map-of-Electoral-and-Community-Council-boundaries or postcode checker to identify your Ward https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15505/Find-your-local-councillor.

For the purpose of localising the decision making , the funds available will be divided across Council wards. The projects for each ward will be voted on by residents within each ward community. The total funds available for each ward, along with their respective council wards is detailed below.

Should a proposal involve more than one Ward, groups are advised to select the main ward impacted and clarify any other Ward(s) impacted using the text box provided in the relevant application form section. When reviewing the applications prior to voting, if the project spans multiple wards or is Perth & Kinross-wide, PKC will consider the distribution of proposals across wards and discuss with the applicant if it might be appropriate to change which ward the application was classified under or to divide the project between wards.

Funds can cover capital or revenue expenditure and all funding should be used for public benefit. Funding should cover additional costs incurred by the organisation and should not costs for staff time covered under existing contracts.

Funding is expected to be disbursed the week commencing 8 December 2025 and should be spent by 31 December 2026 unless prior agreement is reached with the Council.

Fairer Communities for All

As there are two PKC community funding opportunities running in parallel, when reviewing applications to the Fairer Communities for All and Green Living Fund, PKC reserves the right to transfer applications from either fund to the other prior to voting, following agreement from the applicant, if this would be a more suitable fund for the project. Projects will only be put forward for public voting for one of the funds.

Criteria

As mentioned above, the Fund is looking to support proposals aiming to deliver against one or more of the following five categories.

Timeline

22 August 2025 – Call for applications opens.

03 October 2025 – Submission for applications closes

03 October – 27 October 2025 – Screening of applications by Council

27 October – 14 November 2025 – Voting open

17 November – 21 November 2025- Final Screening

24 November – 29 November – Results evenings

8 December – 12 December 2025 – Target date for disbursing funds to successful applicants

How to apply

Once the application window opens on 22nd August, you will be able to submit your proposal using Microsoft Forms. The application form can be accessed at https://forms.office.com/e/ErD...;

Our GLF Guidance Document- Last updated 1 Sept 2025 can be used to help your application process. This document has been updated following questions received.

Please fill out all the information asked for.

In the ‘Your Project’ section, please consider the following points:

• Describe your project

• Set out how it will deliver against the criteria you have selected

• How it will improve quality of life in your community

• How it will help people in your community with the cost of living

• What the social impact of your project will be

• What the climate impact of your project will be

Please provide a high-resolution picture of your logo (if available) and any other supporting materials you may wish to include e.g. a video or any other document that may be used during the participatory budgeting process. Please do so by emailing [email protected] using GLF 2025 - your group name and project name as the subject line. Examples include a video of group members and locals talking about the anticipated benefits of the proposed project, or photos showing similar work.

How to vote

When voting opens, expected in late October 2025, community members will be able to vote using an online platform that will be available via the Perth and Kinross Climate Action Website.