This fund aims to support grassroots community groups and community-based organisations working to build community resilience to climate, economic and social shocks through projects that strengthen and build social cohesion and infrastructure. 

Groups applying do not need to be constituted or formally registered, however they will need to demonstrate that their projects are aligned with the charitable purposes of the Community Climate Resilience Fund and these organising principles. 

The CCR fund welcomes applications from UK-based groups or community-based organisations that meet at least two of these criteria:

• Groups led by those currently underrepresented in the climate movement, such as by people from racialised, migrant, low-income or working class backgrounds.
• Groups that receive no funding or very little funding to cover their activities
• Groups that can demonstrate a clear strategy around how their work will help to build power and strengthen social cohesion within their community
• Groups that take an intersectional approach to the work they are proposing, such as actively seeking connection and collaboration with groups working on different issues such as anti-racism, migrant justice, food poverty, economic justice, fuel poverty, workers rights, democratic empowerment and more. 

You may NOT apply for funding to cover:

• Any party political activity or work that can reasonably be regarded as intended to promote or procure electoral success at any relevant election for any political parties or candidates advocating particular policies.
• Activities or expenses for projects that don’t have a charitable purpose
• Activities that are illegal or could in any way endanger the safety or wellbeing of participants
• Individuals 

The CCR Fund will open to applications from 6 July 2026 and close at 9am BST on 7 September 2026. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered in the Funding Round but may be taken forward to future funding rounds. 

The CCR Fund team will consider proposals while the funding round is open as follows: 

Before applying, please read this FAQ fuly to make sure you are eligible and that your projects fits.  There is a simple online form to fill in where you can explain what you’re trying to achieve to build community climate resilience, how much it will cost, who it will engage and how it might be replicable by others. Before submission, you can seek advice and input in developing your proposal from either ACORN or Tipping Point. 

Your project proposal will be assessed initially for eligibility and fit with the project’s aims.  Eligible projects are circulated to the Community of Practice for review and then will go the next relevant Decision Meeting as follows: 

If successful, the project partners will work with you to disburse the funds and support you in planning and delivering your project. You will also be invited to join the Community of Practice. 

During and at the end of your project, you will be asked to share any learnings and outcomes of your project, and to share any successful elements which could be replicable elsewhere via the Community of Practice.   

This is fairly open, but the focus is on projects that can develop climate resilience and adaptation in ways that strengthen community relationships. Underlying this is an understanding that making progress towards climate resilience will not always be linear, and may often necessitate working in new and radical ways. 

In general we’re looking to support ideas that may not otherwise be able to access more mainstream funding.  For example, some projects funded to date have focused on food sovereignty, emergency preparedness kits, housing justice and community organising to build stronger relationships.

This Community Climate Resilience project was initiated and is funded by the Network for Social Change.  

The project is facilitated by staff from Scottish Climate Community Action Network (SCCAN), Tipping Point UK, and ACORN – the community union, alongside a core group of volunteers from the Network for Social Change.