The Funding Network
7th May 2008
The Funding Network South West held a Funding Event in Bristol on 7th May. It was a special environmentally themed event organised in partnership with Forum for the Future as part of the Green Capital Initiative, and sponsored by Rathbone Greenbank Investments.Details of the projects are listed below:
Boiling Wells Project at St Werburghs City Farm was looking for funding to work with young people to develop a derelict part of their site into an outdoor amphitheatre, education space and storytelling arena.
Transition Bristol wanted to develop practical, community-led responses to the effects of climate change and the use of energy, raising awareness of the issues and the potential for local action to address them.
Bristol Food Hub required funding for their Food and Mood courses, teaching people about the health and environmental benefits of eating and growing local food.
Carbon Busters needed funding for their schools programme designed to raise awareness of their environment and their impact on it. It aims to change behaviour through a practical programme led by and for young people.
Plastic Bag Free Bristol needed to raise funds to support local groups with the aim of drastically reducing the use of disposable plastic bags by retailers and their customers and to make Bristol the first plastic bag-free city in the UK.
Kilter Theatre – Back on track wanted to run an open air performance along the cycle route near Bath to highlight sustainable transport issues and the demand by local communities for greater use of cycle paths in the UK.
For more information visit The Funding Network or email tfn@quartetcf.org.uk.