We work in partnership with Fife Climate Hub to offer Community Climate Grants. Funding is available to help community groups in Fife to create climate action in their local area through events and activities, start climate projects and build capacity to deliver climate action. Two distinct funds are available.
Small Grants Fund
The Small Grants Fund supports groups who wish to engage their communities in climate related activities. Groups can apply for up to £500.
The fund aims to encourage new climate action and conversation in communities who are less engaged on climate issues. It is a requirement that funded activities are used to get the climate conversation going in your communities.
We have awarded our grants in 2026. Watch this space for more information about further funding.
Seed and Development Fund
The Community Climate Grants Programme 2026 is now open, offering £145,000 to support community-led climate action projects across Fife. Thanks to significant additional investment from Fife Council’s to create our first Climate Adaptation Fund, there are more opportunities than ever for local groups to turn their ideas into action. You must join FCCAN first .
Funding is available for projects of all sizes, from early-stage ideas to ambitious climate adaptation schemes. If your organisation is planning work that supports communities, enhances biodiversity, and helps respond to climate change, don’t miss the chance to apply.
This year’s programme offers three funding tiers:
Seed Grants of up to £750 are designed to help groups test new ideas or pilot small projects such as repair cafés, community growing, tool libraries, workshops or local engagement activities. Funding for these grants will be decided through the exciting FCCAN SOUP, where community groups pitch their ideas and local people vote for the projects they’d like to see funded. The event takes place on 12 August at 6pm at Betty Nicols, Kirkcaldy, and applications must be submitted by 9 August. Link to EventBrite
Development Grants of up to £2,500 are available for organisations ready to expand successful projects, develop climate action plans, build volunteer capacity or invest in equipment and infrastructure that will increase their community impact. Applications close on 13 September.
For larger, place-based projects, Climate Adaptation Grants of £2,500–£20,000 will support practical initiatives that help communities respond to climate change. This includes projects such as rain gardens, sustainable drainage, habitat restoration, tree planting and other nature-based solutions that improve resilience to flooding, extreme weather and other climate risks. Applications also close on 13 September.
Local groups We Have supported
2025/26
2024/25
In September 2024 we shared the news that 35 groups would receive a total of £24,000 through our Community Climate Grants. Many groups organised activities that contributed to a very successful Fife Climate Festival.
2023/24
In December 2023, we announced 31 projects throughout the Kingdom will be supported by Community Climate Grants worth a total of £25,000 in 2024. Read about the groups who received an award and the difference this funding will make for climate action in Fife.
2022/23
Funding from the Small Grants Fund helped 15 community groups to engage local people in climate action. The groups used this support to organise a varied range of activities. Groups ran climate action taster sessions, planted willow ‘fedges’ and monitored local wildlife affected by the climate emergency. One group created a plastic-free events guide.
More information
If you need more information about these grants please contact Fife Communities Climate Action Network. Email info@fccan.org.uk.
Fife Communities Climate Action Network
Fife Communities Climate Action Network (FCCAN) administer this funding as part of the Fife Climate Hub project and in partnership with Climate Action Fife.
Fife Climate Hub empowers community-led action on the climate crisis. We build capacity of existing community groups working on climate and deliver stronger collaboration between them. We reach beyond the climate engaged to grow a diverse network across Fife. We provide a voice for our members to influence local and national policy. Together we are driving change and strengthening climate resilience in Fife.
