Core funding grants
Cambridge Carbon Footprint
This community-based project aims to educate local people about their personal contribution to climate change, through their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from such activities as:
- using electricity
- heating a home
- driving a car
- travelling by plane
Volunteers from Cambridge Carbon Footprint attend community events and give talks on climate change to encourage individuals to make a commitment to reduce their CO2 emissions every year. Computer software developed by the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is used to calculate an individual's 'carbon footprint' (their annual CO2 emissions) and advice is then given on how to go about reducing these emissions.
This project is run by local people who are committed to helping their community make a difference and have really taken to heart the message of think global, act local.
Cambridge City Greenways
This project began in 1998 and is principally funded by us.
Its aims are to:
- enhance wildlife habitats within Cambridge through practical management work
- raise the profile of the wildlife in the city and its value to the local community by organising talks, walks, pond dipping and other events
- encourage local residents to get involved, through volunteering in the conservation group to manage wildlife sites and participating in wildlife surveys (most recently an amphibian and reptile survey in 2007, and a bumblebee survey in 2008)
Greenways are corridors of wildlife habitat leading into the city that are designated on the local plan. Work focuses on four identified greenways, as well as county and city wildlife sites in Cambridge
The City Greenways Project officer also works closely with local landowners, advising them on how best to manage their sites for wildlife, and assists our community reserves officer with the management of the city's local nature reserves.
Cambridgeshire Travel For Work Partnership (TfW)
The Cambridgeshire Travel For Work Partnership promotes sustainable travel through facilitating the writing and implementation of workplace travel plans.
Their 'Take
A Stand' scheme has been running for 8 years, and provides up to 50% funding for Cambridge employers wishing to provide or
improve cycle parking for employees.
Funding is only proivded if TfW is assured that employers follow their guidance
on the style, siting and spacing of the stands.
In 2008/09, TfW provided just under £8,000 to three local employers to
install facilities for 80cycles and shelter for 40 spaces.
Project grants
Mohila Shomity Edible Garden
A project based at the Red Hen community centre in Kings Hedges is designed to enable women from an Asian background to learn how to grow their own vegetables and to do so using organic methods.
The main aims and benefits of the garden are to:
- increase awareness and develop skills relating to organic gardening and composting
- provide facilities for the production of local food
- support wildlife, through organic gardening methods, planting of native wildflower species and the provision of bird-boxes.
The garden is open to other community groups using the community centre.
Fair Trade Guide to Cambridge
The Cambridge group of the World Development Movement produced the first Fair Trade Guide to Cambridge in April 2005.
The aims of this project were to:
- create a definitive list and map of shops and services in Cambridge selling fair trade products
- promote fair trade products and help guarantee fair prices for producers in developing countries
- promote Cambridge as a fair trade city to residents and tourists alike
Download
the Fairtrade map of Cambridge (PDF, 3.7MB)
This information was correct at the time of publication (2007).
10,000 copies of the guide (printed on recycled paper) were distributed to libraries, the Tourist Information Centre, The Cambridge Environment Centre and the outlets featured in the guide.
The guide was so well-received that we awarded Cambridge WDM a grant to print an updated guide in 2006
This project supported our fair trade resolution.
Magnificent Revolution
Magnificent Revolution is a not-for-profit collective established in 2007 to build The Magnificent Revolutionary Cycling Cinema.
The collective is made up of artists, musicians, designers, eco builders, ecologists, and engineers.
Since the summer of 2007, Magnificent Revolution has progressed beyond just a pedal powered cinema and is now a cross-disciplinary project involving education, art, music and film.
The project delivers a programme of local bicycle powered events at schools, local festivals and venues - the cycle cinema featured in the 2008 Cambridge Environment Festival. Audience participation is encouraged to help to power the events on up to 12 bicycles of different sizes, so that children and adults can take part.
