Net Zero Villages Grant Fund

Grant Fund now closed 

Successful energy saving projects were installed over 2025, saving thousands of pounds of running costs for 10 community buildings in East Cambridgeshire

Thank you to all organisations that showed an interest in the grant fund, which was heavily over-subscribed. 

Successful projects

The following ten projects were successful at being awarded a grant (sums rounded to nearest £1,000):

• Queen Adelaide Village Hall - £10,000 for PV solar panels, battery storage and loft insulation 
• Little Downham Pavillion - £14,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage 
• Burwell Mandeville Hall - £25,000 for PV solar panels, battery storage and other incidentals 
• Lode Fassage Hall - £23,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage
• Haddenham Arkenstall - £17,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage 
• Kentford and Kennett Village Hall - £15,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage
• Kentford and Kennett Pavillion - £9,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage 
• Burwell Museum - £15,000 for PV solar panels, battery storage, education hub and demonstration wind turbine 
• Kirtling and Upend Village Hall - £12,000 for PV solar panels and battery storage
• Little Thetford Village Hall - £5,000 for various insulation measures 

For further details on some of the completed projects, please see our July 2025 press release . 

Background to the grant funding scheme 

In autumn 2024 we invited local community groups and parish councils to apply for grant funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations or in their local community.

This was a 100% grant fund (no match funding required) for measures such as insulation and solar panels, low carbon transport or perhaps even installing a 'green roof'.

Only local community groups could apply, and funding must be used on buildings or land open to the public. We anticipated most of the funding will be used to improve the energy efficiency of a local village hall or other buildings that local community groups use.

Full details and terms and conditions are available on request.

We are grateful for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority providing the base funding to enable us to run this scheme.

More information

Please direct all queries to climatechange@eastcambs.gov.uk.