Over half a million pounds of National Lottery funding goes to tackle climate change in Gwynedd

Tuesday 01 Dec 2020 @ 14:43
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Today The National Lottery Community Fund announced that over half a million pounds has been awarded to communities in Gwynedd to tackle climate change, thanks to National Lottery players.

Datblygiadau Egni Gwledig in Gwynedd has been awarded a grant of £562,315 from The National Lottery Community Fund Climate Action Fund to enable local communities to tackle the climate crisis.

The grant is one of nine awarded across the UK totalling £5.2 million as part of The National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund, and are made possible thanks to National Lottery players.

They receive £562,315 of National Lottery money to lead a partnership of five community organisations across Gwynedd to address climate challenges. The partners involved include: Cyd Ynni, Partneriaeth Ogwen, Siop Griffiths, Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog, and YnNi Llŷn.

Over the next two years the partnership will create 20 citizen assemblies, deliver a breadth of community-led activities, and prioritise engagement around community needs to develop a movement of climate action and positive behaviours towards tackling and limiting climate change.

Citizen assemblies will develop community climate manifestos for each local community and will highlight their priorities in addressing climate change.

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