2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council provide funding for community climate action, for example through an environment fund or climate action fund?

Question code
6.6
Section
Collaboration & Engagement
Topic
Funding for community climate action
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
High

Criteria

Criteria met for a ring-fenced fund that a council has created to spend on climate action locally, either in partnership with the council or for other organisations or volunteer and community groups. The fund must fulfill the following criteria:
- The fund is at least £10k in size. Where the overall amount of funding has not been stated, it will be assumed that funds awarding individual grants over £1k in size have a total fund of at least £10k.
- The fund is accessible to community groups, including, where relevant, parish councils.
- The funding has been open to applications at some point since 1st January 2023, in order to include funds released in waves that may not be open at the time of marking.

Clarifications

More general community or environment funds will be included if they specify that climate change and biodiversity/ecological projects will be supported.

This can be a pooled fund between multiple councils.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

0 points

5 county councils

1 point

16 county councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

33
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Essex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council1/1--
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria