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 by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

7 Northern Irish councils

1 point

4 Northern Irish councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Northern Irish councils

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

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Ards and North Down Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found