Our Green Living Awards will enable us to reach thousands of people in the UK who want to take action to improve the environment, whether it’s through a local community recycling scheme, a high impact climate change project or campaigning to bring local food to your area. The important thing is that your idea has the potential to make a difference, is creative but achievable and that you are committed, enthusiastic and focused.
We’ll be looking to support a broad range of social entrepreneurs across the UK, including people of all ages and from all backgrounds. Your ideas can be in their infancy; all that matters is that you have the vision, commitment and motivation to make it a success. You do not have to have previous experience of running a project or necessarily any experience in environmental issues. UnLtd will provide you with an award of betweeen
£500 and £5000 as well as the support you need to help get your idea off the ground.
We are looking for people that:
- Have an idea that will benefit the environment
- Have thought about how they will run their project
- Have some evidence that there is a need for their project
- Will learn a new skill from carrying out their project
The categories
(please note that these categories are for guidance only; you may come up with your own ideas outside of these categories)
- Improving urban green spaces
- Recycling
- Green transport
- Local food initiatives
- Campaigning
- Alternative energy
- ‘Lightbulb’ category – for exceptional ideas that don’t fit into the above
Award Winners will receive a package of cash (of between £500 and £5000), plus individually tailored support to give their projects the best chance of success.
There will also the chance to win an award of up to £20,000 for an exceptional project that has already been started but needs more support to develop and continue. This Award will be in early 2008, so watch this space for more information closer to the time.
If you are interested in applying please click here.
