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Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
The Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) is here to support communities to engage with, participate in and benefit from the energy transition to net zero emissions.
The new Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions by installing renewable technologies such as heat pumps. The fund opens in May 2022 and is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Faith buildings are eligible for funding. More details
Changing attitudes and supporting those living with disability in Tanzania
In Tanzania, as elsewhere in the world (including Britain), disability can sometimes be associated with prejudice and negative attitudes and those living with disabilities can experience rejection and exclusion. In Tanzania this is especially the case in rural communities.
The Tanzania Methodist Church is changing attitudes toward and supporting people living with disabilities. They have supported more than 500 people so far with open air meetings and seminars, explaining that the Love of God is for everyone and that disability is not ‘a curse’.
Free net-zero energy advice for your church building
Churches across Scotland are invited to register for a free program to help churches to monitor heating within their building, identifying where energy is lost.
Heathack has a new programme of facilitated group sessions that community building operators can use to understand what a net zero future holds for their own premises. It will help them not just understand energy efficiency and thermal comfort in difficult buildings, but also to think about how their buildings should be used in their local contexts and how to make this change happen.
Read more about what is involved on the Heathack website. Currently recruiting community groups and volunteer engineers for sessions starting September – December 2022.
After COP26, as churches, can we walk the talk or are you only noisy cymbals? In addition to help to be greener, to be involve in the program may help to access future grants to achieve our Zero Net target.
This is an extension of the Heathack program which was launched in the Forth Valley (Edinburgh) a few years ago.
Alternative Beatitudes
Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins Officer of the Methodist Church, offered these Alternative Beatitudes at the recent Joint Public Issues Team Conference.
Scottish Government Investing in Communities Fund
The Scottish Government Investing in Communities Fund opened for applications on 31 May. It is a £10million fund over each of the next 3 years, and is a community focussed fund supporting organisations based in the places they serve delivering activity across all four of the following areas for action, that reflect the strategic context:
- tackling poverty and inequality, including child poverty
- developing and sustaining place based approaches
- community-led regeneration
- ensuring a just transition to net zero
The fund may be of interest to some of your organisations. Please note that the deadline for applications is 28 June. The link to the fund information is at https://www.gov.scot/publications/investing-in-communities-fund-round-two-draft-guidance-note/pages/strategic-context/
All We Can Harvest
All We Can are focussing on Zimbabwe for Harvest 2022.
Preorder your resources now.
Bible Month – Isaiah
The focus for this year’s Bible Month is Isaiah. A variety of resources has been produced to help in this year’s study.
May Ecochallenge
