13/02/2025
Do you know of a project to support? We are working as a collective—Madleap, Social Farms & Gardens, Agriton, Garden Organic, and the Composting in the Community Network—to explore a funding opportunity through the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund: Our Shared Future.
This fund is designed to support community-led climate action projects, and we’d love to see if we can support your initiative.
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What’s This About?
The fund offers between £500,000 - £1.5 million per project over 3 to 5 years, prioritizing initiatives that:
✅ Move towards economic sustainability (e.g., multiple income streams)
✅ Engage a wide range of people and communities
✅ Have a significant waste management component (200kg/week+ for composting projects)
✅ Work towards community governance
✅ Deliver positive impacts on wellbeing, biodiversity, food security, and climate resilience
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Could This Fund Help Your Project?
We are looking for potential demonstration sites that align with these objectives. If your project meets at least three of the above criteria and could benefit from funding and partnership support, we’d love to hear from you.
🔹 We are not guaranteeing funding at this stage, as this depends on the grant scope. However, we want to support as many projects as possible and explore ways to collaborate.
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What We Need from You – By 21.02.25
To assess how we can support your project, please reply with a brief response outlining:
📌 Your project’s focus – e.g., composting, food growing, waste management, education
📌 How it engages and benefits the community
📌 Your site’s capacity and needs – (e.g., composting capacity, infrastructure, funding gaps)
📌 Any existing funding or resources – (e.g., match funding, partnerships, secured investments)
📌 What support would help you scale your impact?
Even rough figures are fine for now.
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Example Demo Sites Already in the Pipeline
To give you a sense of what’s being developed, here are some sites Mad Leap are working on in London:
📍 R-Urban (East London) – Food waste composting (140kg/day) with biogas, mushroom farming & a community sauna
📍 Gainsborough Primary (Hackney) – Circular food system with 200kg/week waste processing and hydroponics
📍 Loughborough Farm (South London) – Composting and biogas to support local food businesses and a community kitchen
📍 Royal Docks (SE London) – Large-scale urban agriculture and waste-to-energy solutions
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How to Get Involved
📩 Please reply by 21.02.25 with your project details, including any estimated costs or resource needs. martyn.richards@agriton.co.uk
📅 We are also setting up a call to bring interested groups together and align our funding bid—let us know if you’d like to be included, and we’ll send over the details.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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