In February 2025 councillors agreed a scheme to help community groups, charities, town and parish councils, schools and small businesses to bring forward ways of increasing climate resilience, reduce carbon footprints and enhance green spaces and local wildlife.
Four categories offered grants in categories of up to £1,000, £10,000, £15,000 and £20,000.
A panel of councillors selected 38 projects from a list of 60 applications to receive the funding.
The successful applications are listed below.
Micro grants
|
Organisation |
Brief Project Summary |
Sum awarded |
|
St Martins C of E Primary School |
Gardening/biodiversity educational project |
£996.06 |
|
The Marsh Academy |
School gardening project |
£609.48 |
|
Lyminge Primary School |
School sensory garden |
£1,000.00 |
|
Brockhill Park Performing Arts |
Sensory garden/planting/recycling projects |
£1,000.00 |
|
Go Folkestone |
Equipment to expand electrical recycling initiative |
£666.99 |
|
Hythe Bay C of E Primary School |
Pond restoration project |
£1,000.00 |
|
St Augustine’s Primary School |
Rainwater harvesting/usage project |
£999.20 |
|
Touchbase Care |
Equipment to maintain allotment/sensory garden access |
£600.00 |
|
Rebel Farmer |
Conservation event Lyminge |
£1,000.00 |
|
The Sage Network |
Community Garden project |
£1,000.00 |
|
The Sage Network |
Community well-being project |
£380.00 |
|
The Peoples Café |
Mushroom project using spent coffee grounds |
£983.43 |
|
Go Folkestone |
Tree planting project Cheriton Rd Cemetery |
£770.00 |
|
Plant up the Town |
Community Garden project Food Road Folkestone |
£950.78 |
|
Sandgate Environmental Action |
Environment awareness, education, action project |
£1,000.00 |
|
New Folkestone Society |
Sustainability database/awareness project |
£1,000.00 |
|
The House of Stickyness CIC |
Coastal environmental awareness initiative |
£400.00 |
|
The Yard Hotel Co |
Community consultation/fund raising event |
£1,000.00 |
Rewilding, tree planting, wildflower meadow
|
Hythe Town Council |
Grassland Management/biodiversity project across 5 parks |
£2,720.00 |
|
Remembrance Line Association |
Restoration of old Harbour Line Folkestone |
£8,000.00 |
|
Kent Downs National Landscape |
Study & restoration of 7 ponds |
£9,786.59 |
|
Folkestone Town Council |
Tree replacement project across 8 parks |
£10,000.00 |
|
Butterfly Conservation Kent SE London |
Elm Tree project West Hythe to increase butterfly population |
£8,226.00 |
Small business, community group, charity, parish
|
Dymchurch Parish Council |
Solar PV & battery storage systems council offices |
£5,984.00 |
|
Postling Village Hall Committee |
Solar PV & battery storage systems village hall |
£11,600.00 |
|
Kent Community Energy |
Solar PV systems/EV charging points at 2 x RHDR stations |
£20,000.00 |
|
Kent Community Energy |
Solar PV systems Hythe Town Council buildings |
£20,000.00 |
|
Chichester Memorial Hall |
Infrared heating system for widely used community hall |
£2,800.00 |
|
In the Sticks Childcare |
Solar PV & battery storage systems for a Lyminge nursery |
£10,944.00 |
|
The Old Kent Barn Ltd |
Food composter & maturation boxes, re-use compost on site |
£3,000.00 |
|
Romney Marsh Community Hub |
Community Repair & skills hub |
£10,000.00 |
|
St Mary in the Marsh Project Fund |
Insulation of newly built village hall |
£10,000.00 |
|
Lympne Parish Council |
Permeable pathway through woodland area, encourage more local journeys on foot |
£10,000.00 |
|
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |
LED lighting & PIR sensors at New Romney/Dymchurch stations |
£4,852.00 |
Social & community grants
|
Turner Schools Group |
Community Green Action Day |
£7,849.73 |
|
Strange Cargo |
Charivari Street Carnival with theme of beside the sea (protecting our Oceans) |
£10,000.00 |
|
Folkestone Primary Academy PTFA |
Student education/awareness/planting initiative |
£11,352.80 |