Haringey Community Carbon Fund

Applications for year 5 can be submitted from Monday 29 September 2025 until Friday 28 November 2025, 11.59pm.

Year 5 will have a total funding pot of £109,854. There are 3 sizes of funding:

• large – up to £50,000
• medium – up to £15,000
• micro – up to £1,000

Question and answer engagement events

If you’re thinking of applying or have questions on this year's application process, the application form or any other queries, please come to our engagement session:

Monday 20 October, 6.30pm to 8pm

This is an online event via Microsoft Teams

Register for the online event

Eligibility

All community groups, schools or businesses who want to apply for a grant must show they are:

• constituted – have a written set of rules and guidelines
• working for the public benefit
• based in and/or mostly active in Haringey

Further eligibility criteria are based on the size of the grant.

Any individual or community group can apply for a micro grant. They do not have to be constituted.

Applications are scored on a range of criteria including: 

• carbon reduction 
• community engagement 
• project delivery 
• budget 
• climate resilience

Guidance and FAQs

See our Community Carbon Fund 2025-2029 brochure (pdf, 16 page(s), 1.3 MB) for information on: 

• funding 
• what we’re looking for in a project 
• eligibility
• the application process 
• the project implementation process 
• timelines

Further information:

• for brainstorming: Project co-design canvas document template (pdf, 1 page(s), 285.99 KB)
• an example of a Grant agreement (pdf, 16 page(s), 231.64 KB)

Please contact us if you:

• have any further questions or need help with your application
• would like to request a translated version of the documents

Permissions and consents

You may require permissions or consents to start the works of your project; this can include planning permission, listed building consent, building regulations approval and licensing.

We advise you to seek pre-application advice from the council’s planning services before submitting a HCCF application. Please notify climate@haringey.gov.uk of your pre-application reference number once you have submitted if you are considering applying for Year 5 of the HCCF. It is important to submit clear and sufficient information when requesting pre-application advice to ensure the advice you receive is as comprehensive as possible.

Some works can take place without the need for planning permission. These are referred to as permitted development rights. By seeking pre-application advice, Haringey’s planning team can inform you whether your project would be considered permitted development. If so, you may wish to apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development.

Application forms

Please submit your bid for grant funding using the application forms in Word document format.

Please check you are completing the correct application form, and submit this with the necessary attachments to climate@haringey.gov.uk

• Community Carbon Fund application form for micro grants – up to £1,000 (docx, 8 page(s), 115.26 KB)
• Community Carbon Fund application form for medium and large grants – from £1,001 to £50,000 (docx, 11 page(s), 135.56 KB)
• Community Carbon Fund application form appendix (pdf, 6 page(s), 157.98 KB)

You can refer to our mock examples of filled in application forms to guide you through question by question. It is important to note they are not suggested model answers, but only guidelines to clarify most commonly asked questions.

• Sample Application – HCCF Medium Grant – Solar PV Project (pdf, 14 page(s), 617.52 KB)

The online application form is unavailable this year due to a technical issue while the digital platform is being updated.

Please let us know if you need any help with filling in your form.