It’s just over two years since the turbines started turning at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay and already its Community Fund has reached a major milestone seeing the 100th local project being awarded a grant. The deserving groups have shared a total of £900,000 awarded through Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension […]
Fifteen local groups are celebrating their selection to receive grants through the Crook Hill Community Fund. The latest deserving projects join a growing list of over 50 schemes which have received grant support since the Fund began in 2016. This year’s individual grant awards ranged from £899 awarded to Whitworth Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society […]
The third annual round of Ørsted’s Walney Extension Skills Fund is now open to applications. £50,000 will be available again through an open application process to experienced organisations that can develop and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related training or education courses, a one-off event, or a programme of targeted events. The full […]
The third annual round of Ørsted’s East Coast Skills Fund is now open to applications. £55,000 will be available again through an open application process to experienced organisations that can develop and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related training or education courses, a one-off event, or a programme of targeted events. The full […]
Fourteen deserving local organisations are celebrating the news that they have been awarded grants from the fifth round of Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund. The East Coast Community Fund is part of the community engagement programme for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project One and Race Bank offshore wind farms. Each year, until 2037, approximately £390,000 will be […]
Ørsted is delighted to announce the winners of the latest round of applications to the Walney Extension Community Fund. Sixteen lucky groups will each receive a share of the just over £253,000 windfall available in the latest round of the Fund. Since the Fund launched in 2016 over £1.5M has now been committed to community […]
The criteria for the Walney Extension Community Fund is changing! After the application deadline on 10 July 2019 the maximum grant groups can apply for will be changing from £75,000 to £50,000.
Each year Ørsted offer every successfully completed East Coast Community Fund applicant the opportunity to submit a video about their project for the chance to win £500 for their group. In 2018, Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service (LIVES) were the lucky winners. Click below to view the video: For more information about the East Coast Community […]
