{"id":731,"date":"2020-08-03T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=731"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:19:23","slug":"first-call-for-grant-applications-under-new-swansea-one-planet-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/first-call-for-grant-applications-under-new-swansea-one-planet-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"First call for grant applications under new Swansea &#8216;one planet&#8217; vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The first funding rounds for &#8216;one planet&#8217; projects in rural Swansea under the Rural Development Programme&#8217;s new &#8216;one planet&#8217; strategy, as developed by the One Planet Centre have been announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Community groups and social enterprises are invited to initiate a conversation with the RDP Team at Swansea Council with a view to submitting a project information form for consideration to full application for up to \u00a350.000. Deadline: 14 September 2020 12.00pm (noon).<\/p>\n<p>2. Fast-track &lt;\u00a35k grant pot to help small scale projects get off the ground. Project ideas should be innovative to rural Swansea, community led, for community benefit, and support the partnership&#8217;s &#8216;One Planet&#8217; vision and its strategic aims, which are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase wellbeing and ecosystem resilience through maintaining and adding value to natural and cultural resources<\/li>\n<li>Develop sustainable transport and energy initiatives that reduce emissions and mitigate climate change impacts<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen the self-sufficiency of the local economy and support active, resilient, and connected communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Projects which can support recovery from the impact Covid-19 has had on communities are eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants will have to baseline and monitor their projects for their ecological footprints and other performance indicators relevant to &#8216;one planet&#8217; principles. Those that can persuasively argue the most environmental and social benefits that will occur, and how they will be monitored, will be selected.<\/p>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.gov.uk\/rdp\">https:\/\/www.swansea.gov.uk\/rdp<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first funding rounds for &#8216;one planet&#8217; projects in rural Swansea under the Rural Development Programme&#8217;s new &#8216;one planet&#8217; strategy, as developed by the One Planet Centre have been announced. 1. Community groups and social enterprises are invited to initiate&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/first-call-for-grant-applications-under-new-swansea-one-planet-vision\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,43,50,28,48,46,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8HWPV-bN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":461,"url":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/a-new-one-planet-local-development-plan-for-swansea\/","url_meta":{"origin":731,"position":0},"title":"A new 'one planet' Local Development Strategy for Swansea","date":"10\/08\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We at the Centre for One Planet Living are pleased to have been engaged to rewrite the Local Development Strategy for Swansea's Rural Development Programme's Local Action Group. 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