£5,000 boost for Haddington energy group
The community group Sustainable Haddington is celebrating the success of a £5,000 bid to the national Climate Challenge Fund.
The group plans to establish a limited company with charitable status, to support and deliver projects for local action on climate change and sustainable living in the Haddington area.
It has already launched the Haddington 'HotSpot' scheme for household energy saving measures, and is working towards making the town plastic-bag free, a campaign supported by East Lothian Council.
Other projects on local food production, renewable energy and biodiversity are in the pipeline.
Robin Harper MSP said: "Although there is much that government, business and individuals can do to beat climate change, we believe inspirational community projects have a huge role to play.
Imaginative
"Sustainable Haddington and the 17 other projects receiving support today are just that.
"Each one is an imaginative and community-led solution, with ideas tailored to local circumstances across the country.
"I'm particularly pleased to see this kind of innovative work taking place in East Lothian, bringing a group of community-minded people together to establish a limited company with charitable status with the aim of helping projects take local action on climate change.
"Crucially, this local group is already taking successful measures on household energy saving and working towards making Haddington a plastic-bag free town, both of which will be invaluable as we move towards a successful low carbon Scotland."
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