National Lottery funnels £14m into community-led climate action projects

Cecilia Keating
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Projects covering farming, transport and behaviour change are the first to secure support from National Lottery's ten-year £100m Climate Action Fund

A range of green projects geared at galvanising community climate action around the UK have been awarded a share of £14m announced by the National Lottery today. The 14 sustainability projects to have...

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