Eight organisations, including Changeworks, Forth Valley Sensory Centre and Jhankar Beats, will share the funding in 2025/26 for projects such as climate literary classes, community workshops and participatory arts sessions.
More than 15,000 people in Scotland have engaged with the Climate Engagement Fund since its launch in 2023, with awards totalling more than £1 million.
The latest round of funding include support for activities including a roadshow aimed at young people demonstrating how sustainable construction can play a role in tackling climate change, a community arts programme using voices of young people to mitigate climate anxiety and climate literary classes and green skills training to support people experiencing barriers to employment.
Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin said: “To reduce emissions and protect our planet from the threat of climate change and nature loss, it is essential that people understand how they can engage with vital projects within their communities and take their own climate action.
“Scotland is now halfway to our 2045 climate change target. By supporting networks of people coming together to identify local action, the Climate Engagement Fund will help enable individuals and communities to directly contribute to a more sustainable and climate resilient Scotland.
“The projects being supported in this round of funding include a community arts programme using the voices of young people and green skills training to support people into employment. These are vital projects which will build understanding of climate change, enable participation in policy development and encourage climate action.”
