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Manchester Carbon
Innovation Fund
Manchester City Council
Lisa Lingard & Esther Barnes
Environmental Strategy Service
Manchester – A Certain Future
A stakeholder climate change action plan for the whole of the city
to:
• Reduce the city of Manchester’s emissions of CO2 by 41% by
2020 based on 2005 levels.
• Engage all citizens, neighbourhoods and organisations in
Manchester in a process of cultural change that embeds “low
carbon thinking” into the lifestyles and operations of the city.
www.manchesterclimate.com
Background
Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
Carbon Innovation Fund launched during the writing
of the MACF plan in summer 2009:
• £1 million fund
• Support MACF ideas and actions on the ground
• Inspire and support low carbon innovative projects
• Support community led action
• Pilot and market test ideas
• Be replicable
• Be a catalyst for long term and wide scale change
• Involved residents, schools, business, community groups, third
sector, private sector, universities.
Why?
Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
Themes such as:
• Cycle training and measuring carbon savings – BikeRight!
• Low Carbon Communities – Action for Sustainable Living
• Low carbon living and education – Moss Side Carbon Co-op
• Film making and social media – REEL Manchester’s Green
Wave
• Behaviour change - Manchester Metropolitan Uni’s Green
Living
• Community allotments – Regeneris Squared
• Renewable energy – Northwards Housing Solar PV
• Energy monitors for business and residents – SMARTER
• Community green roofs – Red Rose Forest
• Recycling trail – Museum of Science and Industry
What we did
Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
Applications were open to all in Manchester
The project leads received:
• Support from MCC staff in preparing their application,
• Advice about how to achieve carbon savings,
• Project management advice,
• Links to other MCC departments such as Campaigns teams,
• Communications advice and templates – e.g. Press releases.
Project leads had to:
• Submit monthly monitoring forms and financial evidence,
• Agree to adhere to communications guidance – e.g. use of MCC
logo.
What we did
Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
40 projects delivered in 2009/10/11
Over half had direct and immediate community benefit.
Output
Total to end of August 2010
75% now completed.
Individuals directly involved
382
Individuals reached through wider
engagement
18,238
Schools engaged
57
Jobs supported
92
Press releases and media coverage
121
Business engaged
317
Events / workshops held
400
Amount of additional match / in kind
funding secured by projects
£79,090
Outputs
The Green Wave 45 minute
drama developed, produced
and premiered by community
with REEL Manchester.
Brought together 2 hard to
reach communities.
 89 local residents involved
including 48 young people.
 Documentary
webstreaming available at
www.reelmcr.co.uk
 Green Wave Facebook page.
 You Tube film.
 Educational tool for schools and communities.
 Part funded by CLASP
The Green Wave - REEL Manchester
 Local Project Managers
recruited as volunteers.
 Ongoing training provided
by AfSL.
 Builds individual &
community self esteem.
 Delivers community led
engagement with climate
change awareness
themes.
 Responsive and flexible
model.
 Value for money.
 Pledge system equates to
carbon savings of £9 per
tonne.
Low Carbon Communities Project –
Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL)
Group of South Manchester
residents who’ve teamed up
with local architects.
 Low Carbon Social
Network.
 Formed a co-operative to
achieve bulk buying discounts.
Run behaviour change
programmes.
 Carbon Co-op manual for
residents.
 Big Red Bus Tour around
neighbourhoods.
Aim to retrofit multiple
houses to benefit from FIT
Developing a Community
Bonds scheme.
Moss Side Carbon Co-op
Manchester Carbon Innovation Fund
Unlikely to be repeated in today’s financial climate,
however:
 Great partnerships!
 Positive perceptions – we’re in it together, not just the Council's
job.
 Initiated and accelerated climate change action.
 Feasibility / pilot projects now moving to long term projects.
 Attracted more money for projects!
 Close monitoring enabling good project management.
X Resource intensive to manage a large fund and some projects
needed a lot of support from MCC.
X Some grassroots organisations may view it as over
administrative, but need to protect public money.
X
Some projects
time constrained.
Lessons
Learned