Our impact
£120,000
Value of grants awarded
40+
Projects supported so far
£30,000
Likely annual grant funding available in future years
Some of the projects we’ve helped fund…..
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Charlbury Bowls Club
SusCha contributed £12,260 to help Charlbury Bowls Club upgrade and extend their facilities, focusing on reducing their energy costs and improving comfort. Our funding supported the initial thermal imaging and …
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Kitchen Garden People
In 2020, SusCha awarded £5,000 to the Kitchen Garden People, a community food enterprise. The grant has helped buy two polytunnels to enable vegetable growing in all seasons. The following …
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Meadow on The Mill Field
SusCha is supporting the restoration of wildflower-rich, floodplain meadow on a half-acre area at the western end of The Mill Field, Charlbury’s main recreation space. The grant award was for …
Our partnership with
Southill Community Energy
Southill Community Energy (SCE) runs a 4.5 MW (megawatt) solar farm that generates enough zero carbon electricity to cater for 90 percent of the energy needs of Charlbury, Finstock and Fawler. The Southill Solar site is also a nature restoration project. We work in partnership with SCE to make sure surplus revenues from the solar farm’s operations are put to good use in tackling the climate crisis in other ways – for example, through funding improved energy efficiency, restoring hedgerows or making farming more sustainable.
The solar farm would not have been built without substantial investment from people living locally. Now SCE is putting funds back into our community through the association with Sustainable Charlbury.
Our latest news…..
Support for biodiversity at Blenheim’s solar farm
Trustees of Sustainable Charlbury recently visited Weaveley Solar Farm, a 6.5-hectare solar installation on the Blenheim Palace estate. The visit provided an opportunity to understand how solar farms impact local biodiversity …
Selling solar power direct to local residents
People generally like the idea of locally produced food. Could they develop a similar taste for heating and lighting their homes and businesses with locally generated solar power. It is …
Solar power in Milton-under-Wychwood
The last Saturday in January was bright and sunny in Milton-under-Wychwood – ideal conditions for the first day of operation of 16 newly installed solar panels on the village hall …