Funders

Action for Sustainable Living’s income is made up from a wide variety of sources including project and programme funding, contracts for professional services and corporate and individual donations. Our main funders can be seen below:

Big Lottery

In 2010 AfSL secured a grant from the Big Lottery Fund for a four-year programme to support community environmental action in South . Read more about The Big Lottery Fund.

Awards for All

Grants from Awards for All have funded the development of this website, the replacement of the computer server and an evaluation of our Energy Academy programme. Read more about Awards for All.

City Council

Over recent years the city council has funded numerous projects including the Energy Academy and community engagement plan development in West Gorton. Read more about  City Council.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Stockport funded an innovative and very successful project to establish and support the development of a community led sustainable living group in the Heatons which now operates independently of AfSL. Read more about Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

For several years Trafford Council has funded an annual programme of community engagement on waste and recycling, and energy efficiency. Read more about Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.

Trafford Partnership

The environmental fund held by Trafford Partnership has recently funded a number of practical projects run by AfSL. These have included a volunteer training programme, the Energy Academy and the Sustainable Timperley project. Read more about Trafford Partnerhip.

Recycle for Greater

Between February and September 2012, funding from Recycle for Greater enabled AfSL to run its Wastewise programme, deliver training to 6 LPMs and deliver 3 waste project specific training sessions. Read more about Recycle for Greater .

Southway Housing Trust

The AfSL Energy Academy project worked with tenants of Southway Housing on home energy behaviour change to achieve total annual fuel bill savings for tenants of £18,987 and annual emission reductions of at least 65.7 tonnes CO2 each year; a lifetime saving of 1820 tonnes. Read more about Southway Housing Trust.

Trafford Housing Trust

Read more about Trafford Housing Trust. Info following shortly…