Devon Decarbonisation PLANS & Grants

Access £10,000 to decarbonise your small business?

Free Decarbonisation Plans for Devon SMEs

Libraries Unlimited are looking to support Devon-based Businesses with fully-funded support to create a carbon reduction plan. Alongside this there is an opportunity to access a grant up to the value of £10,000 on a match funded basis, in order to implement proposed improvements.

The grant is available to those who complete a decarbonisation plan with ourselves. Time is running out for 2024 and we only have 13 spaces left, so please engage as soon as possible as there is a limited pot of funding.

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FREE CONSULTANCY

Libraries Unlimited is providing specialist consultancy for businesses across the borough to help them develop a decarbonisation plan for their business. These plans identify a range of actions a business could take to reduce their carbon footprint and impact on the planet.

Hear Andrea Gamson and business owners Brad Walker and Marcia Vanstone talk about the work.

Who is the scheme for?

It might be that you already know what you need to do to decarbonise, but require financial support to implement it. Alternatively, perhaps you are at the start of the journey toward thinking about reducing your carbon emissions and would value one to one support, training, and guidance – all to better understand your carbon footprint and what opportunities there could be to reduce the emissions in your business. 

Areas available for assistance

Decarbonisation Case Study

Barnaby’s Brewhouse were able to reduce the carbon emissions in their beermaking process and create more actionable goals to continue improving their sustainability in the future.

“We are more energy conscious than ever before and have changed our brewing processes by reducing the amount of chilling and heating required. We have managed to reduce the amount of chilling without affecting product quality, and we have managed to speed up our production cycle so that each batch is processed more time efficiently and requires less energy.” – Barnaby Harris, Director

Creating your carbon footprint and Decarbonisation Plan

The process takes approximately 4 weeks and roughly 4-5 hours of the businesses' time.

1. Register your interest for the scheme using the form provided.

2. You will be sent online training to watch in your own time. This will discuss what we need to generate your carbon footprint report and decarbonisation plan.

3. A Consultant will conduct an in person visit to your business and gather any extra information required.

4. You will receive a 1:1 phone call with a Senior Consultant to answer any additional questions.

5. You will receive your decarbonisation plan (a 13 page comprehensive document) and can use it to apply for funding of up to £10,000 to match fund the implementation of any recommendations.

Sign Up Now

Please complete the below items to the best of your abilities. If you need help, please email richard.love@librariesunlimited.org.uk

“I wanted to find out how we can as a small businesses, reduce our carbon footprint.

It’s a lot more at the forefront these days than it has been, and I want to know how I can do my bit and get that knowledge and actually pass it on to my daughter as well, so that she is a lot more conscious about it.”

- Brad Walker, Tavistock House Hotel