DONG Energy are delighted to announce their plans for a new £75,000 Skills Fund. This forms part of the company’s £465,000 East Coast Community Fund annual commitment announced earlier in December last year.
£55,000 will be available through an open application process to experienced organisations that can develop and deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related training or education courses, a one-off event, or a programme of targeted events. The full £55,000 may be awarded to one organisation, or split between a number of groups that apply. The minimum grant organisations can apply for is £10,000, and the closing date for applications is 14 September.
A further £20,000 will be targeted at four colleges within the Fund’s coastal area of benefit, and will be used to help finance local students who are unable to access traditional funding streams for support.
Natasha Nanuck, DONG Energy’s Stakeholder Advisor said “We are really pleased to launch the Skills Fund which will commit £75,000 each year for 20 years to help to improve local skills and employment opportunities. This is just part of DONG Energy’s £9.3 million investment for community and environmental projects in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk over the next two decades.”
The East Coast Community Fund is part of the community engagement programme for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One and Race Bank offshore wind farms, which are located off the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk coast.
Combined they will be capable of providing enough energy for over one and a half million homes.
The Fund is being administered by the independent grant-making charity GrantScape. For further information about the Fund and how to apply for a grant, please visit their website www.grantscape.org.uk or call them on 01908 247634.
About GrantScape
GrantScape is a grant-making charity committed to enhancing the environment and strengthening local communities through its grant programmes. GrantScape’s experience stretches back to 1997 and it has awarded grants totalling over £80 million to deserving projects over this time.
GrantScape manages a range of community and environmental grant programmes on behalf of corporate and local authority clients. These are tailored to their individual requirements, which is the charity’s speciality. In addition, GrantScape offers a professional project management and grant process review service to groups requiring support with these activities.
For further information, please see: www.grantscape.org.uk or follow us @GrantScape1
About the East Coast Community Fund
DONG Energy has committed to a Community Fund worth approximately £465,000 each year for 20 years. £75,000 of the Fund each year is ring-fenced for a ‘Skills Fund’.
The Fund supports community and environmental projects along the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North Norfolk coasts (as far as Wells-next-the-Sea), within a defined area. It is split equally between two annual funding rounds. There are two levels of grants available:
- Small grants between £1,000 and £5,000
- Main grants between £5,001 and £50,000
Applications to the Fund are made using an online application system via the GrantScape website: www.grantscape.org.uk .
About the Hornsea Project One and Race Bank Offshore Windfarms
DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One and Race Bank offshore windfarms are located off the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk coast. When they are both operational in 2018-19, these two windfarms will have a combined capacity of nearly 1.8 gigawatts, making them capable of meeting the electricity needs of 1.5 million UK homes.
For further information on Hornsea Project One, please see: http://www.hornseaprojectone.co.uk/en
For further information on Race Bank, please see: http://www.dongenergy.co.uk/uk-business-activities/wind-power/offshore-wind-farms-in-construction
ABOUT DONG Energy
DONG Energy (NASDAQ OMX: DENERG) is one of Northern Europe’s leading energy groups and is headquartered in Denmark. Around 6,200 ambitious employees, including over 900 in the UK, develop, construct and operate offshore wind farms, generate power and heat from our power stations as well as supply and trade in energy to wholesale, business and residential customers. The continuing part of the Group has approximately 5,800 employees and generated a revenue in 2016 of DKK 61 billion (EUR 8.2 billion).
For further information, see www.dongenergy.co.uk or follow us @DONGEnergyUK on Twitter.
