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Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund

皇冠体育app Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provides grants for public sector bodies to access skills and expertise to unlock heat decarbonisation on their estate.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
1 October 2020
Last updated
15 May 2025 鈥� See all updates

皇冠体育app Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provides grants for public sector organisations to engage the specialist and expert advice and skills required to develop a heat decarbonisation plan. Having a robust heat decarbonisation plan will put organisations in a strong position to take the next steps in decarbonising, including by enabling them to develop detailed project proposals that will help them to apply for any future grant funding for capital decarbonisation measures such as the Public Sector Decarbonisation scheme. This means organisations can think more strategically and be better prepared for future decarbonisation opportunities.

罢丑别听Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme聽provides grants for public bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.

罢丑别听DESNZ聽delivery body Salix Finance administers the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund and the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. Visit the聽聽for more information about both of the schemes.

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund in financial year 2025 to 2026

皇冠体育appre will be no funding for the Low Carbon Skills Fund this financial year.鈥�

皇冠体育app Fund previously provided grants for public sector organisations to access expert advice and skills to help develop a heat decarbonisation plan for their estates.鈥�

We have concluded that as some similar support is available through other existing resources, this now allows funding to be focused elsewhere.鈥�

皇冠体育app Local Net Zero Hubs have dedicated teams in place to support public sector organisations with the development of strategy stage heat decarbonisation plans and strategic and technical advice on next steps. 皇冠体育app Local Net Zero Hubs offer this support free of charge.鈥�

For more information see the hub websites and email addresses below:

皇冠体育app 鈥痑lso offers guides, tools and case studies鈥痶o support public sector organisations to plan, design and deliver heat decarbonisation across their estates.鈥�

皇冠体育app guidance includes a set of templates to support public sector organisations to develop strategy stage heat decarbonisation plans:鈥��

  • 补苍鈥�痺hich set outs a clear format for important data and building information to be collected鈥�

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We would also like to refer organisations to Salix鈥檚 where you can find guidance and further advice on how to produce a heat decarbonisation plan.

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 5

Phase 5 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provides up to 拢15 million of grant funding for the financial year 2024 to 2025 for eligible public sector bodies to develop heat decarbonisation plans for their estates.

Successful applicants need to complete their heat decarbonisation plans by聽31 March 2025. Visit the for further information about Phase 5.聽

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 4

Phase 4 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund聽provided up to 拢17 million of grant funding for the financial year 2023 to 2024 for eligible public sector bodies to develop heat decarbonisation plans for their estates.

Successful applicants will need to complete their funded activity by 28 March 2024. Visit the聽聽for more information about Phase 4.

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 3

Phase 3 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provides up to 拢17 million of grant funding for the financial year 2022 to 2023 for eligible public sector bodies to develop heat decarbonisation plans for their estates.

Successful applicants need to complete their heat decarbonisation plans by聽31 March 2023. Visit the聽聽for more information about Phase 3.

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 2

Phase 2 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provided up to 拢15 million of grant funding for the financial year 2021 to 2022 for eligible public sector bodies to develop heat decarbonisation plans for their estates. 皇冠体育app scheme ran until 31 March 2022.

Visit the聽聽for more information about Phase 2.

Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 1

Phase 1 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provided up to 拢32 million of grant funding to help public sector bodies to access the聽Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. It provided funding for project development, project delivery and heat decarbonisation plan support. 皇冠体育app scheme ran until 31 March 2021.

Details of grant recipients from Phase 1 were included in the publication of聽government grants statistics for 2020 to 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2020
Last updated 15 May 2025 show all updates

  1. 皇冠体育appre will be no funding for the Low Carbon Skills Fund in financial year 2025 to 2026.

  2. Added a list of the Phase 5 grant recipients.

  3. Added Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund: Phase 5.

  4. First published.

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