Youth Climate Action Fund 2026

We are delighted to have been able to support 16 brilliant projects through this year’s Youth Climate Action Fund. From electric cars to composting, the range of projects shows the breadth of climate action in the Scottish Borders. We are pleased to be able build upon relationships with existing partners who are previous successful applicants to the fund; however, it is also heartening to see that we continue to reach new groups and we are able to extend funding to four groups that we haven’t funded before. Funded activities will take place throughout the remainder of 2026, so keep an eye out for the exciting projects detailed below.

Southern Uplands Partnership has always championed embedding creative approaches within community-led work, creating awareness around issues relating to climate change and the environment. Thus, we are delighted to be able to fund the following organisations whose projects all use creativity as a means to address and engage the young people of the Scottish Borders: The Great Tapestry of Scotland, Woven Kinship CIC, Interest Link, Transform Arts, River Tweed Salmon Fishing Museum, and Borders Youth Theatre.

A number of projects had a strong ecological theme or focussed upon growing and gardening, these organisations included: Bavs (Berwickshire) Ltd, Stow Disprupters, Broughton Primary School’s Parent Council, Jedburgh Grammar, Selkirk High School, Eat Sleep Ride, and Heron & Willow Book Shop.

The remaining three organisations are Borders College, who will use the funding to help students with the research and development of an electric vehicle; Let’s Eat Better CIC who will run sustainable cookery courses, and Sustainable Borders who used the funding to help run an active travel event in Selkirk focussed upon cycling.

We’ll bring updates on each of the projects as they progress.