Phase 4 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund Applicant Update

Wednesday 12 July 2023

Keeping you informed

Successful applicants to Phase 4 of the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund have now received their Grant Offer Letters, paving the way for more heat decarbonisation projects to be delivered across the public sector.

The Phase 4 Low Carbon Skills Fund has allocated £17m worth of grants to public sector bodies keen to take a step towards a low carbon future.

Once again, the Low Carbon Skills Fund proved highly popular, with organisations across the country applying for the funds.

Between the Application Portal opening on Wednesday 26 April 2023 and closing on Friday April 28, 2023, over 750 applications with a combined total value of more than £130m were received.

The Application Portal was closed on April 28 because the scheme was oversubscribed with fully completed good quality applications.

The successful applicants were assessed against the scheme criteria to ensure applications met the required standard and that the costs and timescales were reasonable and could be delivered by 28 March 2024.

The funding, delivered by Salix on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, is aimed at helping public sector organisations to engage the specialist and expert advice and skills required to create a robust heat decarbonisation plan and/or detailed designs to prepare for heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency works.

Like previous phases of the Low Carbon Skills Fund, Phase 4 funding is only available within the financial year and successful projects need to complete by the end of financial year 2023/2024. 

If the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero make funding available in future financial years for further phases of the Low Carbon Skills Fund, this news will also be announced through the Salix website.

A full list of successful applicants is published on the Low Carbon Skills Fund pages on gov.uk  

Friday 28 April 2023

Keeping you informed - Closure of the Application Portal

The Application Portal for Phase 4 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF) has now closed to new applications.

The Application Portal was opened to eligible public sector organisations at 2pm on Wednesday April 26 and it was closed 10am April 28 because the scheme was oversubscribed with fully completed, good quality applications.

All Applicants who have submitted an application prior to the close of the Application Portal will receive a letter from Salix explaining the outcome of their application by June 30, 2023.

Thursday 27 April 2023

Keeping you informed

We would like to inform you that as at 3pm, Thursday 27, the Phase 4 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund has received a total value of more than £100m worth of applications.

We will therefore be closing the Phase 4 Low Carbon Skills Fund Application Portal on Friday 28 April at 10am.

Thank you for your interest in the scheme.

Wednesday 26 April 2023

Keeping you informed

We would like to inform you that as at 4pm, Wednesday April 26, the Phase 4 Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund has received a total value of over £100m worth of applications.

Salix is currently reviewing these applications for quality and completeness and will keep you informed of progress.