Stockport Hydro Environmental Challenge 2025

A record £10,000 is available in Stockport Hydro's Environmental Challenge 2025!

Stockport Hydro Ltd, a community owned scheme, has been generating renewable energy power on the River Goyt since October 2012.

In 2025 £10,000 is available from their Environmental Challenge Fund for projects that will benefit the local community and take place within the SMBC boundary. Projects must have an environmental focus and can be of a community or co-operative nature.

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For application forms visit: https://stockport-hydro.co.uk/environmental-awards/

Please send completed applications to:

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Post: Laurence Jackson, 7 Fairfax Close, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6HH.

Closing date for applications: 31 January 2025

Please note applications received after this date will not be accepted.

Another successful year for Stockport Hydro Ltd as 30 local projects benefit from the 2024 Environmental Challenge Award

£9,000 donated to 30 community projects within Stockport

Stockport Hydro Environment Fund, drawn from the production of renewable energy power, is once again celebrating a bumper year of awards. In 2024 over £9,000 was shared between 30 local projects at an awards ceremony at the Hydro.

The Hydro Team has now made 156 awards worth £44,500.

Congratulations from the Chairman, Board and Shareholders of Stockport Hydro Ltd.

And the Winners Were…

For projects in 16 schools to increase wildlife diversity, enhance their local environment or school grounds: Marple Hall, St Thomas’ Heaton Chapel, Mersey Vale, Norbury Hall, Heaton School, St Phillips, St Winifreds, Dial Park, St Mary’s, Reddish, Banks Lane Infant and Nursery, All Saints’ Marple, Warren Wood,
Torkington, Mellor, Hursthead Junior and Lane End Primary.

7 Local groups passionate about enhancing their local environment for both wildlife and residents: Friends of Etherow Park, Drawing Board Productions, Heaton Mersey Village Conservation Group, Craig Road Residents Association, Friends of Highfield Orchard, Friends of Chadkirk Chapel and St Thomas’ Church, High Lane.

7 Organisations supporting their community in a myriad of ways: Signpost Stockport for Carers, Plastic Free Marple, Stockport Neighbourhood Watch Association, Community Active Stockport, Seeding the Change, Walthew House and 1st Marple Scouts.

Typical recipients of the Environmental Awards at a ceremony at Stockport Hydro in March 2023.

Stockport Hydro Ltd is a community owned scheme, generating renewable energy since 2012. The Environmental Challenge Fund is for projects of an environmental, community or co-operative nature within SMBC. If applicable a fund is launched in November with a deadline 31st of January the following year.

For further information and links visit Stockport Hydro's entry in the Community Directory

Stockport Hydro is run entirely by volunteers and produces power that is fed directly into the National Grid. This creates an income that maintains the scheme, pays a return to investors and the Environmental Challenge fund. Over the anticipated 40-year life of the project, the scheme expects to save over 100,000 tonnes of CO2.