A total of £15.3m from the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) will be shared among 110 recipients across Scotland.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest round of CCF grants as she met staff of Glasgow-based Bike for Good, which works with young people, teachers and parents to encourage cycling and reduce car use.

The organisation is the 1,000th recipient of a CCF grant since the initiative launched in 2008. So far, more than £100m of funding has been provided to community-led carbon reducing projects over the past decade.

The 110 recipients in the 2018-2020 CCF, which is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by Keep Scotland Beautiful, include:

After meeting staff, pupils and teachers participating in the Bike for Good project from Wellshot Primary School in Glasgow, the First Minister said: “The Climate Challenge Fund enables communities to take ownership and action at a grassroots level, with projects that deliver tangible community and social benefits while helping address climate change.

“More than 1,000 projects have been supported by the CCF the length and breadth of Scotland, demonstrating the scope and scale of the fund. As I have seen for myself at Wellshot Primary, these fantastic projects are empowering local communities to make meaningful and lasting change.”

Keep Scotland Beautiful chief executive, Derek Robertson, said: “We are delighted to be celebrating local action on climate change through the Climate Challenge Fund. In the Year of Young People, it is pleasing to see initiatives such as the Bike for Good project inspire pupils to take action on climate change through choosing to travel by bike.

“Keep Scotland Beautiful and the Climate Challenge Fund have now helped more than 1,000 projects and look forward to supporting many more communities in the future – empowering them to help Scotland realise its carbon reduction ambitions.”

For a full list of 2018 – 2020 CCF recipients, visit here.