Brent Energy Efficiency Grants for Buildings
Supporting organisations in Brent to make their premises more energy efficient.
Applications for Brent Energy Efficiency Grants for Buildings are open from 2nd July 2025 and close 26th September 2025. Please read the information below carefully and apply via the Apply Now button below to access the online application portal.
About Brent Energy Efficiency Grants for Buildings
With almost a quarter of Brent’s direct carbon emissions generated from commercial and industrial sources, the London Borough of Brent are committed to working with organisations across the borough to help them reduce their carbon footprint. Through this programme, Brent are providing funding for Microbusinesses, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (‘SMEs’), places of worship and community groups based in Brent to make their premises more energy efficient.
Applications are open to organisations signed up to the Brent Climate Charter as well as eligible organisations that are not. (see Who Can Apply? below). Any organisations that are not yet signed up to the Brent Climate Charter must agree to do so as a condition of their grant. All organisations must also register for the Brent Climate Essentials Tool.
Examples of effective interventions include (but are not limited to):
- Solar panels
- Replacing single-glazed windows with double-glazed
- LED lights
- Smart/wireless thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs)
- Insulation
- Alternative refrigerants
- Smart metering
- Energy efficient equipment upgrades
- Low carbon heating systems
Things that are not eligible for funding under this grant include:
- Electric vehicles
- Fossil fuel heating systems
Applications are open from 2nd July 2025 and close 26th September 2025. Applications will be reviewed regularly during this period and funding will be awarded on a first come first served basis. All applications must be submitted by 26th September 2025.
This grant cannot fund work that has already started or completed. All funds must be spent by 31st March 2026.
Grants will be paid 75% upfront and the remaining will be paid in arrears upon completion of works and submission of satisfactory claim form and evidence. If there is a specific and robust reason why an organisation/supplier/contractor requires an alternative payment structure, you must state this in your application form and it will be approved on a case-by-case basis.
Timeline
| Event | Date |
| Applications open | 2nd July 2025 |
| Online application workshop Please sign up using this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/72nDcynwSP-a0bq6NA1JAA | 22nd July, 2pm on Zoom |
| Groundwork are available to provide support to applicants (see details below) | 2nd July to 26th September 2025 |
| Applications are reviewed regularly and funding awarded first come first served. Upfront 75% payment processed upon award. | 2nd July to 26th September 2025 |
| Applications close | 26th September 2025 |
| Grant recipients provide a mid-point update to Groundwork London | December 2025 |
| All works must be completed and grant money spent | 31st March 2026 |
| Grant recipients must submit the financial claim to Groundwork London with financial evidence and photos of the works completed | 7th April 2026 |
| Groundwork London ask any follow-up queries and process final 25% grant payments | By end of April 2026 |
What funding is available?
There is a total of £92,634 available with Brent Energy Efficiency Grants for Buildings. We anticipate to award approximately 10 grants, depending on the size and number of grants requested.
You can apply for up to £9,000 or 100% of the works to be undertaken, whichever is less. You can apply for less than £9,000 if you works cost less. If the total cost of the works is more than £9,000, you must fund the remaining amount.
However, if this is a barrier to you applying, we will consider applications for higher funding amounts if you have robust reasoning, can evidence a need and have a comprehensive delivery plan. This will be discussed with the funder and be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions about this before you apply, please get in touch via the details below.
Who can apply?
This fund is open to:
- Organisations based in Brent: This means your registered address or operating address is in the London Borough of Brent.
- Organisations that are able to make energy efficiency interventions to their premises and have the required permissions (e.g. landlord, council etc.)
- Microbusinesses and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): Annual turnover less than £18 million, not owned by a group/larger company that has an annual turnover of more than £18 million, fewer than 250 full time equivalent employees
- Places of worship
- Constituted community groups: Registered UK Charity, Community Interest Company (CIC), Company Limited by Guarantee, Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), Community Benefit Society, Cooperative Society, Social Enterprise
Home-based businesses can apply but priority will be given to the organisation types listed above.
Organisations must :
- Have an energy efficiency audit carried out by a Certified Energy Auditor and
- be signed up to the Brent Climate Charter, or agree to sign up as a condition of the grant.
- Must also sign up for a climate essentials license with intention to use it unless if they currently have a license to an alternative carbon management tool.
Applicants will need to provide the energy efficiency audit carried out by a Certified Energy Auditor with their grant application. If they do not have one, they will need to provide clear evidence of the intervention they are applying for and robust reasoning as to why it is needed.
(If you have not received an energy efficiency audit but are signed up to the Brent Climate Charter and want to apply for the grant, you can schedule an online video call with a sustainability specialists at Groundwork East to help with your application. To schedule a call, please contact us on brentenergyefficiencygrantsforbuildings@groundwork.org.uk.
If you are not signed up to the Brent Climate Charter, please find a one-page word document below under ‘Sign up to Brent Climate Charter‘. This should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and can be attached alongside your application.
How to apply?
Read the information on this webpage carefully and get in touch if you have any questions.
Read the application guidance below to take a look at the application questions and plan your answers before you apply.
When you are ready, click ‘Apply Now’ below to start your application. You will need to register for the online portal before you can start your application. Make sure you make a note of your login details and save the URL so you can return to your application if you cannot complete it in one sitting.
Make sure you have answered all required questions, review your answers and submit your application when you are ready. You will receive a confirmation email from the portal once you have successfully submitted the application.
Application Support
Application workshop:
We are holding a free online application workshop on the 22nd of July, at 2pm. In this session, we will tell you about the fund, who and what is eligible, and how to apply. There will also be time for questions at the end. Click here to register. This session will be recorded and uploaded to the website afterwards if you are unable to attend.
Brent Council drop-ins:
Brent Council will be holding Brent Climate Charter drop-in sessions. You can find out how to save on your energy bills and how to access funding for energy saving improvements. The first five organisations to sign-up on the day to the Brent Climate Charter with receive a free £50 Love2Shop gift card.
- Thursday 17th July 2025, 10:30am to 2:30pm, Harlesden Library, Craven Park Road, NW10 8SE
- Thursday 24th July 2025, 10:30am to 2:30pm, Kingsbury Road, NW9 9HE
If you have any questions or need support, please get in touch with Groundwork London via the contact details below.
Contact
If you have any questions or need support, please get in touch with Oria Hearn from the Groundwork London grants team via brentenergyefficiencygrantsforbuildings@groundwork.org.uk, or call 07549 020 190 or 020 7239 1292.
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Groundwork is administering this grant scheme on behalf of the London Borough of Brent to help London become a greener and even better city to live and work.
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