Stirling Methodist Church has been awarded a grant of £17,470.24 for secondary glazing and draught-proofing to reduce local carbon emissions by making the building more energy efficient.

Jon Cape, leader of the church's Green Team said; "The project forms part of our long-term process of reducing carbon emissions from our building to a practicable minimum. The Methodist Church nationally recognised the Climate Emergency in 2019 and called upon Government to set targets to reach net zero emissions well before 2050. Many in the Church are seeking rapid progress towards reaching net zero emissions across the Church estate. For us, this project provides one key step towards us being able to reach this goal and to stimulate others in our community to do so."

The CCAF grant has been used to install the Glaze and Save "Invisitherm" product which provides a very high standard of energy efficiency based on removable polycarbonate sheets attached to windows by magnetic strips.

The CCAF is Scottish Government fund, administered by Keep Scotland Beautiful, and 279 community-based organisations from across Scotland have been awarded more than £3.2 million of funding to tackle climate change.

Further details from www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccaf