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Located north east of Darlington, the wind farm provides three funding streams for the local community. The wind farm community fund stream provides more than £39,000 annually in grants for the local communities.
At OnPath Energy, we’re powering a more sustainable future through renewable energy. Our projects, like Moor House Wind Farm, inspire and enable communities, businesses, and landowners to embrace a just transition to net zero.
At OnPath Energy, we create projects which deliver long-term value for our local communities and ensure they benefit socially, economically and environmentally from their presence.
Some of the key benefits of Moor House Wind Farm to local communities:
Wider benefits:
The Moor House Wind Farm Community Fund supports groups and organisations local to the wind farm and benefits from three funding streams:
To ensure the funding is channeled to causes and activities important to the local communities, the fund is managed by a community fund committee made up of members from the local parish councils as well as the district and county councillors.
The committee agrees how and where grants are awarded based on a range of criteria and the information received in the funding application.
“We’re really grateful for the generous support that we’ve had from the Moor House Wind Farm Fund and hope it will help encourage local people to find out what we’re all about.”
Anne Alderson Locos in Motion Border Morris
“We’re hugely grateful for OnPath Energy for enabling us to make another new reclining chair available to our residents.”
Diane Goodwin Trusts and Grants Manager at St Teresa’s Hospice
Projects from the following areas are eligible for funding:
We may also consider projects from outside of these area if it can be shown that they benefit people in any of the above listed areas.
If you would like to apply for a grant from the Moor House Wind Farm Community Fund, please first contact our fund manager before applying for a grant.
Tel 0191 378 6342
Email apply@onpathcommunityfund.co.uk
You can then apply for a grant via the Point North website.
“The business has made huge progress over the last year while continuing to generate considerable amounts of renewable electricity, and we are now working towards…
This event will be one of the highlights of the village’s year and the funding we’ve received from OnPath Energy has been a real lifeline…
OnPath’s generous grant has helped us create a new community asset that’s going to provide more opportunities for local people for many years to come.”
