Schools raise £100k for their solar panels in eight months

Howard Lake | 4 June 2014 | News

Nineteen schools in the UK have raised over £100,000 in eight months to fund the installation of solar panels for their buildings. The schools are taking part in the Solar Schools project from the not-for-profit carbon-cutting campaign 10:10.

The money has been raised by a range of methods, including bake sales, sponsored events, business sponsorship and crowdfunding.

The Solar Schools project provides pupils and volunteers with a package of training, support and resources to help them enhance their usual fundraising efforts.

Solar Schools say that a typical school will raise £8,000 – £10,000 to install around 33 panels. These can, claims the organisation, generate over £30,000 over their lifetime in bill savings and revenue from the government’s Feed-in Tariff scheme.

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2014-15 Solar Schools scheme

Applications are open to join the Solar Schools scheme for 2014-15, with 20 places available. Applications should be submitted by 6 June 2014.

Good Energy is offering a chance to win an additional £5,000 to put towards one school’s solar panels.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.