Ashden Award for Skills in Low Carbon Settings

Winning an Ashden Award brings a prize of up to £25,000 as well as ongoing development support, from professional mentoring to pro-bono legal help.  

We put winners in front of funders, investors, policymakers, journalists and others who know the unique value of an Ashden Award and the strength of our rigorous assessment process.  

We’ll create a promotional film about your work and tell your story in mainstream and specialist media, and through our growing digital channels. We’ve helped previous winners gain coverage at Sky News, The Telegraph, Times of India, Al Jazeera, New Scientist and other leading platforms. 

As an award winner, your views, needs and insights will be at the heart of our influential reports, toolkits and events – which shape the views of key climate decision makers. 

All winners join the Ashden network – giving them the chance to connect with new partners through masterclasses, investor pitching events and introductions to influential policy makers. 

nnovation in skills and training is urgently needed to power up the sectors pioneering the UK’s low carbon journey. The government has declared an ambition to support 440,000 jobs across net zero industries by 2030, and the promise of new and better work can help unite society behind climate action.

But creating these jobs demands new ways of training and re-training the UK workforce. This award will focus on organisations building skills in three key areas: making homes more energy efficient, restoring nature, and fostering reuse and recycling repair across society.

It will look particularly closely at work boosting the skills and resources of disadvantaged people and communities, helping to create a fairer and more inclusive economy as well as reduced emissions.

Businesses, NGOs, government organisations, social enterprises and community groups are all eligible. Work must be currently available to clients, customers or beneficiaries. 

For more detail on our eligibility criteria, visit our FAQs below.