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Updated: March 16 2021, 9.26am
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Primary schools were bursting with excitement as children returned to class for the first time in more than 11 weeks.
Children were delighted to be back at Fair Isle Primary School.
Pupils in P4 to P7 went back to school today after more than eight weeks of home learning, joining their peers in P1 to P3 and nursery who returned on February 22.
Scottish communities granted £3.2m for climate action projects
The Community Climate Asset Fund is supporting 279 projects, which includes the delivery of electric bikes, food growing equipment to reduce carbon emission and glazing to boost energy efficiency
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The Scottish Government has announced £3.2 million of funding to help communities tackle climate change and deliver a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Community Climate Asset Fund will support a total of 279 projects, which includes the delivery of electric bikes, food growing equipment to reduce carbon emissions as well as glazing to boost energy efficiency.
Three of the recipients of the funding are Blood Bikes Scotland, Orkney Blide Trust and Fair Isle Primary School.
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A NUMBER of local schools, as well as Shetland Recreational Trust, have received funding to help them do their bit to tackle climate change.
North Roe Primary School has received £10,000 through the Scottish Governmentâs Community Climate Asset Fund to buy food growing equipment.
Burravoe Primary has secured £7,388 for the same purpose, as has Fair Isle Primary School (£1,658) and Sandness (£1,342.98).
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The recreational trust, which operates Shetland’s leisure centres, has bagged £18,600 for low-energy lighting.
The fund is designed to tackle climate change and support Scotlandâs green recovery from the pandemic.
A total of 279 projects across Scotland have been selected for a slice of more than £3.2 million.