We had some superb applications for Pitch Pledge Party – our judging panel could easily have given one of the three coveted pitching slots to at least 30 of the projects that applied.

Just to give you an idea of how tough it was to choose, here's a selection of projects that the judges had to pass over.

• An energy playground in the foyer of Arcola theatre, for visitors to plug, pedal & play to learn about energy generation and consumption, and publicise the eco-theatre within.
• A school project to involve high school pupils in drastically cutting their school's carbon footprint, reducing energy bills and encouraging behaviour change from the LLES Young Energy People.
• A mobile phone application designed to influence people's behaviour by teaching them how to save energy while cooking and providing low carbon recipes.
• A smarter driving training scheme for Oxford council, to educate staff and licensed taxi drivers to drive in a more eco-friendly way.
• A scheme to change the behaviour of residents from 85 flats to reduce their waste sent to landfill; increase the rate and quality of recycling, and convert food waste into compost.
• A free online Carbon Management Library, from 3 Carbon Elements, including policy and research papers, publications and presentations looking at various carbon management fields.
• Home packs helping people to 'Jump into Your Jumper', keep cosy and cut carbon this winter with loads of eco-tips and tools for keeping wrapped up, all from Global Action Plan. Plus they will be sending young people – and their jumpers – to a location near you to spread the warmth to as many people as possible!
• A Community Orchard at Northfield Eco Centre using solar PV panels for onsite generation of renewable energy, using the feed in tariff profit to plant trees though a local community scheme. Plus community demonstrations to encourage greater take up of the technology by Birmingham householders.
• Workshops and advice clinics empowering students to save energy, make their homes warmer and cut carbon by making practical improvements in their homes through  People and Planet's The Big Green Makeover.
• Training and support for eight local residents from high density social housing estates over a 12 month period on how to lead more sustainable lifestyles, as ‘Green Gurus’. Also presenting at community events and would providing a monthly drop-in service for local residents.
• Courses from MakeyourhomeEco to explore and demystify home energy and inspire and enable people to act to save carbon, energy and money at home.
• Taking employee engagement to a new level by piloting a Low Carbon Living scheme in the workplace for Oxford council staff.
• A council pool bike scheme; using reconditioned abandoned bicycles to provide a set of shared bikes for Oxford council staff to travel to work.
• Production of a promotional film, ‘Crimestoppers: Attempted Carbon Reduction’, to engage Oxford council staff in reducing carbon emissions and creating a social norm around carbon reduction.
• A global network, 'Plant for the Planet', of young people that want to fight the climate crisis by planting trees and by showing to other young people that they, too, can make a difference.
• A bike pool scheme at Roehampton University, helping to reduce car usage amongst the 1,000 staff and 8,000 students.
• A book about ‘community and environment restoration’, with reasons for restoration as well as methods and tips.
• A public orchard from Blackshaw Community Orchard.
• A micro CHP boiler as part of a house renovation.
• Improving and advertising a Localskillswap website, helping people discover and exchange useful skills.
• A Public Work Time Initiative, paying commuters to switch from high carbon travel, such as cars, to more environmentally friendly forms such as public transport and cycling.
• A new solar hot water heater to replace a broken one in a residential house.
• Transforming a weekly community radio show, ‘Watt Next – All things being Eco’, into a world class local radio show that all UK local radio stations wish to emulate.
• Measuring and helping communities in Malawi to reduce their carbon emissions through Carbon Footprint Rangers.
• A community hydroelectric power generator in the River Thames at Abingdon.
• An Energy Recycling System wants using heat from Biome Telecom's data centre to heat up a building.
• Free Advanced Home Energy Reports for an entire street or block of flats with the intention of educating residents about the energy efficiency of their homes and encouraging them to make energy saving improvements.
• Improved heating controls, including thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) for the homes of pensioners living in fuel poverty, helping them to improve comfort levels, lower energy use and save carbon.
• A new electric delivery vehicle to help Nappy Ever After's green freight delivery service so they can continue to recycle and reuse nappies.
• Supporting small organisations that lack the time to cut carbon through PeopleProfitPlanet's Direct Carbon Cutting programme of action. 
• A sustainable travel service, 'The GoLow scheme' to address the negative environmental and financial impacts of staff travel associated with the delivery of health and social care. 
• A pilot project 'Global Sunrise' to build up sustainable profit making businesses to deliver clean and renewable energy technologies to rural areas of Sierra Leone.
• Solar PV installations to help fund youth group programmes at Devas youth club.
• A 27kWp solar electricity generation system on Hall for Cornwall's roofs, providing low carbon electricity and supporting the financial sustainability of the venue. 
• Publicity for a summer road show from the East London Green Jobs Alliance, inspiring businesses in creating green jobs. 
• A pilot student program, recruiting and supporting reps at four UK universities with the aim of raising awareness and getting 2,000 students using DoNation, and saving 320 tonnes of CO₂ in one year.
• The installation of a rainwater harvesting scheme for Ringmer Community College to reduce their dependence on mains water and maximise an increasingly valuable resource whilst reducing energy consumption.
• Solar thermal, mirco-generation of electricity and car conversions to create a carbon neutral home life.
• An eco Top Trumps game which also teach people about environmental issues while they enjoy a good game.
• Bumper stickers, distributed by GreenSpeed, to work as an intelligent speed limiter, encouraging responsible speeds of both the driver of the vehicle and those following.
• An online, interactive map inspiring businesses to stop sending surplus food to landfill and donate it to local charities instead, from Plan Zheroes. 
• Infra-red cameras to illustrate just how much energy households waste to initiate positive action reducing carbon emissions and saving people money.
• A community website, 'Stepping Stone Food', from Wasters Whimple  for locally sourced food, reducing transport costs and supporting local production.

If you're a donor interested in supporting one of these projects outside the Pitch Pledge Party process, do get in touch and we'll be happy to make an introduction!

Still need funding for your project? Watch this space for 10:10's guide to alternative funding sources, coming soon.