A new grant funding programme to help communities living within 5 miles of certain waste transfer stations or landfill sites take action for their local environment.
What is it?
The Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme is a new Welsh
Government funding programme managed by WCVA. The scheme will
support local community and environmental projects in areas
affected by the disposal of waste to landfill.
The first round is now open as of 30 April 2018,
with a deadline of 26 July 2018.
How much funding is available?
Grants of between £5,000 and £49,999 will be available
for projects that meet scheme criteria. The fund size is £1.4
million per annum.
Who and what will it fund?
The fund will be open to any organisation for projects focusing on
one or more of the following themes:
Biodiversity - create Resilient Ecological
Networks for the benefit of a range of habitats and species:
- Improve conditions to help native species, pollinators and
provide opportunities for new planting
- Restore, maintain and enhance natural habitats
- Engage and support participation and understanding to embed
biodiversity
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Waste Minimisation and the Diversion of Waste from
Landfill - promote awareness and best
practice to reduce the amount of waste produced:
- Encourage prevention, re-use, recovery and recycling of
waste
- Reduce food waste and support initiatives such as
composting
- Engage and support understanding to enable waste to be seen as
a resource
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Wider Environmental
Enhancements - bring wider community benefit
through improving quality of place:
- Create community green spaces and supporting green
infrastructure
- Bring neglected and run-down areas back into community use
- Maintain or improve community facilities, for example community
halls
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Please contact ldtgrants@wcva.org.uk
or your local County Voluntary
Council for further enquiries.
