Here is another collection of funding rounds from local and national organisations focusing on environmental themes aimed at helping charities continue their work.
Material Focus's Electricals Recycling Fund
Grants are available from
Material Focus to communities across the UK to reuse and recycle small household electricals.
As an independent not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to stop electricals from being hoarded and thrown away, the funders are offering support for types of projects:
- Growing existing services – large grants for projects that grow existing collection methods for small electricals. This could be community drop points in libraries and other community locations, adding cages under refuse collection vehicles, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) banks (aka. bring banks).
- Innovating new methods – mid-range grants are available to come up with new approaches to repair, reuse and/or recycle electricals. Examples can include
- Collection points at large offices or campuses
- Drop-offs at post offices, major supermarkets, large shopping centres or retail parks
- The collection of waste electricals using the return journey, or spare capacity during the collection or delivery of parcels, or
- Projects that support tackling the growing concerns around digital inclusion.
The funding can be used for:
- The purchase of new bins or collection points (‘bring banks’).
- The adaptation of waste collection vehicles to include cages for kerbside WEEE.
- Vehicle rental.
- Installation of bins.
- Communication and marketing materials.
- Staffing costs to cover the time spent planning and delivering the project.
- Salaries if the person is working to deliver the funded project.
A range of registered organisations can apply, including charities, local authorities, waste partnerships, private waste contractors, other private companies, and compliance schemes.
Material Focus say they will also provide project management support to all successful applicants. At the time of writing, there was no deadline, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More
information and how to apply can be found at the Material Focus
website.
Climate Action Fund from The National Lottery
The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) are offering grants to community-led partnerships to make changes in their community that they believe will have the biggest impact on climate change.
For this round, projects should focus involving more people in
climate action, and continue to bring other social and economic benefits such as:
- The creation of strong, resilient, and healthy communities
- Development of 'green' skills and jobs
The Funders say the grants are designed to support communities across the UK to act on climate change by reducing their carbon footprint.
The funders advise the monies could be used for some capital costs, like buying equipment or buying, leasing, refurbishing or developing land and buildings, or other construction-related work. These capital costs could also include revenue costs such as staff costs, project costs, engagement activities, utilities or running costs, or management costs.
At the time of writing, NLCF advised this scheme is a Continuous Rolling Programme OR until funding is spent.
More
information and how to apply can be found at the NLCF
website.
Grants from the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust awards grants to UK registered charities working in the fields of the advancement of the Trust’s chosen priorities.
The Trust’s priorities are:
The Arts- Access and participation in the arts for those who have least access to them with emphasis on choirs and singing to build community and bring people together
- Support for charities seeking to engage with, and inspire, young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion
- Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers
Medical Welfare- Music and art therapy and non-clinical interventions that use singing, drama and musical techniques to aid recovery from illness and improve quality of life and mental wellbeing
- Support for charities concerned with offering relief to adults and children with medical conditions who find it difficult to get conventional support
- The welfare of those who care for others by offering respite, especially if projects help young carers
The Environment- Social and therapeutic projects involving nature as a tool for mental wellbeing by using gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive change in the people who take part in active involvement in hands-on conservation activities, particularly if it makes a positive change in the lives of less fortunate young people to improve their skills, build their confidence and encourages their employment
- Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, emphasising on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost
Grants are normally over a one-year period, and the
Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects with preference given to small-scale, locally based initiatives.
At the time of writing, whilst The Trust point out the scheme is a Continuous Rolling Programme – and applications will be accepted at any time – their Trustees meet three times a year to review applications
More information and how to apply can be found at the Trust’s
website.
Due to the varying nature and progress of public policies and other related activity, MVA do advise that some of the information below may have changed since the time of its issue, and whilst every effort has been made to provide up-to-date details, they ask that readers please check with each organisation’s website for the latest news.
If you would like to see coverage of specific funding or grant rounds to help your charity, your project, your community group or enterprise, you can get in touch by email at info@mva.org.uk, you can also contact MVA via the website.