Deadline: 15-Jun-22
Biffa Award is inviting Expressions of Interest from charitable organisations for a one-off grant of up to £2.5million.
Themes
The award is looking for one exciting, innovative and regionally, nationally or internationally significant project that will leave a lasting legacy for the next 25 years through one or both of the following themes.
- Cultural
- Create, restore, modernise and improve facilities such as cultural, heritage or visitor centres to engage and encourage tourists and/or day visitors.
- The facility should be inclusive and inspire and promote learning, creativity and participation. Please note that Biffa Award is unable to fund land purchase for the category.
- Biodiversity
- Support a variety of living things including species of plants and animals and the natural systems and habitats that support them.
- Grants to cover the purchase of land to protect it in perpetuity, create or extend an ecosystem, or to secure vital habitats for the future, promoting nature’s recovery, are welcome.
They would like to see exciting, innovative and creative solutions incorporated into your project. You should consider the natural environment and ways to mitigate the impact your project will have both during delivery and after funded works are complete. For example, you should consider employing local tradespeople, using sustainable materials, recycling existing components, reducing energy consumption or reducing your carbon footprint.
The year 2023 will see Biffa Award celebrate its 25th year of funding vital community and biodiversity projects across the United Kingdom.
Award Information
One grant of up to £2.5million will be available to one lucky applicant.
Preference
Please note that preference will be given to projects:
- where Biffa Award is the majority funder
- which work in partnership with other organisations
- which engage with people through improving their knowledge of the asset
Criteria
- The applicant organisation and project must be eligible for enrolment and registration with the scheme regulator, ENTRUST. This will be a condition of any grant approved.
- Organisations must be not for profit. Local authorities, hospices, hospitals, day-care centres, rehabilitation units, residential care facilities and school cannot apply.
- The project site must be within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation or active Biffa landfill site. Check your project’s postcode using the Postcode Checker.
- The project site must also be within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site.
- All shortfall funding must be secured
- If the organisation does not own the project site: A fully signed lease with at least 25 years remaining must be in place for Cultural A fully signed landowner agreement, giving permission to access the site for maintenance, surveying and monitoring for at least 25 years, post completion of the project, must be in place for Biodiversity applications.
- There must be a minimum of 104 days of published and full public access to the project per year
- Any Biffa Award grant must be used for site-based improvement work, not for movable equipment, staff core costs or storage facilities.
- The majority of costs must be direct capital delivery work.
- Biffa Award is unable to fund requests to help an existing facility meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act.
- Biffa Award is unable to fund retrospectively, so you should only apply for funding for work that will take place in the future.
- If planning permission is required, it must have been granted prior to an Expression of Interest being submitted.
- Red Book Valuation at stage two will be required for any land purchase applications.
- Specifically for Biodiversity Environment projects:
- Research will not be funded
- There must be a management plan in place for the key species/habitat(s) involved for the site
For more information, visit https://www.biffa-award.org/biffa-award-25/