Deadline: 26-Jun-25
The Veolia Environmental Trust is now requesting applications for its Community Grant Program.
They fund improvements to community buildings and outside spaces and their vision is for a healthy environment where communities can thrive.
Funding Information
- a grant application requesting between £10,000 and £75,000
- a project with a total cost of no more than £350,000
- a project where the 10% CTP payment has been secured, which is required to release the grant
- a project that will physically start within four months of being awarded a grant
- a project that will complete within 12 months of its start date
Eligible Expenses
- Construction/installation and/or improvement of buildings, or outdoor spaces
- fixed items (e.g. kitchen cupboards and worksurfaces, ground/air source heat pumps and radiators, solar panels, windows and doors, toilets, fencing)
Ineligible Expenses
- costs which have already been incurred (e.g. design fees, planning application fees)
- furniture and equipment (e.g. tables and chairs, kitchen and electrical appliances, sports equipment, lawnmowers, computers, audio and visual equipment, CCTV and Wi-Fi)
- running costs (e.g. staff salaries, rent and maintenance fees)
- projects for the purpose of income generation
- art, murals, statues, sculptures or musical installations
Eligibility Criteria
- an application from an organisation which:
- is charitable and operated on a not-for-profit basis
- is constituted, with a set of signed governing documents
- has been established for a minimum of two years
- has a minimum of two directors, trustees or committee members who are not related to each other
- does not financially benefit directors, trustees, members
- an application from a Local Authority
- an organisation that accepts any grant awarded will incur an additional CTP cost
- When considering your application, their Trustees will want to see that your project:
- Promotes community action and wellbeing
- Is inclusive and accessible to everyone and anyone to use
- Inspires the creation of a sustainable carbon neutral community space
- Protects and enhances biodiversity and natural habitats
Ineligible Criteria
- an application from a hospital, care home, educational organisation including a pre-school, school, university or
- organisation with an affiliation to a school, including PTA
For more information, visit Veolia Environmental Trust.