Deadline: 8-Apr-22
The Rural Innovation and Development Fund (RIDF) is inviting applications for the Food Waste Reduction Grants Project to support proposals on initiatives to promote and develop projects in the rural communities.
Support for organizations and economic operators involved in food waste reduction to promote the reduction of food waste generated by food businesses, retailers/wholesalers/manufacturers, or suppliers in rural areas is being provided under the RIDF in 2022.
Objectives
- Establish and develop links with food businesses, retailers/ wholesalers/ manufacturers and/ or suppliers with food waste reduction opportunities in rural areas;
- Development of a best practice model for food waste reduction which supports new individuals or organizations looking to reduce food waste or support existing individuals or organizations already involved in food waste reduction;
- Initiatives that are open and visible to the public will thus raise awareness and promote food waste reduction to a wider audience in rural areas;
- Proposals that have the potential to be scaled-up, have a national reach/benefit and that will be self-sustaining;
- Projects that link with and have synergies with national policy/strategy on food waste reduction;
- Allow eligible existing food waste reduction projects to continue, to maximize their potential and/or expand
- Assist rural communities who have already taken verifiable steps to establish food waste reduction schemes to progress to the opening stage.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount that will be paid to any project is €60,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This Call for Proposals is open to food waste reduction initiatives that fulfill the following criteria:
- Are situated in rural areas outside the administrative boundaries of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford;
- Are up and running and currently operating or have taken steps to be operational in 2022 and is or will be active in rural communities;
- Can demonstrate that their proposal is, or can be, sufficiently advanced to allow final payment to be correctly made by the Department by the end of November 2022 at the latest;
- Can demonstrate the funding is for current expenditure (i.e. is not for capital expenditure);
- Can demonstrate the organization’s economic and financial standing to prove that the organization is financially sound. Applicants must declare in the submission that they can provide evidence supporting their financial standing (i.e. a copy of the organizations audited accounts for the last 3-years);
- Can demonstrate the organization’s or project team’s technical and professional ability to deliver the proposed initiative. Applicants must declare in the submission that they can provide evidence supporting their technical and professional ability (i.e. a copy of academic/professional qualifications and/or evidence of experience for the last 3 years in delivering relevant projects);
- Can demonstrate that the organization is tax compliant;
Ineligible
- Funding for capital expenditure will not be considered.
- Fees, expenses, travel, and subsistence or other personal remuneration to clients or proposers will not be eligible for funding under this scheme.
- Please note that costs incurred as a result of the application process will also not be eligible for funding under this scheme.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.ie/en/service/201f4e-food-waste-reduction-scheme/