Deadline: 16-Dec-22
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) is pleased to announce the North London Community Fund to support waste prevention initiatives in the north London area.
This fund provides community-based (non-profit making) organisations with funding to develop new approaches to reduce waste and/or extend the reach and impact of existing waste prevention activity in north London.
Funding Information
- Up to £15,000 is available per eligible project, and preference will be given to those projects that focus on preventing the waste of electricals, food, furniture, textiles, or plastic.
- Duration: Projects should be completed by 31 October 2023
Types of Eligible Projects:
- Projects which propose a new approach to tackling a waste prevention problem or a waste stream that NLWA has not addressed before.
- Either be innovative or deliver a type of project already being delivered by NLWA or the Boroughs, but for a different group of residents currently not being reached through that work.
- Can be for goods or for the cost of an activity if it can be successfully shown to tackle a waste prevention problem for the waste streams identified by NLWA.
- Organisations can apply for either part-funding or full funding for their project
Eligibility Criteria
- Types of organisations that are eligible to apply are:
- Charitable Trust
- Unincorporated Association
- Community Benefit Society / Cooperative Society registered under the Co-Operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
- Charitable Company
- Community Interest Company
- Company Limited by Guarantee
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- Individual organisations can apply either on their own or with other organisations as a consortium.
Assessment Criteria
- Projects will be evaluated based on the following:
- Innovation and creativity
- Scale and impact of behaviour change outcomes in north London
- Robustness of measurement and evaluation framework for the project
- Measurable quantitative outputs and targets
- Measurable qualitative outputs and targets
- Replicability, longevity, and legacy. Demonstration of commitment to the project after the funding period
- Cost effectiveness and value for money
Ineligible
- NLWA will not accept applications for any of the following:
- Research project
- Project delivered by a school, or in school premises during term time and within school times
- Project delivered by a local authority
- Project submitted by a profit-making business
- Project involving political activity
- Project delivered exclusively for religious purposes
- Project designed to reduce commercial waste i.e., waste collected from businesses that a local authority would not be expected to be collected
- Project for which full funding has already been received
- The cost of work or activities that any other organisation or individual has a duty to undertake
- Proposal designed to cover the cost of contingencies or depreciation of fixed assets relating to other projects being delivered by the applicant
For more information, visit https://www.nlwa.gov.uk/campaigns-and-projects/north-london-community-fund
