Deadline: 24-Aug-22
The Heart of Bucks is seeking applications for its Green Community Fund to improve the environment and/or public spaces for the benefit of local residents.
Funding Information
Grants available: Up to £10,000
What they can fund?
- Capital expenditure such as equipment, building modifications, etc.
- Project costs associated with new, or the enhancement of existing, initiatives
- Core costs, where these are required to enable voluntary work or to deliver a defined project outcome
Eligible Projects
Projects designed to improve the environment and/or public spaces for the benefit of Buckinghamshire residents, for example, which:
- Deliver educational projects and initiatives, for any age group
- Develop environmental improvement schemes or services
- Improve access to the environment and public spaces
- Transform engagement with the environment and public spaces
- Increase biodiversity / creation of new habitat areas / community orchards
- Reduce carbon footprint
- Improve sustainability
- Enhance community transport
- Projects that encourage natural flood management and biodiversity
Eligibility Criteria
Grant applications must come from organisations which are formally constituted, not-for-profit, and operating for the benefit of Buckinghamshire residents. This includes;
- Charities
- Clubs & Societies
- Associations
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) limited by guarantee (their priority is to fund new and expansion projects but other applications will be considered)
- Social Enterprises
- Parish Councils (for projects outside the PC's statutory obligations)
- Faith-based organisations (for projects which do not involve promotion of any particular faith)
- PTAs (for projects which involve and benefit the wider community)
Ineligible
- Organisations and/or projects operating solely outside of Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes
- Activities promoting a particular religious or political belief
- Overseas travel
- Individuals
- Statutory organisations (with the exception of parish councils)
- CICs limited by shares
- Organisations whose principal concern is animal welfare
- Relief of statutory responsibilities
- Schools and private education organisations
- Retrospective funding
For more information, visit Heart of Bucks.
For more information, visit https://heartofbucks.org/green-community-fund/