Deadline: 01-Jun-21
Biffa Award is currently accepting expressions of interest for their partnership grants scheme for both built environment and natural environment themes. They give grants to community projects near landfill sites, to build communities and transform lives.
Built Environment projects should restore, modernise and/or improve facilities such as cultural, heritage or visitor centres. The facility should be inclusive and promote learning, curiosity and participation to large numbers of visitors on a national scale.
Natural Environment projects should restore and/or improve the environment and the natural systems or habitats that support it. Projects should be working to Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England’s Wildlife and Ecosystem Services, its predecessor or a Local Biodiversity Action Plan.
Preference will be given to projects:
- in which Biffa Award is the majority funder
- which work in partnership with other organisations
- which engage with people through improving their knowledge of the asset
Funding Information
They are currently accepting expressions of interest for Partnership Grants Scheme for funding of between £250,000 and £750,000.
What They Want?
- Built Environment
- Your project outline should tell them how the project will transform, restore, modernise and improve your cultural, heritage and or visitor centre.
- Outline any plans for ambitious, interactive and exciting interpretation. Demonstrate its regional or national significance and how it will be inclusive, inspiring and exciting to visitors, promoting learning, creativity and participation.
- Don’t forget to include details of any volunteer involvement, partnership working and your published opening hours.
- Natural Environment
- Your project outline should tell them how the project will restore,improve and transform the natural environment and provide details about its regional, national or international significance.
- Provide a full list of species and/or habitats the project will introduce, conserve and/or protect as part of project delivery, as well as information on public access and volunteering opportunities.
- Don’t forget to include details on any wider partnership plans for the project.
General 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 cannot apply or enrol.
- Each project site must be within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation or active Biffa landfill site.
- Each project site must also within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site.
- If you’re not the landowner you must have a signed landowner agreement in place agreeing to access for maintenance, surveying and monitoring for a period of not less than 25 years.
- There must be a minimum of 104 days of 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.
For more information, visit https://www.biffa-award.org/partnerships/