Deadline: 18-Feb-22
The Hampshire County Council’s Waste Prevention Community Grant Fund is now open to support locally-based community groups, businesses, education establishments and organisations across Hampshire to deliver projects, products and services which prevent household waste.
The Council is particularly looking to fund innovative projects which:
- Help to deliver a ‘green recovery’ by supporting both Hampshire’s economy and the environment and/or
- Types of projects which are new to their local area but which already exist in other areas of Hampshire (for example a Reusable Nappy Library or scheme), and so will help to provide coverage of waste prevention projects and services across the whole County.
What is waste prevention?
- ‘Waste prevention’ is defined as measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste.
- For the purposes of this fund, ‘waste prevention’ is taken to encompass any actions which prevent or reduce the amount of household waste entering the local authority waste management system, and therefore includes: reuse, repair and home composting. In addition to the environmental benefits of reducing household waste, waste prevention projects can also result in financial savings for residents, community benefits (e.g. volunteering opportunities) and health benefits (e.g. household management, healthy eating).
- ‘Household waste’ covers items that you would put in your waste bin at home or take to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre. It does not include waste from commercial or business sources.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount awarded to each project will be £5,000. There is no minimum amount.
- Funding must be spent within 1 year of award of contract.
What is funded?
Projects must demonstrate:
- That they will have an impact on the population within the Hampshire County Council administrative area
- That they do not duplicate activity in the local area (e.g. District/Town/Parish) that is already taking place
- Measurable reductions in the amount of household waste, e.g. through furniture reused, or food diverted from waste.
- Social benefits (jobs/volunteer posts created, number of residents trained etc)
- Who the project is likely to directly engage.
- How the project is innovative or new (to the local area).
- The methods used to effect behaviour change.
- Sustainability/and or a degree of ‘legacy’ in terms of waste prevention outcomes. The fund will only support new, or expansion of existing products and services. It will not pay for existing activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community, neighbourhood or voluntary groups
- Registered charities
- Schools, colleges and universities
- Not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises)
- Businesses with fewer than 250 employees, i.e. Small and medium sized enterprises
- Faith groups delivering community work
- Parish Councils
- Applications will be ranked and scored based on their:
- Demonstrated impact in preventing household waste
- Innovation to services and/ or introducing new projects to local areas already proven to reduce household waste elsewhere
- Ability to be sustained post funding and/or have a legacy
- Social and community benefits.
- Experience in successfully delivering previous projects will also be assessed.
- Please note that funding will be awarded to the highest scoring applications subject to grant funds being available.
For more information, visit https://www.hants.gov.uk/community/grants/grants-list/waste-prevention-community#step-apply