Deadline: 22-Jun-23
The Veolia Environmental Trust has launched the Community Grant Scheme to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
Priorities
- Promotes community action and wellbeing
- You need to have consulted everyone who uses the project site (current and potential) who will benefit from this project.
- Ensure the results of the consultation are included in the project aims.
- You will, where possible, make use of volunteers to deliver the project.
- Volunteering opportunities will increase as a result of this project.
- Is inclusive and accessible to everyone and anyone to use
- The project actively encourages greater use by all members of the general public, from different cultures, religions, ages, genders, backgrounds and disabilities from accessing and using the site.
- Inspires the creation of a sustainable carbon neutral community space
- The project will reduce the carbon footprint of the site.
- You will be working towards goals to make the project site carbon neutral.
- Protects and enhances biodiversity and natural habitats
- Your project will increase biodiversity at the project site.
- The delivery of this project will not damage or destroy natural habitats.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
Funding Duration
- A project that will physically start within four months of being awarded a grant.
- A project that will complete within 12 months of its start date.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Community Grant Scheme is available to:
- Constituted not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and Environmental Bodies (EBs).
Ineligible Projects
- A project that forms part of a larger project.
- A project that has already started or is anticipated to start before formal agreements are signed.
- A project that intends to generate an income for use other than for the upkeep of the project site.
- A project site with restricted access e.g. prevents use by any person or user group defined by age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.
For more information, visit The Veolia Environmental Trust.