Deadline: 29-Sep-23
If you have a project idea that enhances biodiversity, promotes sustainable waste behaviours (reduce, reuse and/or recycle), protects or preserves resources and the environment or uses recycled, reused or reclaimed materials – then Veolia wants to hear from you!
The Sustainability Fund will provide cash sponsorship, in-kind resources or staff volunteers to support not-for-profit organisations and community groups to transform their local community or environment.
A successful project will provide evidence of one or more of the following:
- Enhancing biodiversity
- Promoting sustainable waste behaviours (reduce, reuse and/or recycle)
- Protecting or preserving resources and the environment
- Its use of recycled, reused or reclaimed materials
Veolia’s team looks favourably on projects that have considered the long-term or ongoing benefits for the community and will consider all projects based on merit.
Larger projects that require more funding are sometimes considered.
In 2022 Veolia’s Sustainability Fund received over 150 applications from up and down the country, of which 96 projects were successfully awarded funding.
These projects include:
- Incident Control Unit Green Power: funding was awarded to the Buckinghamshire Lowland Search and Rescue team of volunteers who are not only saving lives but saving the planet, mounting solar panels on their refurbished Incident Control Vehicle.
- CauliBOX is trialing the use of reusable food and drink packaging to eliminate waste from the catering industry, working towards a closed loop system.
- Warm Cafe is an initiative from Southend-on-Sea that saves food waste from local supermarkets and offers it to the local community, providing them with warm food and shelter during the cold winter months.
- Recycled Robots work with the children of Kingston to transform waste into moving robots, encouraging creativity in the environmentalists of the future.
- Brundall Community River Watch, led by the Brundall Men’s Shed in Broadland, will see that the River Yare is kept clean through regular litter picks, to save the river from pollution and contribute to their local community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any not-for-profit organisation, community group or individuals can apply to the Sustainability Fund.
- Please note: Projects applying for funding over £1000 may be required to submit further information or be asked to apply via Spacehive. Also, due to the volume of enquiries they receive, unsuccessful applicants may not receive a response. They consider applications from projects across the UK but they are particularly interested in areas where they work with the Local Authority.
For more information, visit Veolia.