Deadline: 15-Jul-21
The Veolia Environmental Trust is seeking applications for its Community Grant Program to support a wide range of community and environmental projects throughout England. It is a Registered Charity (1064144) established in 1997 under the Landfill Communities Fund.
Funding Information
- 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
- Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
- a project with a total cost of no more than £250,000
- a grant application requesting between £10,000 and £75,000
- a project where the 10% CTP payment has been secured, which is required to release the grant
What will they consider?
- Project Site
- a project which will result in improvements to a single site
- physical improvement works to a building or outdoor space which has public access: e.g. community centre, public park, play area, skate park, MUGA, sports ground, woodland, nature reserve, community garden, public right of way, inland waterway
- a project with all permissions (e.g. planning) in place
- a project where the applicant is the landowner or has a formal agreement (e.g. a lease) with the landowner, with at least six years of the term remaining
- a project on local authority-owned land, where the council will provide written consent for the project to take place
- Organization
- an application from a constituted not-for-profit organisation (who’s governing documents state members or directors receive no financial benefit)
- an application from a local authority
- an organisation that accepts any grant awarded will incur an additional CTP cost
- Access
- a project to improve an outside space or community building available for everyone and anyone to use on a daily basis
- Expenditure
- construction and/or improvement of buildings, or outdoor spaces
- fixed items (e.g. kitchen cupboards and worksurfaces, boilers and radiators, windows and doors, toilets, fencing)
What they will not consider?
- Project Site
- a project that will take place in a theatre, museum, art gallery, school, library, medical centre, hospital, police station, fire station, hospice, zoo, shop, cafe, allotment, graveyard, crematorium, road, car park or where there is on-site accommodation
- historic building restoration, statues, monuments or memorials
- the purchase of land or a building
- Organization
- an application from hospice, care home, emergency service, theatre, museum, art gallery, educational organisation including a pre-school, school, university or organisation with an affiliation to a school, including PTA
- Access
- 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
- Expenditure
- costs which have already been incurred (e.g. design fees, planning application fees)
- furniture and equipment (e.g. kitchen and electrical appliances, sports equipment, lawnmowers, computers, audio and visual equipment, CCTV and Wifi)
- running costs (e.g. staff salaries, rent and maintenance fees)
- renewable energy projects that have the potential to generate income e.g. solar panels
Eligibility Criteria
- Their Community Grant Scheme is available to constituted not-for-profit organizations, local authorities and Environmental Bodies (EBs).
For more information, visit https://www.veoliatrust.org/funding/index.php?page=Our_Criteria_1