Deadline: 11-Apr-25
Waterford City and County Council invites submissions from community groups, youth groups, schools or other community development organisations, based in County Waterford, who are interested in receiving funding for local circular economy initiatives.
This scheme aims to support communities to take steps on waste prevention, re-use and repair activities in their local areas, and encourage partnership between local businesses, local schools, charities and voluntary groups.
A circular economy is based on long-life products that can be renewed, reused, repaired, upgraded and refurbished to preserve natural resources, protect habitats and reduce pollution. It is about finding ways to keep items in use longer and not generating as much waste in the first place. It’s about rethinking the way they do things – redesigning the items they use – changing attitudes and changing behaviours about what they buy and whatthey throw away.
The main focus for projects this year should be on projects to promote a circular economy e.g. repairing, reusing, building skills and knowledge in the community to facilitate repair and reuse, changing attitudes and behaviours to how they use items, reduce use of single use items (encourage use of reusable items). Applications for projects under these themes will be prioritised for funding.
Selection Criteria
- All projects should seek to encourage waste prevention and promote the circular economy
- Expenditure under this grant must be directly and fully related to waste prevention activities and cannot be used for refreshments, prizes, entertainment, or other unrelated expenditure. Please give a complete list of expenditure with your application; any expenditure not specifically funded under this grant cannot be compensated for in grant monies. Grants should be used, where possible, to leverage local business co-funding of waste prevention measures.
- If successful a payment of 50% of the approved grant shall be paid to the name of the Organisation specified on the Grant Application form. Please ensure that this name is the same as the name on the Organisation’s bank account. The balance grant of the remaining 50% will be paid following the satisfactory completion of the agreed project, receipt of a completion grant form and evidence of monies spent. Projects that receive funding will be obliged to submit a completion report on their project detailing expenditure. Non-payment of the second 50% of the grant is at the discretion of Waterford City & County Council if your completion report is unsatisfactory or does not correspond with the project/expenditure agreed on initially.
- Projects should be to a high standard and should aim at establishing or replicating best practice in relation to waste prevention.
- Any online/virtual events should be recorded or streamed live to allow as many people to attend/share the information as possible.
- All publications, print material or virtual events must reference funding through this grant if successful in obtaining funding.
For more information, visit Waterford City and County Council.