The Greggs Foundation’s Environmental Grants Programme is now inviting applications for grants of up to £2,000 for projects in England, Wales or Scotland that deliver a real benefit to the environment. The funding can be used to cover the purchase of equipment, sessional salary costs, purchase of trees/plants, small capital projects and learning activities. The next deadline for applications is 9 March 2018.
Projects must address one or more of the following:
- Improving the local environment
- Insuring involvement of local communities
- Delivering a sustainable and measurable difference
- Supporting people in need
Not-for-profit organisations with a turnover of £300,000 or less as well as schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply. Schools are also encouraged to apply providing the project is accessible to the community outside of school hours. Schools are given the same level of priority as small locally based organisations.
The foundation is interested in projects that improve the physical environment in a way that will improve people’s lives. This can include purchase of equipment, sessional salary costs, purchase of trees/plants, small capital projects and learning activities. It is also interested in new approaches and innovative ideas as well as sustainable approaches to supporting your local environment.
The foundation is working with Project Dirt to establish an online network dedicated to all the winners of the Greggs Foundation Grant. Project Dirt is the UK’s most active network connecting and resourcing community projects. The main aim of the Greggs Foundation “cluster” network is to connect all the Greggs winning projects on an online platform, where they can easily share updates and stories of their project’s progress and connect with similar projects.