Landfill Disposal Tax Community Scheme
A grant funding programme to help communities living within five miles of certain waste transfer stations or landfill sites take action for their local environment.
The eighth round of the Landfill Disposal Tax Communities scheme is now accepting applications of grants between £5,000 – £49,999 for projects beginning from September 2022.
The closing date for applications is 3 July 2022 at 23:59.
Who and what will it fund?
The fund will be open to any organisation for projects focusing on one or more of the following themes:
Biodiversity – create resilient ecological networks for the benefit of a range of habitats and species:
Improve conditions to help native species, pollinators and provide opportunities for new planting
Restore, maintain and enhance natural habitats
Engage and support participation and understanding to embed biodiversity
Waste minimisation and the diversion of waste from landfill – promote awareness and best practice to reduce the amount of waste produced:
Encourage prevention, re-use, recovery and recycling of waste
Reduce food waste and support initiatives such as composting
Engage and support understanding to enable waste to be seen as a resource
Wider environmental enhancements – bring wider community benefit through improving quality of place:
Create community green spaces and support green infrastructure
Bring neglected and run-down areas back into community use
Maintain or improve community facilities, for example community halls
For more information, visit: https://wcva.cymru/funding/landfill-disposals-tax-communities-scheme/