Last chance to apply for share of £165,000 green community fund
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia's Community Fund is open to applicants up until Sunday, March 14.
Previous Fund recipients at an event in Gillmoss Recycling Discovery Centre, Liverpool
Submitted by John Lally
The deadline for applications to a community fund offering a share of £165,000 to help make the Liverpool City Region a cleaner place is drawing near.
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia's Community Fund is open to applicants up until 11:59pm on Sunday, March 14.
The funding has been made available for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, who can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and resource reuse and prevent carbon emissions.
To be able to apply for funding, applicants must show that their project will also have wider positive impacts on the environment, health and education.
Councillor Tony Concepcion, Chairperson of MRWA, said: "Giving local groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment can only bring benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away."
Successful applicants can be awarded up to £30,000 for schemes which operate across all six districts in Merseyside and Halton, and between £1000 and £8,000 for projects which work solely at one local authority level.
Bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which have been identified by MRWA as key. These are:
- Food
- Plastics
- Textiles
- Furniture
An analysis of waste in the region highlighted that a greater amount of these materials could be re-used or recycled. Projects can also include other household waste materials, for example paper, card, metals.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to improve people’s diet and reduce food waste, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale.
Successful projects should receive the funding by mid May 2021 and will have ten months to deliver their schemes by March 31, 2022.
Interested groups can download the application pack via the MRWA website.
