Funding to allow community organisations to make improvements to the built or natural environment.

Biffa Award has now opened its Partnership Grants Scheme for the next round, accepting applications for either of the following themes:

• The Built Environment theme aims to restore, modernise and improve facilities such as cultural, heritage or visitor centres to engage and encourage tourists and/or day visitors. The facility should be inclusive and inspire and promote learning, creativity and participation.
• The Natural Environment theme aims to restore or improve the environment and the natural systems or habitats that support it. Projects must be working to Biodiversity 2020: a strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services , its successor, or a Local Biodiversity Action Plan target.

The fund is open to not-for-profit organisations in either England or Northern Ireland, providing they are located within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation or active Biffa Landfill Site and also within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site.

Grants of between £250,000 and £750,000 are on offer for work that starts in February 2023 and finishes within one year.

Applications can be made for 100% of the projects costs; however, only 90% of the grant can be paid by Biffa Award using Landfill Tax Credits. The remaining 10% needs to be provided by another source.

Grants should be used for site-based improvement work, with the majority of costs expected to be direct capital delivery work.

Project sites must be open for a minimum of 104 days of full public access to the project per year.

Preference will be given to projects:

• In which Biffa Award is the majority funder.
• Which work in partnership with other organisations.
• Which engage with people through improving their knowledge of the asset.

Applications must not cross the two themes.

The deadline to apply is 1 June 2022.

 

How To Apply

Expressions for both the Built Environment and Natural Environment themes are open until 1 June 2022. Final funding decisions are expected in November 2022.

There is a two-stage application process in place. Applicants should check the eligibilty of their project using the postcode checker on the Biffa Award website and, if eligible, will then be able complete the online expression of interest form.

Groups that are successful at this initial stage will be invited to submit a full application.