Material Focus - Electricals Recycling Fund (UK)
Material Focus awards funding for projects that make it easier for UK householders to reuse and recycle their electrical goods. Through the Electricals Recycling Fund, grants of up to £100,000 are available for projects seeking to grow or develop existing household waste and recycling collection services for small household electricals, and grants of up to £50,000 for projects that seek to innovate new collection methods.
Eligibility
Any UK registered organisations including local authorities, waste collection authority areas, contractors, reuse organisations, not-for-profits, community sector organisations, producer compliance schemes, retailers and startups.
Funding amount
Grants of up to £100,000 are available for projects seeking to grow or develop existing household waste and recycling collection services for small household electricals.
Grants of up to £50,000 are available for projects that seek to innovate new collection methods.
Successful projects can spend funding on:
- the purchase of new bins/collection points (‘bring banks’)
- the adaptation of waste collection vehicles to include cages for kerbside WEEE
- vehicle rental
- installation of bins
- communication and marketing materials
- staffing costs to cover the time spent planning and delivering the project
Closing date
Applications can be submitted at any time.
More information
Please visit the Material Focus website or contact Material Focus.
Groundwork KeolisAmey Docklands Community Grant Funding
The KeolisAmey Docklands Community Grant Funding is a recent initiative. It's funded by KeolisAmey Docklands, the DLR operator.
The grant programme is designed to give back to the communities that use the DLR by providing grant funding for a range of community projects
Eligibility
The programme is offering grant funding to the following organisations:
- Educational Establishments i.e. schools, playgroups/nurseries/pre-schools
- Parent Teacher Associations
- Religious Organisations
- Registered Charities
- Individuals/Informal/unconstituted groups (though they will need to partner with a constituted group to deliver their project
- Company Limited by Guarantee
Funding amount
KeolisAmey Docklands Grants offers grants of between £1,000 to £10,000 for eligible organisations within a three-mile radius of any DLR station.
A total of £10,000 will be available each month, for 10 months from February to November 2024. There is a total of £100,000 available for the full period.
Closing date
4 November 2024. There will be 10 deadlines in this period. Applications will be assessed and awarded after they are received.
More information
Please visit the Keolis Amey Docklands Community Grant Funding or email ambassadors@keolisameydlr.co.uk
City Bridge Trust – Making London a Greener City For All
Funding is up for grabs for local projects that tackle climate change fairly. It's open to groups into climate and nature or new to eco efforts.
Eligibility
Organisations that are eligible to apply:
- Charities established and registered in the UK
- Registered charitable incorporated organisations
- Charitable company
- Registered charitable industrial and provident society (IPS) or charitable community benefit society (BenCom)
- CIC (community interest company) limited by guarantee
- Constituted voluntary organisations can apply for the Small Grants programme, but not our other funding programmes.
Funding amount
Up to £10,000
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the City Bridge Foundation or email funding@citybridgefoundation.org.uk