Sources of Potential Funding

1. DEFRA - Waste Implementation Programme (WIP)
June 2006 - 31 March 2008 - Behavioural Implementation Plan - £16.1m "To encourage recycling and composting by householders by supporting communication and awareness training activity carried out by local partners." Within the above, £0.5m is allocated to community sector.
www.defra.gov.uk

2. INTERREG/Objective 3 - to be launched 2007 Possibilities lie in "Transfer of Technology" and "Energy" priorities.
www.interregnorthsea.org

3. Big Lottery Fund - Changing Spaces - £234m between 2006- 2007. One of three priorities is "local community enterprise"

Also includes:
Transforming Waste Programme
Part of the Fund's transforming communities initiative, this is a delegated programme run on an open application basis. The award partner accepts applications from community groups, etc. The programme supports community recycling, reuse and composting projects to increase the amount of waste collected in deprived communities.
www.nof.org.uk

4. "Futurebuilders" - relevant for community enterprises. If you represent a voluntary or community organisation needing finance to deliver public service Futurebuilders could be right for you. They provide a mixture of loan and grant finance, together with support to help organisations build capacity and increase effectiveness.
www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk

5. Adventure Capital Fund
The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) was launched in December 2002. It was set up to make new forms of investment in community organisations.The ACF aims to strengthen local communities by investing in organisations that work in and for those communities. By helping organisations to become stronger and more self-sufficient through enterprise, the ACF aim to help them become sustainable in the long term and better able to control their own destinies by becoming less reliant upon short-term grants.

The ACF is a unique funding combination of three government departments plus several regional development agencies, and is delivered through a partnership of leading players in social and economic regeneration.
www.adventurecapitalfund.org.uk

6. Your Local Authority - Regeneration Section usually within a Planning/Environmental Department, can advise re. funding.

7. ENTRUST - is the private sector not-for-profit company which is approved by Revenue and Customs as the sole regulator of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. ENTRUST's prime responsibilities are to enrol qualifying organisations as Environmental Bodies and to audit and inspect their activities to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Landfill Tax Regulations 1996.
www.entrust.org

8. BIFFAWARD Recognised as one of the most respected landfill tax credit funded schemes, to date, Biffaward has distributed £74,090,366 to more than 1,000 projects throughout the UK.

From here you can access information about the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme, how to make an application for funding, find out about the projects Biffaward have supported and the latest news from Biffaward.
www.biffaward.org

9. GrantsFirst Local consultants specialising in funding advice.
www.grantsfirst.com

10. GRANTfinder is much more than just a database. Since 1985, it has been and still remains the leading source in the UK of accurate and comprehensive information on the full range of UK and EU financial support provision, including grants, subsidies, loans, venture funding and other incentives, available to all types of business, from the sole trader to the multinational company; to voluntary and community groups; to charities and charitable arms; to each and every aspect and every level of the public sector.
www.grantfinder.co.uk