Main Grants - Community

What is it?

Under this scheme, we look to award grants to projects that provide or improve community spaces, cultural facilities and places for outdoor recreation.

You may have a building that needs improvement in order to increase the range of services on offer to the local community. Or maybe an open space such as a park, play area or woodland that needs transforming to benefit local people of all ages. In a nutshell, we want to make sure that everyone has access to high quality local community facilities.

Over the past 11 years Biffaward has awarded funding to hundreds of projects. We receive a continuous high number of Expression of Interest forms, resulting in strong competition when granting full applications. 

         Am I eligible?

The main criteria are:

• The project's site is within 10 miles of a Biffa operation (the proximity checker on the left will tell you this)
• The project's site is also within 10 miles of a landfill site (owned by any company)
• There will be a minimum of 104 days of full public access to the project per year
• Any Biffaward grant will be used for site-based improvement work, not for equipment or running costs
• Biffaward is unable to fund requests to help an existing facility meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act
• Biffaward is unable to fund retrospectively, so you should only apply for money for work that will take place in the future.

• The applicant organisation and project are eligible for enrolment and registration with the scheme's regulator, ENTRUST. These will be conditions of any grant approved.  Please note that organisations must be not for profit.  Local authorities cannot apply or enrol.

How much can I apply for?

You can apply for between £5,000 and £50,000.

You will need to find a third party contributor(s) to provide 10% of the grant you are applying for. What's this?

How do I apply?

If you have answered 'yes' to all of the points listed above, please download this form   Expression of Interest Form July 2010.doc (221 KB) to complete and send to biffaward@rswt.org. There are no deadlines.