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.
• Following on from your initial 'Expression of Interest', if your organisation is invited to complete a Full Application for Biffaward funding, you will be required to enrol your organisation with ENTRUST as an Environmental Body and also register the project with ENTRUST under category D or E.

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 File 'docs/general/MGS Expression of Interest Form.doc' not found to complete and send to apply@rswt.org. There are no deadlines.