Main Grants - Community

What is it?

Under this scheme, we 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.

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 funder(s) to provide 10 per cent of the grant you are applying for.

How do I apply?

PLEASE NOTE - applying to the Main Grants scheme has just been made simpler and more efficient. A new Expression of Interest form is now available, which will help speed up our initial assessment process and save applicant's time. For more information see our news page.

If you have answered 'yes' to all of the points listed above, please download this form   BOM110 MGS Expression of Interest Form.doc (141.5 KB) to complete and return to Biffaward. There are no deadlines.