Landfill Communities Funding
Dave Tristram
Herefordshire Council/HVOSS
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Project Development
Definitions and background
The role of ENTRUST
Funding Categories
How to locate landfill sites
LCF Funders in West Midlands
Things to think about when making an
application
Project Development Team-Who
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Established 12 years – 2 officers
Part of Regeneration Programmes Team,
Herefordshire Council(DT on secondment to
HVOSS, HMcS PD for statutory sector )
Advice and signposting on funding/match
funding/project development/business
planning etc.
Assistance on bid writing
One funding directory per year/monthly
funding update by email
Services free to access (for the time being…)
Project Development Figures
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2004-5 – 412 enq.
2010/11 – 641 enq. / £1.15m funding approx.
2011/12 – 628 enq. / £2.8m funding approx.
2012/13 – 588 enq./ £2.9m funding approx.
2013-14 – 307 enq./ £1.5m funding approx.
Grants: £457,000 to £300 in 2011/12
£1.1m to £400 in 2012/13
£405,000 to £220 in 2013/14
What is A Landfill Site?
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‘A designated site where Local
Authorities and industry take waste to
be compacted with other waste. The EA
licenses and regulates landfill sites to
ensure that their impact on the
environment is minimised’ (EA website
2013)
What Is Landfill Tax?
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Landfill Tax – ‘A tax applied to increase
the cost of landfill…long term mitigation
of environmental impacts related to
disposal’(Wikipedia 5/7/13)
Levied according to the weight of the
material disposed
Paid by landfill site operator
Introduced by John Gummer, 1996
Landfill Communities
Fund(formerly LTCS)
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Created 1997
Landfill operators receive a credit for a
proportion of the tax they send to the
government – operators can then donate this
credit to organisations set up to distribute
funding
Landfill operators can give up to 6.5% of their
landfill tax liabilities to environmental bodies
in return for a tax credit
ENTRUST
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Regulatory body set up by HM Govt.
1997
Oversees administration of Landfill Tax
Regulates and records all funding
decisions on behalf of HMRC
Not-for-profit funded by levy on your
scheme (usually 10%)
www.entrust.org.uk
Funding Categories
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A – Reclamation of land
B – Remediation of pollution
D – Public Amenities
DA – Conservation of Biodiversity
E – Restoration of buildings of historic
interest
F – Provision of financial or
administrative services to environmental
bodies registered with ENTRUST
How To Locate A Landfill Site
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Schemes require projects that are within
a specified distance of a landfill site
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
www.hmrc.gov.uk
Funders websites usually have a
postcode/building locator
If unsure of distances, use a postcode
calculator
Biffa Award
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Four Themes (Rebuilding
Biodiversity/Community Buildings/Cultural
Facilities/Recreation)
Small Grants
Main Grants(inc. Biodiversity)
Flagship
Usually quarterly panels
www.biffa-award.org
Cath Hare 01636 670083
Biffa Small Grants
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£250 - £10,000
Project value <£30,000
Must be: Within 10 miles of a BIFFA
site/ 10 miles of a landfill site
Third party 5% contribution
Categories D/DA/E
104 days pa minimum public access
Biffa Main Grants
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£10,000-£50,000
Project Value <£200,000
Covers funders main themes
Must be: Within 10 miles of a BIFFA site/ 10
miles of a landfill site (25 for biodiversity
projects)
Third party 10% contribution
Does NOT cover equipment/running
costs/disability access
104 days minimum access pa
Biffa Flagship
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£150,000-£500,000
Project value <£500,000
Must be within 25 miles of BIFFA site/10
miles of landfill
Cultural Facilities / Rebuilding Diversity
Deadline for initial applications 20/08/13
Discuss with them before you apply
Several examples listed on web page
SITA Trust
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Two main programmes – Enhancing
Communities / Enriching Nature
Has supported 3300 projects to a value
of £93m since 1997.
115 sites / 4 in WM – Packington (E.
Birmingham)/Granville(Telford)/Alkerton
sitatrust.org.uk
01454 262910
SITA Enhancing Communities
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Physical improvements to amenities
and historic buildings
Core Fund (up to £60,000/max size
£250k/ 3 rounds per annum)
Fast Track(up to £20,000/bi-monthly)
Must be within 3 miles of SITA site and
10 miles of landfill site
Need 11% third party contribution
SITA Enriching Nature
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£2.25m allocated between 9 regions
Must be within 10 miles of a landfill site
Once a year application – deadline
January, panel July-applications for
2013 now closed
Species and habitats defined as ‘being
of principle importance’ in Natural
Environment and Rural Communities
Act 2006
Veolia Trust
Primarily fund Categories D/DA/E (if A or B need to
discuss with them first)
 Applies to both landfill and general refuse sites- need
to be within 5 miles
(e.g. Bromsgrove/Rugby/Telford/Hereford)
 Interested in 'wider community’ benefit
 Open to not-for profit etc.
 Two stages – EOI/Full application
 Quarterly panels, process usually 7-8 months
 www.veolia.org.uk
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Veolia Trust (2)
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Maximum project size £500,000
Awards usually £20-£40,000 (maximum
£100,000)
Quarterly panels, process usually 7-8 months
Open 104 days pa etc.
Need to secure 5% in match
Management costs allowed (up to 10%)
Management/Professional ceiling 15%
Veolia Priorities
Timing
 Value For Money
 Consultation
 Use of Volunteers
 Access to Facilities
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‘Getting The Best From Your Project’
(Veolia Website)
WREN
Company limited by guarantee (est.
1997)
 Check on applicant eligibility
 ‘Manage’ applications
 Evidence of need important
 Process is ‘first come first served’
 www.wren.org.uk
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WREN Small Grants
Grants £2,000-£15,000
 Maximum project size £50,000
 Public amenities focus
 All info must be ‘in possession of panel’
prior to decision
 Must be within 10 miles of FCC Landfill
site
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WREN Main Grants
Grants £15,001 -£75,000
 Similar priorities to Small Grants,
therefore only interested in Category D
projects
 Limited number of projects supported
 Look at – match/need/sustainability
 Helpline - 01953 717165
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WREN Biodiversity Action
Fund
Projects £75,000 – £250,000
 Maximum of 5 years duration
 Within 10 miles of any licensed landfill
 Work around BAP related habitat
 Can be more than one site
 WM eligible –
Shropshire/Staffordshire/Warwickshire/
West Midlands(County)
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WREN Heritage Fund
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Operated by NCH
Grants £15,000-£75,000 (10 % contribution
from third party)
Runs January – May – open again in 2014
For ‘urgent structural repairs to Grade 1/ 2*
buildings
Site within 10 miles of landfill in ‘a county
where WREN operates
WM-Warwickshire/Coventry
CORY Environmental Trust
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Established 2003
£9.1m awarded to 240 projects
Panels 3 time per year
Interested in ‘positive community
impact’
Categories A/B/D/DA supported, E ‘low
priority’
WM - Dudley
www.coryenvironmental.co.uk
Ibstock Cory
Different to Cory Environmental
 Established 2001
 Categories A/B/D/DA/E
 £4.3m awarded to 240 projects
 Priority areas – Sevenoaks/South
Gloucs./Dudley (Himley)
 Awards around £15,000
 www.coryenvironmental.co.uk/ibstock
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CORY/Ibstock Cory –
Interests
Consultation
 Energy Efficiency
 Environmental Benefit
 DDA Access
 Public Access
 Publicity
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Angela Haymonds (01753) 582513
Highfield South Trust
Formed 2008
 Distributes £80,000 pa
 Categories A/B/D/DA/E supported
 Eligible areas – Rushall/Shelfield/High
Heath (Walsall/Brownhills)
 highfieldsouthtrust@btconnect.com
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WTOF
Established 1995
 Need to be within 10 miles of waste site
 £100,000 pa
 Category D priority
 Panels flexible
 Eligible areas –
Herefordshire/Worcestershire
 info@wtof.org.uk
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Lafarge Construction
Same principles as landfill operators
 200 sites across UK
 Categories A/B/D/DA/E
 Needs to be within 7 miles of Lafarge
site / 10 miles of licensed landfill site
 Not for profit/community involvement/
sustainable
 01629 539182
 www.lafarge.co.uk
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CEMEX Community Fund
Like landfill, but cement
 Fund around £150k pa, two panels pa
 Categories D/E supported – stand alone
 Within 3 miles of CEMEX site/10 miles
of landfill site
 Needs to be innovative, and to where
possible strengthen relations
 www.cemexcf.org.uk
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Trust Funding
Around 9,370 trusts in UK
 Reduction of approx 20% funding since
2008
 Varying modes of application and levels
of response – be patient!
 Various searches available –
DSC/Grants Online/ NCVO/Sandwell
Council and Sandwell CVS
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Outputs or Outcomes?
More funders looking at Outcomes (and
this includes Landfill funders) – what's
the difference?
 Outputs – Relate to quantity and direct
activity
 Outcomes – Relate to quality and
changes that result from that activity
 You will always need Outputs to
achieve Outcomes!
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DSC- The Wasted Work of The Voluntary
Sector (2010)
984,000 applications reviewed from
2008/9
 361,149 applications ineligible (36%!)
 If each application took 20 minutes…
 …that’s 13 ¾ years of wasted work and
time
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DSC 2010 Recommendations For
Applicants
READ THE GUIDANCE!!!
 Talk to the funder
 Do your research
 Target applications
 Clear, concise and jargon free
applications
 Think Think Think – what difference
does it make?
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Why Bids Fail
Wrong information submitted
 Constitutional Issues
 Match funding Issues
 Poor budgeting
 Poor levels of consultation
 Poor quality or insufficient Outputs /
Outcomes
 Too much competition
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Contacts
Steve Baylis 0121 525 1127
 Jen Harrison -0121569 3326
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Dave Tristram 01432 343932
 dtristram@herefordshire.gov.uk
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