Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts

England

Funding Policies

Main Grants Scheme for grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 (total maximum project costs are £200,000 including VAT). For D projects - all site-based projects must be within 5 miles of a significant Biffa operation or within 10 miles of a Biffa Landfill Site. For DA projects - 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation. In addition, all projects must be within 10 miles of a licensed landfill site (not necessarily owned by Biffa Group Limited). Applications from organisations are limited to one application per meeting with a maximum of two applications per financial year. Themes eligible for funding are Cultural Facilities, Recreation, Rebuilding Biodiversity and Community Building projects. Biffa Award introduces a time limit of one year from the final payment before a new application for the same site can be submitted through the Main Grants Scheme. Projects previously funded include village halls, playgrounds, theatres, sporting clubhouses, and nature reserves. Partnership Grants Scheme is open between March and May for grants of between £250,000 and £1,000,000. Grants under this scheme are for large-scale projects of regional or national significance under two separate themes, Natural and Built Environment. All site-based projects must be within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation or Biffa Landfill Site. In addition, all projects must be within 10 miles of a licensed landfill site (not necessarily owned by Biffa Group Limited).

Projects Supported

Applications from organisations are limited to one application per meeting with a maximum of two applications per financial year.

Projects not Supported

Applications from individuals, profit-making or local government organisations, projects on or within schools/college grounds, on the premises of hospitals, hospices, rehabilitation units, residential care facilities, food banks medical centres, day-care centres, rescue centres, charity offices, nurseries or allotments - only fully constituted, charitable or not for profit organisation with no share capital can apply; Projects on sites that are owned and or maintained by borough, county, city, district, or town councils; Projects more than 5 miles from a significant Biffa Group Limited operation (15 miles for Rebuilding Biodiversity projects) or more than 10 miles of a Biffa Landfill Site; Projects more than 10 miles from a licensed landfill site (owned by any company); Core costs including staff posts, office equipment, storage or furniture; Projects with a total cost of more than £200,000 including VAT;Improvements to car parks, EV charging points, offices or services;Alterations to buildings in order to meet Disability Discrimination Act requirements or to install Changing Places Facilities; Sporting equipment, e.g. sports kit and cricket gloves; portable items not be permanently kept at the address listed as project location; Sporting related projects e.g. floodlights, pitches or pitch improvement, changing rooms, cricket nets; Other elements not funded include fencing, events, excursions, CDs and websites, publications and marketing materials, church fabric repairs, storage, feasibility studies, research, tender costs, building consents or recruitment costs, enhancement of town or village centres, e.g. signage, seating, dog waste bins and seasonal bulbs, energy saving or green technology-based projects which have a derived income, including solar panels; Retrospective funding - work that has already taken place before any grant has been awarded; projects within sporting clubhouses that have no wider community use. For a full list of elements and project types not supported for each scheme and theme, visit our website and review the guidance notes.

Application Details

Applicants are required to complete an Expression of Interest form online via http://www.biffa-award.org. If applicants are invited forward to complete a full application, a link to the online application form will be sent directly to them. Once invited, applicants need to submit their full application by a specified deadline as outlined in their invitation letter; it would be seen at the next available Board meeting. Biffa Award will hold four board meetings per year. Applicants will be advised of which meeting their project will be taken to and advised on application deadline dates accordingly.

Enrol with Entrust

From 1 April 2024, organisations no longer need to be an enrolled Environmental Body (EB) with Entrust to be eligible for a grant. If an organisation is not an EB and is awarded funding, Biffa Award will register the project with Entrust on behalf of the applicant. If the applicant is already an EB and previous projects have completed, the applicant may be able to revoke from the scheme before applying for funding. Please contact Entrust to discuss this.

Additional Information

Applicants should read the guidance notes which are available on the website: www.biffa-award.org as there are exclusions which could apply. They are welcome to contact the Biffa Award team on 01636 670000 or by email at: biffa-award@wildlifetrusts.org

EB Number

415065

EB Status

Enrolled

EB Postcode

NG24 1WT

Address

The Kiln
Waterside
Mather Road
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1WT
England

Website

http://www.biffa-award.org

Locations

England > Bedfordshire

England > Berkshire

England > Bristol

England > Buckinghamshire

England > Cambridgeshire

England > Cheshire

England > Cornwall

N Ireland > County Antrim

N Ireland > County Armagh

N Ireland > County Down

N Ireland > County Fermanagh

N Ireland > County Londonderry

N Ireland > County Tyrone

England > Cumbria

England > Derbyshire

England > Devon

England > Dorset

England > Durham

England > East Riding of Yorkshire

England > East Sussex

England > Essex

England > Gloucestershire

England > Greater London

England > Greater Manchester

England > Hampshire

England > Herefordshire

England > Hertfordshire

England > Isle Of Wight

England > Kent

England > Lancashire

England > Leicestershire

England > Lincolnshire

England > Merseyside

England > Norfolk

England > North Yorkshire

England > Northamptonshire

England > Northumberland

England > Nottinghamshire

England > Oxfordshire

England > Rutland

England > Shropshire

England > Somerset

England > South Yorkshire

England > Suffolk

England > Surrey

England > Telford and Wrekin

England > Tyne and Wear

England > Warwickshire

England > West Midlands

England > West Sussex

England > West Yorkshire

England > Wiltshire

England > Worcestershire

Types of project undertaken

D DA

Phone

01636 670000

Email

biffa-award@wildlifetrusts.org

Minimum Funding

10,000

Maximum Funding

75,000