Resources and How To Guides

In this section of our website, you can access all of our published 'How To' guides and training resources. These guides and documents have been created to support Environmental Bodies (EBs) in all of their Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) activities and responsibilities. The table shows all of the documents with a brief description of the training resource. You can then click on the orange link under the 'file type' column to access the resource.

If you are looking for the ENTRUST Guidance Manual this is available in the Guidance section of our website. The Guidance section sets out the obligations and responsibilities that EBs must adhere to and this is what compliance is assessed against. The guides below are practical resources to explain how to complete forms or find funding. They also include helpful introductory guides and a handover checklist for when one volunteer or member of staff needs to hand over responsibilities to another person.

If you still require further advice or support please contact the ENTRUST Helpline by calling 01926 488 300 or email [email protected]

Name	Description	File Type
How to use ENTRUST Online (EOL) for the first time	How to use ENTRUST Online (EOL) for the first time. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
How to update an EB Main Contact through EOL	How to update an EB Main Contact through EOL. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
How to update EB Governing Members through EOL	How to update EB Governing Members through EOL. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Environmental Body Director’s Background Briefing	This provides an introduction for Governing Members on the obligations and responsibilities that they must consider in managing their EB. [Published: April 2017]	pdf - Download
How to Find Funding	This guide provides a brief introduction to the two ways organisations can find funding from the LCF. [Published: March 2019]	pdf - Download
Locating a Landfill Site	This guide details how to find the site of the nearest landfill site to a project site. [Published: April 2018]	pdf - Download
Funded Environmental Bodies Guide	This guide provides a summary of EB obligations that funders may wish to send to their project applicants who are also enrolled as an EB in their own right (or are going to be enrolled). [Published: July 2017]	pdf - Download
Handover Checklist	This checklist provides a helpful guide for when there is a new main contact at an EB. [Published: April 2017]	pdf - Download
Reporting and record keeping responsibilities	This guide is an introduction to the reporting and record keeping responsibilities of EBs. [Published: March 2018]	pdf - Download
Contributing Third Party decision tree for EBs	This guide is a Contributing Third Party (CTP) decision tree which allows EBs to check that their potential CTP is compliant. [Published: November 2015]	pdf - Download
Contributing Third Party CTP Examples	This guide provides worked examples of potential Contributing Third Party (CTP) scenarios to aid EBs in determining whether a payment will be compliant. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Guide to submitting a Form 1: applying to enrol as an Environmental Body	A guide to submitting a Form 1: applying to enrol as an Environmental Body using EOL. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Enrolment Checklist for Applicants	A checklist for organisations completing their application to enrol as an Environmental Body. [Published: July 2017]	pdf - Download
EB Enrolment Online Training Module	This is a short online training module that covers the main requirements of being an EB which can be used for those new to the LCF and as a refresher. [Published: April 2017]	pdf - Download
Guide to submitting a Form 2: project application using EOL	A guide to submitting a Form 2 project application using EOL. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Project File Checklist	This checklist allows EBs to ensure their project files contain all the necessary documents. [Published: March 2015]	pdf - Download
Guide to submitting a Form 3: contribution received directly from a Landfill Operator through EOL	This document provides an overview of the process to submit a contribution from a Landfill Operator through ENTRUST online (EOL). [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Easy Start Guide to Completing Form 4 Annual Return	An easy start guide to completing your Statutory Annual Return (Form 4) on EOL. [Published: February 2019]	pdf - Download
Guide to completing Form 4 Annual Return	A guide to completing the Statutory Annual Return (Form 4) when your EB has received and/or spent LCF money. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Guide to completing Form 4: Nil Return	A guide to completing the Statutory Annual (Nil) Return (Form 4) when your EB has not had or spent any LCF funds. [Published: July 2018].	pdf - Download
Guide to submitting a Form 7: Transfer of monies between Environmental Bodies through ENTRUST online	A guide to Form 7: Transfer of monies between Environmental Bodies, submitting a transfer through ENTRUST online (EOL). [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
Guide to submitting a Form 9: project completion form using EOL	A guide to submitting a Form 9: project completion form using EOL. [Published: July 2018]	pdf - Download
How to access information about your EB’s LCF activity using EOL	This resource provides a comprehensive guide to EBs in using EOL to obtain information about their LCF activities, using information already reported. [Published: September 2018]	pdf - Download
How to request Voluntary Revocation through ENTRUST Online (EOL)	How to request Voluntary Revocation through ENTRUST Online (EOL) [Published: February 2019]	pdf - Download

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FAQs

Q. How does the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) work?

Landfill Operators (LOs) in England and Northern Ireland pay Landfill tax to HM Revenue & Customs on every tonne of waste that they dispose of in a landfill site.

The Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) is an innovative tax credit scheme which 'offsets' some of the negative impacts of living in the vicinity of a landfill site for affected communities. Under the LCF, LOs in England and Northern Ireland are able to pay a proportion of their Landfill tax liability to not-for-profit organisations which deliver projects for the benefit of communities and the environment in the vicinity of a landfill site in England or Northern Ireland. In order to receive LCF funds from a LO these not for profit organisations must become enrolled with ENTRUST as Environmental Bodies (EBs), however most organisations receive funds from funding EBs. Funding EBs distribute money on behalf of LOs and a list of these is available on our website. In most cases enrolment with ENTRUST is not required when receiving funds from a funding EB.

Q. I’m not sure whether my project idea is eligible to receive funding from the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). How do I find out?

Projects can be registered in England or Northern Ireland. They can also be registered in Wales until 30 September 2019. Have a look at the Objects page and our Guidance Manual (Part 4: submitting a project) to see if your project idea fits with any of the areas that are eligible for funding. If you need further information contact our Helpline and we will advise you whether your project is eligible or not.

Q. How do we access ENTRUST funds?

There are no 'ENTRUST funds'. We are the Regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and we do not provide or distribute funds in any way. You can find out about how to obtain LCF funding from our finding funding page.

Register to use ENTRUST Online (EOL)

As a user of EOL you can enrol as an Environmental Body (EB), register projects and return your forms online.