2006

12/12/2006 - On Monday 4th December, London Remade hosted a key seminar entitled 'Keeping up with the Game: Closing the Recycling Loop' to mark the end of its successful two-year closed loop recycling initiative. The event, which was held at the Brit Oval in London, was attended by 140 delegates including representatives from British Airways, Accenture, the Royal Albert Hall, Leith at the British Library and Chessington World of Adventures.

05/12/2006 - After some 5 years in the planning, the historic town of Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire now has a splendid new footbridge spanning the River Ouzel.

14/11/2006 - On Sunday 5th November, St Barnabas' Church in Linslade, Bedfordshire, formally celebrated the completion of stage one of its ambitious redevelopment project.

27/10/2006 - The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) has now been officially renamed the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF).

13/10/2006 - On Thursday 12 October 2006, GrantScape held a special event to celebrate the achievements our Biodiversity Challenge Fund has made by distributing £6 million over the last 2 years to exceptional biodiversity projects in England and Wales.

25/09/2006 - On Saturday September 16th, the communities of Flitton and Greenfield celebrated the opening of their splendid new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) at the two villages' annual Gala.

11/09/2006 - This year sees the Calor Village of the Year competition celebrating its 10th anniversary, and to mark the occasion they are running a special 'Best of the Best' awards competition.

05/09/2006 - After over 7 years of hard work by Akeley Village Hall Committee and its supporters, the village of Akeley in Buckinghamshire now has a splendid new hall for use by its residents and local community groups.

31/08/2006 - At our last Trustees meeting, three new Trustees were appointed to the GrantScape Board.

31/08/2006 - GrantScape Services Ltd is pleased to announce that Steven Henry has recently joined the Board of Directors. Steven's substantial track record of business success will enable him to play a valuable role in the development of the company.

10/08/2006 - The Community Buildings programme is a new Big Lottery Fund programme, designed to help local communities fund the creation or improvement of buildings such as community centres and village halls.

10/08/2006 - For the second year running the Bucks Real Nappy Initiative has been judged as runner-up in the large campaigns category of the National Real Nappy Week 2006 Campaign Awards.

26/07/2006 - Adrenaline Alley's huge new indoor skate-park in Corby, Northamptonshire is now open to the public.

03/07/2006 - On Friday 23rd June, the RSPB held an informal event to celebrate the opening of a new public path across the large expanse of heathland habitat that it is restoring at The Lodge Nature Reserve, near Sandy in Bedfordshire.

26/06/2006 - A trip to Towneley Park, Burnley, will go with even more of a swing after work to refurbish its Riverside playground.

15/06/2006 - We are delighted to announce details of the successful applicants under GrantScape's Biodiversity Challenge Fund 2006.

05/06/2006 - At Havering Park in Essex, the Woodland Trust has acquired 53 hectares of arable land on the boundary of its existing holding in the ancient forest at Hainault; the latter being a Site of Specific Interest that supports an astonishing range of wildlife.

05/06/2006 - Victory Wood, overlooking the sea and the Isle of Sheppey, is the largest of the 'fleet' of 33 new woods being created by the Woodland Trust across the UK to mark the 200th anniversary of Admiral Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805.

19/05/2006 - Did you know that the civil war battlefield site at Naseby doesn't have the facilities to explain the significance of this important battle?

24/04/2006 - Stotfold Mill is located on the River Ivel in Stotfold, Bedfordshire and is of national importance with its unique water wheel being the largest corn-grinding mill wheel in Britain.

04/04/2006 - HRH the Duchess of Gloucester GCVO visited the recently refurbished and extended Chellington Centre on Friday morning (March 31st) at 11:30 am.

13/03/2006 - The 2006 Biodiversity Challenge Fund has now closed.

25/02/2006 - The 'PONTY' (People of Now Think Youth) project opened its doors on 30 January 2006 following years of hard work and fund raising.

08/02/2006 - Liz Payne (Grant Manager) and Andrew Budd (Grant Officer) attended the World Wetlands Day Conference 2006 in London on 2nd February.

02/02/2006 - Using a grant of £14,000 from GrantScape towards cladding and insulation of the Scout Centre Building, work on the external refurbishment has now been completed.

23/01/2006 - Our Finance Director, Anne England has recently completed a PgDip in Charity Accounting & Financial Management at Cass Business School. She is now going on to convert this to an MSc.