New Grant Programme Launched
We have launched an exciting new grant programme in Cambridgeshire called the 'Woodford Community and Environmental Fund'. The Fund will have approximately £140,000 available each year, using donations from Woodford Waste Management. The minimum grant that can be applied for is £5,000, with a maximum of £35,000.
Announcing the Fund’s launch, Woodford Waste Management’s Managing Director, Mark Farren, said:
What projects will qualify for grants?
Grants will be available to support projects designed to improve community facilities and those which support nature conservation objectives. Qualifying projects include funding for village hall improvements and new-builds, children's play areas, cycle paths, nature reserves, activity centres and public parks.
Funding is being made available under the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). Projects must fall within 10 miles of Woodford’s landfill site near Warboys, Huntingdon (PE28 2TX) and must comply with LCF requirements. more
Workshops for Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) Grant Applications
Following the success of our second one day training workshop, we are providing another opportunity to attend this valuable course. Designed specifically to help organisations wishing to improve their chances of securing an LCF grant, it covers all funding categories under the LCF, but specialises in biodiversity projects.
The next course will be held in London on Tuesday 21st July 2009. There are places available if you would like to attend. more
GrantScape Achieves ENTRUST Accreditation
We are extremely pleased to announce that GrantScape has achieved Accreditation status from our regulator, ENTRUST. The Accreditation scheme is a voluntary process where ENTRUST undertake a systems-based review of internal controls and governance frameworks. As we have demonstrated we reach the required standard, ENTRUST will apply a lighter regulatory touch.
Caird Bardon Community Programme
The next closing date for this programme is 6th July 2009,
12 noon.
Caird Bardon Limited have supported many worthwhile projects during the two years this programme has been running. To celebrate the achievements of the projects made possible by their support, please look at our Special Edition Newsletter.
CWM Community and Environmental Fund
Four Carmarthenshire-based groups were awarded grants totalling almost £86,000 from the CWM Community and Environmental Fund this month.
Also there has been an amendement to the Specific Funding Criteria for this programme in relation to public playgrounds. Please go to the link above for the details.
Applications to the next funding round are now invited. more
Wildlife and Green Spaces
We are very pleased to announce the names of the four groups whose projects have been awarded grants through our innovative joint grant programme with Church Urban Fund. This grant programme was open to small faith-based community groups seeking to deliver nature conservation and green space projects, with a community benefit, in London. It attracted 22 applications from across the Greater London area, seeking a total of over £150,000. The successful groups are: 
Newham Green Gym to create a wildflower grassland meadow area by clearing scrubland at East Ham Nature Reserve, Newham
St Peter De Beauvoir Town Parochial Church Council to provide a community wildlife garden and make other landscaping improvements at St Peter's Church in De Beauvoir Town, Hackney
Parish of St Thomas Becontree to provide a 'Field of Dreams' wildlife garden at St Thomas' Church, on the Becontree estate in Dagenham
Friends of St Mary's Churchyard, Leyton to enhance churchyard biodiversity at St Mary's Church in Leyton and to make this space more welcoming to visitors
