# £35.2 million Lottery scheme for transforming waste launched

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/01/27/352-million-lottery-scheme-transforming-waste-launched/
- Published: 2003-01-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC) and the New Opportunities Fund (
NOF) are joining forces for a second multi-million pound funding initiative – the
Community Recycling and Economic Development (CRED) scheme, created from £35.2 million
of National Lottery money through the New Opportunities Fund’s Transforming Waste
Programme.
The partnership was forged in April 2001 when RSNC and the New Opportunities
Fund launched the successful £15.3m Social, Economic and Environmental Development(
SEED) Programme, targeting disadvantaged communities throughout England.

The CRED scheme will make £35.2m of lottery money available to community-based organisations
delivering recycling, reuse and composting projects across England, striving to 
establish new schemes in areas where they do not exist, expand existing programmes
and increase the amount of material recycled, reused or composted.

Education and awareness raising activities will play a vital role in achieving these
goals, and projects will also be expected to engage with disadvantaged communities
to improve their quality of life and provide sustainable management resources. The
scheme will offer grants of £50,000 to £300,000 to not-for-profit organisations.

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As the lead partner, RSNC will bring together a consortium of organisations in the
scheme, with a track record of developing and implementing community waste projects,
grant-giving, waste regulating and local authority waste recycling. These partners
are Community Composting Network, Community Recycling Network, CREATE UK, Environment
Agency, Furniture Recycling Network, Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee(
LARAC), London Community Recycling Network and Waste Watch.

Part of the programme, managed by the Community Recycling Network, will involve 
a Business Support Team delivering support and advice to potential and successful
applicants. The team will also facilitate open days and visits to projects demonstrating
best practice.

The Transforming Waste Programme is part of a larger initiative, Transforming Communities,
that is bringing £149m of National Lottery money to environment projects throughout
the UK. Transforming Your Space and Renewable Energy programmes are the other parts
of Transforming Communities.

Michael Singh, Executive Director, RSNC, said: The CRED scheme will provide the 
community waste sector with the fantastic opportunity of building on its already
recognised contribution to achieving Government’s waste strategy targets. The scheme
will enable RSNC and the consortium to work closely with the sector to benefit disadvantaged
communities and the environment. We take our responsibilities very seriously and
will ensure that this considerable sum of lottery money will be used to maximum 
effect.

Anyone requesting a CRED scheme application pack should contact the New Opportunities
Fund on 0845 0000 121.

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