# Biffaward widens eligibility for funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/04/16/biffaward-widens-eligibility-funding/
- Published: 2007-04-16T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Biffaward, the organisation which distributes landfill tax funding to environmental
and community projects across the UK, has widened its eligibility criteria for its
biodiversity and Flagship funding. Proposed project sites for biodiversity projects
can now be within 25 miles of a Biffa operation, up from 10 miles.**

Biffaward’s funding guidelines are listed on its newly redesigned website, together
with an invitation for new applications. A postcode search tool makes it easy to
discover if a project is eligible in terms of distance from a Biffa operation.

The website offers guideance on Biffaward’s funding programmes, eligibility and 
how to apply. It has been redesigned following users’ feedback and aims to avoid
jargon.

## Advertisement

![Biffaward logo](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/06/4783.jpg)

Biffaward’s Assistant Fund Manager, Gillian French, said: “Having an idea for a 
project is often just the start of a long journey and, for small organisations especially,
fundraising can be the hardest part. The new site will be a valuable tool for people
looking for funding, and is part of ongoing work to make funding more accessible.”

Martin Bettington, Chairman of Biffaward, said: “We hope that the new site will 
encourage more applications, particularly from cultural venues and organisations
planning projects to increase biodiversity, such as safeguarding wildlife habitats.”

Biffaward has made grants of over £80 million to hundreds of communities and wildlife
habitats since 1997.

 * **[Winners Celebrate Biffaward Community and Environmental Awards](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/10/07/winners-celebrate-biffaward-community-and-environmental-awards/)**(
   7 October 2007)
 * **[E.ON replaces SOURCE fund with Sustainable Energy Fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/05/06/eon-replaces-source-fund-sustainable-energy-fund/)**(
   6 May 2009)
 * **[UNICEF UK links giving to climate change adaption projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/03/31/unicef-uk-links-giving-climate-change-adaption-projects/)**(
   31 March 2010)