Plastic bag levy raises £1.3m in NI for environment projects
Howard Lake | 10 September 2014 | News
The Northern Ireland Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has announced £1.3 million funding from the carrier bag levy for the NGO Challenge Fund 2015 which will support environmental projects.
The Challenge Fund will provide funding for short term projects which have to be completed by March 2015 and three year projects which end in 2017.
Funding themes include:
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- Access and recreation
- Community action
- Education and awareness
- Environmental management
- Historic environment
- Marine and freshwater
Funding will also be provided under a separate schools theme.
Last year 363 applications were made to the Challenge Fund with 251 grants provided. Grants will be allocated in this round of funding in three categories – small (under £10,000), medium (under £20,000) and large (under £30,000).
Organisations must have been in existence for two years or must have a track record of delivering environmental projects. The deadline for both the short term and longer term grants is 3rd October and application details are on the NI Environment Link website.
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