Funding for community-based waste recycling to close

Howard Lake | 13 January 2005 | News

Although the CRED programme is due to close in Autumn 2005, there is still time to apply for some of the remaining funds.

The CRED Programme is a £36.5 million initiative funded by the Big Lottery Fund through its Transforming Waste initiative and is administered through the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. The fund, which has been operating since 2003 provides grants to Community based organisation, in particular those based in areas of economic disadvantage to develop community based recycling, reuse and composting projects that encourage community involvement.

Although the fund is due to close in Autumn 2005, when it is expected that all the funds will have been allocated, there is still time to apply for funding under this initiative, although it is now too late to apply for the original three year funding as projects must be completed by the end of 2007.

To be eligible for funding projects must fulfil the following criteria:

• Increase the amount and range of materials diverted away from final disposal
• Increase the numbers of households participating in waste recycling, reuse and composting projects
• Develop sustainable communities

Projects will be expected to provide match funding in order to maximise Lottery funding.

Applications can be made at any time between now and the Autumn 2005.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.