> Veolia, the UK’s leading resource management company, is inviting non-profit groups and schools to apply for funding via its community funding scheme, Sustainability Fund, to help support non-profit groups across Birmingham to improve biodiversity in their local environments and communities with grants of up to £1,000.
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2023 was an incredibly successful year for the Sustainability Fund, with 13 grassroots projects given £11,614 funding in Birmingham. This year, Veolia will continue to fund great local initiatives that protect and reserve resources but is particularly interested in projects that make a positive, long term difference to biodiversity.
Veolia’s Sustainability Fund is open to not-for-profit organisations, community groups and schools. Up to £1,000 in funding is available per project and applicants can opt to request in-kind resources or volunteers to help them deliver ecological transformation.
Applications can be made via Veolia’s website at veolia.co.uk/Sustainability-Fund or via Spacehive, Veolia’s crowdfunding partner, at spacehive.com/movement/veoliauk. The fund will be open for applications until Monday 30 September.
All applications will be considered, but projects should aim to fulfil at least one of the following criteria: enhancing biodiversity; promoting sustainable behaviours (reduce, reuse, recycle); protecting or preserving resources and the environment by using recycled, reused, or reclaimed materials.
Donald Macphail, Chief Operating Officer, Treatment at Veolia, said : “I am always thrilled to see projects we support through the Sustainability Fund coming to life, and look forward to reviewing all the creative and inspiring applications for this year. Biodiversity is one of the pillars of ecological transformation and we’re proud to be supporting the communities we work in every day to make their local areas even greener.”