Aims/priorities: Grants are available for community projects delivering capital improvements to public amenities. Examples may include:
- Village hall improvements
- Nature reserves and conservation
- Village greens
- Community centres
- Public playgrounds
- Cycle paths
- Sports fields and facilities
- Country parks
- Historic buildings, structures or sites (improvements to places of religious worship will only be considered if Grade I designated. Projects to improve other historic buildings, structures or sites must be Grade I, II or II* or have another significant heritage designation i.e. Scheduled Ancient Monument)
Who can apply? Eligible organisations, who can apply for funding include:
- Voluntary organisations, community groups / associations, sports clubs (note exclusion criteria regarding membership restrictions), local and national Charities
- Parish Community Councils / Town Councils
- Local Authorities
- Social enterprises and Community Interest Companies operating on a non-profit-distributing basis. These are defined by Social UK as ‘businesses that trade to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances, or the environment. They make their money from selling goods and services in the open market, but they reinvest their profits back into the business or the local community’. Such organisations must have a minimum of three unrelated Directors.
To be eligible to apply to the SUEZ Communities Fund in England, an organisation must:
- Have a written constitution, a set of rules, or a governing document and a bank account or building society account, held in the name of the organisation, in place before applying for a grant.
- Be run on a not-for-profit basis.
- Own or hold a lease for the project site with at least 5 years remaining. Projects should be based at a project site which must be owned or leased by the applying organisation. If your organisation neither owns the project site, nor has a lease with a minimum of 5 years remaining, you are not eligible to apply. The lease must be active before any application is made. Letters of intent or draft lease agreements are not accepted.
- Have secured all required consents for the project (such as planning permission, Faculty etc). Submitted applications for consent, which have not been approved, are not accepted.
Grant amount: Not specified.
Application process: To be eligible for a SUEZ Communities Fund grant in England, your project must be located within one of our active funding zones. A funding zone is the area surrounding a qualifying site owned by our donor, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. To find out if your project site is eligible please enter its postcode using the postcode checker:
Deadline: Wednesday 21 February 2024
Contact information: Email: info@grantscape.org.uk