Community organisations in Liverpool have until Sunday 26 March 2023 to apply for a share of £165,000 from the Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) and Veolia Community Fund 2023/24.
The funding has been made available for community and voluntary groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations, that can reduce household waste, encourage recycling and reuse and prevent carbon emissions.
There is up to £30,000 for projects which cover a minimum of three City Region districts and between £1000 and £8,000 available for projects which work at one local authority level.
The MRWA says bids must tackle one or more of the four priority household waste materials which it has identified: WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment), Food, Textiles and Furniture. However, projects can also include other household waste materials; for example, paper, plastic or metals.
Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment brings benefits to all.
Previous Community Fund projects have included local recycling guidebooks, cookery clubs to support healthy eating and reduce food waste, fruit and veg gleaning, restoring old furniture to sell for charity and refurbishing unwanted rugs for resale.
In January, the MRWA says that one project held a climate change conference with secondary schoolchildren from across Liverpool City Region to help highlight wasted clothes and textiles.
Chairperson of MRWA, Councillor Tony Concepcion, commented: “Giving groups the opportunity to get involved in looking after their environment brings benefits to all and can help us appreciate items as valuable resources rather than something which otherwise might be just thrown away.”