Biffa Award

Under their Main Grants Scheme for grants of between £10,000 and £75,000, they have four different funding themes, each with its own eligibility criteria. These are:

Rebuilding Biodiversity

This covers a variety of living things and includes all species of plants and animals and the natural systems and habitats that support them. It is important that they are protected, and that the environment can adapt to threats such as climate change.  

Community buildings

Aims to improve buildings at the heart of their communities, such as village halls, community centres and church halls.  

Recreation

 This covers projects which will benefit people in their free time, but also includes renovations of clubhouses which have a wider community use outside of sporting activities, for example a space that is used by the community in much in the same way as a village hall.  

Cultural Facilities

Aims to improve recreation, interest and education. The project could be based within a theatre, gallery, museum, concert hall, arts or heritage centre.

It must be open to the public and be inclusive and inspire and promote learning, creativity and participation.

Local communities should be able to enjoy, benefit and engage with collections, exhibits or performances taking place within such institutions as often as possible.

The site must attract tourists or day visitors.  

Your organisation must be a fully constituted, charitable or not for profit organisation with no share capital.

Applications from local authorities, councils, hospices, hospitals, day-care centres, rehabilitation units, residential care facilities, and schools are not eligible for Biffa Award funding.

They cannot accept applications for projects on the grounds of any of the above or on allotments.

The project must be eligible for registration with the Landfill Communities Fund scheme regulator, Entrust.

The project must meet the following criteria:

• Application value must be between £10,000 and £75,000
• Total project cost must be no more than £200,000 including VAT
• The project site must be within five miles of a significant Biffa Operation or within
  10 miles if this is an active Biffa Landfill Site (15 miles for Rebuilding Biodiversity
  projects) AND within 10 miles of any licenced landfill site in England and
  Northern Ireland.
  Please refer to the postcode checker on the Biffa Award website
• A Third Party Contributor should be identified to fund 10% of the application
  value
• The project must not cross over different themes
• 75% of shortfall funding must be secured if Biffa Award is not being asked to fully
  fund the project
• Minimum of 104 days of published and full public access each year
• If the organisation does not own the project site, a fully signed lease between the landowner and the applicant, with at least 10 years remaining must be in place
  for Community Buildings, Cultural Facilities and Recreation projects. We cannot accept any other forms of agreement, including but not limited to, heads of terms or underleases. For Rebuilding Biodiversity projects, a signed landowner agreement with at least eight years remaining must be in place if the applicant does not own the project site
• If planning permission is required, it must have been granted before you submit
  an Expression of Interest

Please note you cannot re-apply for funding on the same site of a previous Biffa Award grant within one year of receiving your final payment.

In addition, they can only accept a maximum of two Full Applications per financial year from any one organisation.

Only one application per organisation will be considered at any Board meeting.

Within 5/10 miles of licensed landfill site or 10/15 miles of significant operation.