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Biffaward (6)

Charity No. : 207238

Purpose of Trust Fund :
Biffaward is a multi-million pound environmental fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, which utilises landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services. Biffaward support a large number of projects across the UK which enhance communities or biodiversity.

Trust Fund Policy:
To be eligible, your project's postcode should be within 10 miles of a Biffa landfill operation.

Beneficial Area(s):
UK - project postcode should be within 10 miles of a Biffa landfill operation.

Nature of Grants:
Small Grants Scheme: £250 - £5,000

Often groups only need a small amount of money to make a difference to a local facility, be it a community building, nature reserve, cultural facility or outdoor space. The Small Grants Scheme offers quicker access to lower levels of funding to make these projects happen.

Main Grants Scheme: £5,000 - £50,000

Biodiversity Projects - Biffaward looks to support site-based projects that protect and enhance biodiversity across the UK, particularly those concentrating on species and habitats that have been identified as a priority in Biodiversity Action Plans or similar documents.

Community Projects - Under this scheme, Biffawards look to award grants to projects that provide or improve community spaces, cultural facilities and places for outdoor recreation.

Flagship Scheme: £150,000 - £500,000

Through the Flagship Scheme, Biffawards look to fund projects that have something unique and exciting that no other project in the region, or country, has. The Flagship Scheme supports two themes - 1.Rebuilding Biodiversity and 2. Cultural Facilities. Biffawards no longer funds community buildings through the Flagship Scheme.

Grants Given: £5.47m in 2008/09
Annual Income: Unknown.

Restrictions:
- Core costs, i.e. management charges, salaries or running costs
- Improvements to car parks, offices or services
- Alterations to help an existing building meet Disability Discrimination Act requirements
- Personal kit or equipment, e.g. sports shirts, cricket gloves
- Computers, bicycles, boats, vehicles, groundsheets, mowers, scarifiers, scoreboards/boxes, mobile phones. This is because Biffawards can only fund site-based projects, and portable items could in theory be moved away from the site. Note: some portable sports and maintenance equipment that will be kept on one site will be judged on a case-by-case basis. You will need to demonstrate that the equipment will directly improve the site.
- Fencing
- Projects in school buildings or grounds, or on allotments
- Events, CDs and websites
- Purely fabric repairs, e.g. to bell towers, church spires etc.
- Enhancement of town or village centres, e.g. signage, seating, dog waste bins and seasonal bulbs
- Storage containers

Method of Application:
Please refer to website for application process: http://www.biffaward.org

Contact Details:
Gillian French
Biffaward Programme Manager
The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
The Kiln, Waterside
Mather Road
Newark
NG24 1WT

Email Address : grants@rswt.org

Telephone No. :01636 670000

Website URL : http://www.biffaward.org