Community groups and charities across York and
North Yorkshire are being urged to apply for grants to fund
projects that will help prevent reusable goods ending up in
landfill.
The York and North Yorkshire Waste
Partnership’s Community Reuse Fund provides
support to existing community reuse projects or to new projects
that will prevent waste by reusing things. Examples might include
projects that repair, refurbish and reuse items like furniture
redesign or refashion reusable clothing or other household items or
raise awareness of existing projects so that more people are
encouraged to reuse materials rather than throw them away.
Projects funded so far have been diverse and
include the collection and refurbishment of bikes from North
Yorkshire Household Waste Recycling Centres; a pilot project to
collect, test and sell household electrical goods; workshops to
teach crafts to create new and useful items from reused/recycled
materials, give and take days and a scheme selling nearly-new baby
and nursery equipment.
The maximum grant available is £5,000 and
applicants will be expected to raise at least 25 per cent match
funding in cash towards project costs.
“Working with the community sector in a bid to
increase reuse is a priority for the York and North Yorkshire Waste
Partnership,” said Councillor Chris Metcalfe, the County Council’s
Executive Member for waste management and Chairman of the York and
North Yorkshire Waste Partnership.
“Reuse extends the life of everyday goods; it
cuts our carbon footprint, prevents unnecessary waste going to
landfill and benefits our local community. We look forward to
hearing from community groups and charities, with new and
innovative ideas for increasing reuse across York and North
Yorkshire”.
The application deadline for the fund is 03
October 2011. Organisations interested in applying for a grant from
the Community Reuse Fund can download guidance and application
forms from the ‘community waste sector’ pages of http://www.letstalklessrubbish.com/
or contact the waste management team on 01609 532512.
If you would like to discuss your project idea
contact Helen Mellor, waste prevention officer on 01609 532045.
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