Guidelines for Applicants

The Fund will be managed to work in partnership with local communities in the four Boroughs to promote sustainable waste management and support environmental improvements

Applications will be judged against the following criteria:
- Community benefit
- Community involvement
- Evidence of need
- Financial viability and value for money
- Sustainability
- Deliverability
- Support from the community, local authority, and other relevant bodies

The Fund aims to distribute equal amounts of grant to each of the four Boroughs covered by the Fund.

The Fund will be used to support short or long-term projects. In the case of long-term projects, which may take some time to develop or complete, grant will be set aside for the whole project. Payment of grant may be made in instalments. Grants are available for both revenue (the costs of running or maintaining a project) and capital costs (the costs of setting up or constructing a project).

The Fund will not normally provide a grant for projects where public use is restricted to small groups or private members, or for projects where there is a legal requirement or responsibility to carry them out.

It is not an absolute requirement to provide match funding, although it is seen as adding value to a project proposal. If the WREF funding is a small part of a much larger project then the WREF would like to identify a specific element which they have supported.

Projects receiving a grant are required to acknowledge the support from the Fund (through signs, leaflets, etc).