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The Green Business Network (GBN) is an award-winning Environmental Body approved by ENTRUST, the regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund. As such, the GBN can apply to and receive funding from landfill operators, for community projects.
For more information on our grant scheme, or to make a comment, compliment or complaint, please download our Funding Guidance
Communities located near to landfill sites can work in partnership with GBN to fund social and environmental improvements. This has enabled nearly 185 local projects in Calderdale, Kirklees and beyond to get off the ground, securing total funding of £3.5 million during the last 13 years. The GBN was also one of the first 20 organisations in the country to successfully register a new category DA (biodiversity) project. It is now at the forefront of the latest impetus for youth volunteering.
In June 2007, Biffaward, one of the most respected Landfill Communities Fund schemes wrote that it “is delighted to be able to support GBN in its work to improve the quality of life in the region. The breadth of GBN’s work, the partnerships that it has forged and the positive impacts that its projects have brought for local communities are a real credit to all involved”. In further recognition of this, projects that the GBN has helped through landfill tax funding have won an annual “Biffaward Award”, an RSA accredited environmental award, no less than four times.
Under the current landfill tax regulations, there are three main types of project that can be funded, which can be categorised under the following headings: Biodiversity projects, historic buildings projects and public amenity projects, click on the links below for more information on these categories.
Funding Update 2009
The Green Business Network has awarded £10,000 to the Midgley Matters Community Shop project as part of its 175th Project celebrations.
Biodiversity Projects
Biodiversity projects, according to the Landfill Communities Fund are those that deliver biodiversity conservation for UK priority species or habitats. The GBN has worked closely with local organisations to create a number of biodiversity projects.
Historic Buildings Projects
The Landfill Communities fund defines historic buildings as projects to restore or repair buildings for religious worship, or of architectural or historical interest within 10 miles of a landfill site.
Public Amenity Projects
According to the Landfill Community Fund, Public Amenity projects are those projects that provide or maintain public amenities or parks within 10 miles of a landfill site.
