Scout Group able heat its hall for the first time thanks to Biffa Award
The 306th Manchester Scout Group was established in 1957 and has had a presence in Manchester for nearly 60 years, during which time it has been well supported by the community. And now, thanks to a £16,960 grant from Biffa Award, as part of the Landfill Communities Fund, the group is able to repay thatContinue reading Scout Group able heat its hall for the first time thanks to Biffa Award
100 year old roof replaced thanks to Biffa Award funding
Heath Hayes-based Community Life Church has received some major structural improvements, thanks to a £15,000 grant from Biffa Award as part of the Landfill Communities Fund. The grant has paid for a replacement roof, guttering and main entrance doors. The old roof, over a hundred years old, was badly damaged and would not have seenContinue reading 100 year old roof replaced thanks to Biffa Award funding
£20,182 Biffa Award grant will increase space on offer to local groups at Greetham Jubilee Community Centre
Greetham Jubilee Community Centre is a popular facility at the heart of the community. Its large hall is a sports hall with no windows and there is another room for meetings and parties. The centre is so popular that it is often fully-booked and another meeting room was needed. A £20,182 grant from Biffa Award,Continue reading £20,182 Biffa Award grant will increase space on offer to local groups at Greetham Jubilee Community Centre
Refurbishment project to go ahead at the Narthex thanks to £40,660 Biffa Award grant
The Cathedral of St John the Baptist (CSJB) is more than 100 years old. In 2010 the original hall underwent a significant refurbishment to create a new community hub right in the heart of Norwich. The Narthex is a large and flexible community space which includes a community cafe, a large function room and smallerContinue reading Refurbishment project to go ahead at the Narthex thanks to £40,660 Biffa Award grant
Charities and not-for-profit organisations situated near landfill sites could be eligible to apply for Biffa Award funding
Charities and not-for-profit organisations situated near Biffa’s Brookhurst, Cottonmount, Eye, Hartlebury, Houghton le Spring, Poplars, Redhill, Skelton Grange, Standen Heath or Westmill Landfill Sites could be eligible for a grant of between £10,000 and £75,000 from Biffa Award. Biffa Award’s Main Grants Scheme awards grants under three themes: Recreation projects can range from nature trails,Continue reading Charities and not-for-profit organisations situated near landfill sites could be eligible to apply for Biffa Award funding
New exhibition areas to be unveiled at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has secured more than £39,000 of funding through the AIM Biffa Award History Makers programme to fund a new exhibition showing how Elizabeth Gaskell’s work is still relevant in the 21st Century. Thanks to the funding this new ‘Amazon’s of Ardwick’ project will show how the Victorian writer and her daughters influencedContinue reading New exhibition areas to be unveiled at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Scotter Celebrates Opening of New Play Area
A much-anticipated children’s play facility in Scotter is now ready for action with its official opening ceremony held on 19 July 2021, just in time for the school summer holidays to start. Scotter War Memorial Playing Fields Committee secured £125,000 towards a desperately needed brand new play area for the children of the parish- includingContinue reading Scotter Celebrates Opening of New Play Area
Conservation workshop at Aerospace Bristol opened by Royal visitor
The ceremonial opening of Aerospace Bristol’s new Conservation in Action Workshop marks the completion of the 106-year-old hangar’s restoration, with museum staff and volunteers now preparing the new workshop to welcome visitors in August. On July 15, 2021, HRH The Princess Royal visited Aerospace Bristol as the museum’s Patron and formally opened the new ConservationContinue reading Conservation workshop at Aerospace Bristol opened by Royal visitor
New kitchen for much loved memorial hall
The Thurston Village Hall Management Committee are delighted to announce that the charity has been granted a £20,000 award from Biffa Award, a multi-million pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to communities and environmental projects across the UK. The Thurston Village Hall (known as the Cavendish Hall) wasContinue reading New kitchen for much loved memorial hall
Grant to connect Greater Manchester’s mosslands
Funding awarded to connect rare fragments of peatland for wildlife, the community and to fight climate change. The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside has received £670,000 of funding from Biffa Award to protect and restore a rare fragment of peatland in Greater Manchester. Once part of Chat Moss, one of the UK’sContinue reading Grant to connect Greater Manchester’s mosslands
Grant will enable expansion of Dunston Activity Centre
Dunston Activity Centre is a vibrant centre at the heart of the community of Dunston, offering a space for people to meet, socialise, exercise and learn new skills. Although the centre is well used, unfortunately it has often has to turn new groups away due to a lack of available space. Thanks to a fundingContinue reading Grant will enable expansion of Dunston Activity Centre
Woodland Trust Northern Ireland branches out
The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland today has announced it has acquired new land in the Belfast Hills. Thanks to funding from Biffa Award and NIEA, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity has taken ownership of 98 hectares next to Cave Hill Country Park, with plans to conserve and restore the site. The charity plans toContinue reading Woodland Trust Northern Ireland branches out
Mini-beasts receive major boost
Millions of mini-beasts in South Devon are set to benefit from improvements to their nature reserve homes after local charity, Devon Wildlife Trust, secured a £41,000 grant from Biffa Award; a multi-million pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to community and environmental projects across the UK, as partContinue reading Mini-beasts receive major boost
Scotter Children set to Celebrate New Play Area
Scotter War Memorial Playing Fields Committee has secured £123,000 towards a desperately needed brand new play area for the children of the parish. It has come after years of community events, fundraising and volunteering to work out what the children of the parish wanted and how much this would cost. The play area, which wasContinue reading Scotter Children set to Celebrate New Play Area
Transformation for popular village hall
Thanks to a grant of over £50,000 from Biffa Award, Boston Spa’s village hall has undergone a transformation. The tired and dated main foyer and toilets have been totally refurbished. The foyer is now spacious and welcoming and the toilets have been modernised and now include baby changing facilities. The accessible toilet also benefits fromContinue reading Transformation for popular village hall
Habitat secured for endangered butterfly
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce that, thanks to the generous response of the public to the plight of the endangered marsh fritillary butterfly, a new project to restore this rare species can now go ahead in 2021. An urgent appeal to raise £49,200 by the end of February, the final amount needed on topContinue reading Habitat secured for endangered butterfly
River restoration project completed
A year-long river restoration project, including volunteer tree planting, has been completed on Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust’s Woodhouse Washland nature reserve. The works will have a huge impact on local wildlife including improving conditions for fish breeding, creating habitat for wading birds and increasing the breeding opportunities for the protected species great crested newt.Continue reading River restoration project completed
Wild Improvements on the way at Lunt Meadows
Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve on the bank of the river Alt in Sefton is a uniquely wild site and one of the best spots in Merseyside to see wetland wildlife. Over 2021, this special site is on track to become even better, thanks to generous funding from Biffa Award, a multi-million poundContinue reading Wild Improvements on the way at Lunt Meadows