Grind Coffee Small Grant Scheme
Overview
Grind has just launched the UK’s first home compostable coffee pod, certified to decompose in home compost in just 180 days (quicker than grass cuttings!). To celebrate this launch, Grind wants to support local communities in the UK get more in tune with their garden and home composting, in a bid to stop the 29,000 coffee pods that end up in landfill each minute.
They're looking for three gardens, anywhere in the UK. Each winning garden will also receive a day's consultancy support from a composting guru from the Composting in the Community Network to really give their new initiative a boost.
All eligible applicants will be assessed on how strongly they demonstrate their ability to support messages of composting and helping the community to be more sustainable through this initiative.
Eligibility:
This small grants programme is open to applications from members or representatives aged 18 or over. Applications are open to members of Social Farms & Gardens who are sited in the UK and who meet the eligibility criteria. Applicants must:
- Be a not-for-profit organisation
- Have adequate insurance in place that covers both the site and all activities covered under this grant
Only one application per Social Farms & Gardens member organisation. No bulk entries. Use of a false name, address, multiple Facebook/Instagram accounts or any breach of the Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/Google rules will disqualify any applicant from receiving the grant.
Grant:
- A grant of £1,300 will be awarded to each of the three chosen winning applicants
- The grant payment will be released on satisfactory receipt of a signed grant acceptance letter and the following supporting documents:
- Most recent annual accounts
- Public liability insurance certificate
- Successful applicants will also receive one days consultancy support from an advisor at Composting in the Community, with a value of £300.
Grant Recipient Requirements:
The successful grant recipients will be required to:
- Provide monthly updates and images about how the small grant scheme from Grind has benefited the community garden and its composting / sustainability
- Provide one blog post (minimum 500 words) after month 3 of the accepted grant. This will be to share how the community garden composting activity is going and what value it is adding to the community.
- Provide access to the community garden for Grind media representatives to capture content and images, totalling no more than 3 days, at mutually convenient times to be agreed on in advance