Natural World Products (NWP): Sustainable Communities Fund
Overview
Ireland’s leading organics recycling firm, Natural World Products (NWP) has launched a new ‘Sustainable Communities Fund’, seeking to provide financial support to community groups within the West Belfast and Keady areas.
The fund aims to support groups and projects that demonstrate community involvement and benefit with an aim to create opportunities and empower local people.
NWP delivers over half of all household recycling in Northern Ireland.
Household waste processed by NWP is converted into organic soil conditioner used by councils, agri-growers and the horticultural sector to return organic matter to heavily farmed soils and to contribute to a reduction in peat-based growing media products, making a significant carbon capture contribution in the fight against climate change.
In line with NWP’s wider business, the funding initiative will have a strong focus on sustainability, providing assistance to groups and projects that can outline how they will make a positive contribution to sustainability at a local level.
The Sustainable Communities Fund is open to a variety of initiatives including but not limited to sports clubs, youth groups, music groups, gardening clubs and beyond.
The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund Criteria
Eligibility
Projects/groups within the following postcode areas are eligible to apply to The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund:
- The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund is open to projects that demonstrate community involvement and benefit with a focus on creating opportunities, empowering communities, and promoting sustainability.
- Organisations that apply for The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund must have been formed for a minimum of six months.
- Applications and projects that benefit all members of the community regardless of age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religion, will be given preference.
- Each application to receive funding from The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund must be accompanied by a detailed breakdown of costs including copies of estimates and details of funding from other sources.
Projects that involve the creation of a physical asset that may require ongoing maintenance, such as a garden, may require the production of a maintenance plan.
- Applicants should be aware that members of the the NWP Sustainable Communities Fund Management Committee may wish to visit their project before a decision is taken on the application.
- In advance of any payment, all successful applicants will be required to provide invoices for agreed levels of funding. They may additionally be required to provide receipts for goods and services purchased with The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund money, should these be requested.
- All money received from The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund must be spent within six months of receipt.
- The decision of The NWP Sustainable Communities Fund Management Committee is final. The Committee reserves the right not to enter into correspondence with regard to their decision.
Grants Awarded
For information on sucessful projects, visit the website