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Sustainability: Part 6 - For granted

How can you secure finance for sustainability projects? Kids Love Nature’s Sarah Emerson and Liverpool John Moores University’s Diane Boyd and Nicky Hirst explore some of the options

Getting a grant can make all the difference to embracing a sustainable approach. There are plenty of sources of funding, but there is an art in writing a successful grant application.

A good place to start is the Big Lottery Fund. The fund states projects should take account of environmental, economic and social sustainability. The ‘Awards for All’ scheme offers grants between £300 and £10,000.

Another scheme, Biffa Award, offers funding for providing biodiversity, and developing community spaces or buildings. Criteria include being within a set distance of a Biffa waste management operation.

The Grow Wild project from Kew provides funding of up to £4,000 to transform community spaces with native plants.

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