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DEFRA Greener Living Fund

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Funding available for:

Any measures

Funding Source:

DEFRA

Eligible region:

Scheme type:

Any schemes

Eligible Organisation type(s):

Any organisations

Description:

Defra has launched a new fund to promote greener living. Over £6 million is being made available to support both projects and programmes by national delivery partners between November 2008 and March 2011.
The fund will offer 2 year funding to a small number of national delivery partners. Starting with a bidding phase in 2008, its main delivery phase will run between April 2009 to March 2011 and it will complement other initiatives under the `Act on CO2¿ banner.

Eligibility criteria:

To secure funding, applicants will need to draw up and have the ability and reach to implement programmes that influence pro-environmental behaviours in the wider population. The assessment criteria will include evidence of a clear understanding of the target audience, the potential to change behaviour and the approaches which may be adopted to engage them and enable more sustainable living. In their proposals, applicants will need to demonstrate that they have the ability and reach to influence behavioural change at a grass roots level. Additionally, we hope that our funding will enable them to leverage support from elsewhere, to further greener living ideas.

Eligible expenditure:

Over £6 million is being made available to support both projects and programmes by national delivery partners between November 2008 and March 2011.

Availabilty time update:

Yes

Time scale:

Between November 2008 and March 2011.

Grant limit:

The minimum level of grant awarded will be £200k over two years (not including project preparation).

Application procedure:

Delivery partners will be selected competitively through a two stage application process: Interested organisations are invited to submit the first stage application form (PDF 170 KB) and a short concept note, following the standard template (Guidance - instructions for applicants, PDF 260 KB). The concept should include short explanations of how the intended programme or projects would meet the objectives of the GLF fund
A project preparation grant is available to support the development costs of proposals selected for the second stage of the application process. if you expect to make use of this facility, submit an application with your concept note (see Guidance - instructions for applicants, PDF 260 KB more information) for this grant. Note that this grant will only be paid to those selected for the second stage.
Your application for the first stage, concept note and application for the project preparation support for the second stage of the application process, should be submitted by the 16th of December 2008.

Application deadline:

Your application for the first stage, concept note and application for the project preparation support for the second stage of the application process, should be submitted by the 16th of December 2008.

Contact details:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/how-do-we-work/third-sector/strategy/greener-living-fund.htm

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Further information:

Around 15 candidates will be selected from those who submitted concept notes in the first stage to submit full applications in the second stage of the application process. We expect that this stage will start in January 2009 and the detailed guidance and application form will be published in due course. We envisage that as many as 10 applicants from those who submit full applications will be selected to become delivery partners, through the award of GLF grants.