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Extra funding for community waste initiatives
08/01/2004
A further £1 million funding for community sector waste
initiatives was announced today.
This follows last October's announcement of a new
funding scheme of £2.5 million per year in 2004-05 and
2005-06.
The temporary funding will safeguard existing community
based projects and ensure a smooth transition to new
support arrangements due to come into effect later this
year.
Environment Minister Ross Finnie said:
"The Executive is committed to delivering more
sustainable use of valuable resources too often squandered
as waste.
"The community sector plays a significant role in
delivering the National Waste Strategy objectives of
reducing, reusing and recycling waste and raising
awareness.
"To ensure that valuable work already being delivered by
the community sector continues, this £1 million fund will
run for up to a year. It is aimed at existing sustainable
waste management projects which have previously received
support through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.
"We are keen to see community initiatives delivered on a
more sustainable basis. From this year, new projects will
be eligible to apply to the £2.5 million 'Strategic Waste
Fund: Community Sector."
Iain Gulland, Chair of the Community Recycling Network
Scotland added:
"CRNS are pleased that measures are being taken to
enable deserving projects to continue uninterrupted as
arrangements for future funds are put in place. We look
forward to working with the Executive and the groups
concerned in developing community sector activity over the
coming years."
The temporary fund announced today will be administered
on the Executive's behalf by ENTRUST. Projects which
consider they may be eligible for temporary fund support
should register their interest by January 30, 2004 with
ENTRUST: Acre House, 2 Town Square, SALE, Cheshire, M33 7WZ
jimgraham@entrust.org.uk.
The "Strategic Waste Fund: Community Sector (temporary
support)" will run for no more than one year. The
administrative costs of the temporary scheme will be borne
separately by the Executive and will not come out of the £1
million allocated to projects. Funding for this programme
is coming out of consequentials received by the Executive
following changes to the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.