The Sustainable Action Grant of £2,000 to Dundee City
Council for 2002-2003 was to enable the Council and its
partners to establish a Landfill Tax Trust, Sustain Dundee,
and commission community-based projects promoting
sustainability.
Sustain Dundee was established as a charitable company
limited by guarantee in March 2003 and registered with
ENTRUST, and the grant contributed to legal costs. It is a
multi-agency group of private, public and voluntary
organisations including Scottish Enterprise Tayside, the
University of Dundee, Tayside Recyclers, Community and
Voluntary Alliance, NCR and Forward Scotland as well as the
Council.
In its mission statement, Sustain Dundee 'exists to
encourage and support projects which promote sustainability
in its widest sense, including land improvement, measures
to combat pollution, preservation and improvement of
historic and architecturally important buildings,
sustainable resource use and biodiversity for benefit of
the public.'
Sustain Dundee is linked into the community planning
process through the environment theme group, Dundee
Partnership for the Environment, and seeks to work with
organisations such as Dundee Sustainability Forum and
Greenspace Scotland. It endeavours to act as a catalyst for
projects, providing support and guidance to existing groups
and encouraging new ventures. Sustain Dundee sought to
develop bids to Biffaward for biodiversity projects.
Changes in the Landfill Tax Credit scheme impacted on
anticipated levels of funding. The business plan identified
the need for a development officer to maximise the levels
of support available for sustainability projects in
Dundee.
Sustain Dundee is supported by Dundee City Council
through officer time and input from the Directors.
For further information please contact:
Alison Anderson
Waste Management Department
Dundee City Council
Marchbanks
34 Harefield Road
Dundee
DD2 3JW
Tel: (01382) 432785