Derbyshire Environmental Trust and Funding from the Landfill Communities Fund
The Derbyshire Environmental Trust (DET) was set up in 1997 to raise landfill funds for a wide range of community and environmental projects across the county.
The Landfill Communities Fund (LCF)
The LCF was formerly known as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. It was set up in 1996. The fund enables landfill operators to donate part of their annual tax liability to environmental bodies such as DET. The donations can then be spent on eligible community and environmental projects.
The landfill operator can reclaim 90 percent of its contribution as a tax credit. The remaining 10 per cent can be found either by them or an independent third party.
Who can apply?
Applicants must be not-for-profit, have a constitution, elected officers and a bank account. Projects cannot have started and must be open to the general public.
For details of the type of projects that are eligible see the document "approved objects" in the more information section. The document "project examples" gives details of schemes that have received grants in the past.
The Derbyshire Environmental Trust (DET)
To meet the need for landfill tax contributions to go through an environmental body, the county council established DET in August 1997.
DET is registered with ENTRUST (the regulator of the LCF) as an environmental body (No. 014033). It is registered in England as a Company Limited by Guarantee (No. 3428850) and is a Registered Charity (No.1115855).
A list of trust members is available in the document "Trust Members" in the more information section of this page. To date DET has secured almost £11 million from landfill operators for around 630 projects throughout Derbyshire and further afield.
Lafarge Aggregates Limited and Concrete UK Limited
The Trust has administered funding from the Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete UK Landfill Communities Fund since 1998. If your project is in the vicinity of a Lafarge Aggregates operational sites you may be eligible to apply for grant. In Derbyshire Lafarge Aggregates has have sites at Whitwell, Dowlow (near Buxton), Chaddesden (in Derby), Barrow on Trent/Swarkestone, Nether Langwith and Renishaw. There are also sites at Alrewas (Staffs border) and Hemmington (Leics border). Normally projects must be a 7 miles radius of such a site. The project site must also be within a 10 radius of a licenced landfill site.
Contact DET for full details and an application pack. A leaflet about the Fund is available to download from the bottom of this page.
Biffaward
DET is able to apply to Biffaward for funding towards projects adopted by the Trust. To be eligible projects must be within 10 miles of a Bifffaward operation and 10 miles of a licenced landfill site. The project must also meet the criteria of the Biffaward grant scheme (see link below).
Veolia Environmental Trust
The Trust can also apply to Veolia Environmental Trust for funding towards adopted projects. To be eligible projects must be within 5 miles of a waste facility operated by Veolia Environmental Services and 10 miles of a licensed landfill site. The project must also meet Veolia Environmental Trust's criteria (see link below)
Other Sources of Funding under the Landfill Communities Fund
Upon enquiry the Trust is also able to advise about the other sources of possible funding under the Landfill Communities Fund, to whom organisations can apply direct.
Queries/How to apply
To find out more about DET, whether your project may be eligible for funding, or to request an application pack, please contact the Trust on:
email: det@derbyshire.gov.uk
Derbyshire Environmental Trust
County Hall
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3AG
Telephone: 01629 539182 / 538614
You can get more details of the Landfill Communities Fund from the website of its regulator ENTRUST www.entrust.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Related documents
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- Lafarge Aggregates Landfill Communities Fund Leaflet (1921KB)
- Approved Objects of the Landfill Communities Fund (11KB)
- Examples of Landfill Communities Fund Projects (26KB)
- List of Derbyshire Environmental Trust (DET) members (18KB)